East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-03

Al NA1StnH~ WtNt AASAtStA F-
/ with his machine more on than off piec
of cloth the size Of bed sheet tn
other fellow came down within fifty Zee
of the bed sheet. hut Navarro landc'
squnrcly on II. lie smashed his machln'
to hits. hut he won the wager.
NATURALLY the greatest interest OF th'
pilots life centres in his profession. nm,
! liz Is when some new phase OF aviation
develops that you viii see the mems al
tention most keenly aroused. When !
German machine is captured intact il i
taken to one Of the sclools or to the sta
lions, SO that the men may examine II
carefully and become acquainted with al
of It's capabilities. 1t Is then repainted
With the ailidd insignia and taken up BY
a monitor-the teacher. Of the flyers. Al
the same time an aviator is seat up with
q camera. If he can manoeuyre his ma.
chine so as 10 get shot with his camera
ut the monitor IL Ia considered that he
could meet such a machine successfully
The camera shot counts for gun shot.
,The aviators were greatly interested
in an experiment with q monoplane ma
chine which seemed to demonstrate that
the speed Of these machines might MAKE
them very valuable,
This was a Morane monoplane taken
up by Putnam. and this was the first
time that German was brought down IN
a scrap with a monopane. Ii Was n
100 horse power machine, having nine
cylinders. with fourth speed of iI0
miles.
Putnam mixed right up in bunch Of
Gcrmaps, seven or eight Of them. He let
his own machine run along on seven
cylinders. third speed. When he was
ready he dipped right under the first
three Germans. Then he fired thirty five
shots. and one Of the Germans tell right
over lie wanted to see what his own
fool away any. more ammunition. so he
pushed up TO fourth speed and just sailed
right away from the astonished-G Germans.
The monoplanes are heinz tried out in
one squadron hut tley are not very pop
MAR. They are considered very nnsafc--if
anything happens TO the wings there arc
none 10 fan back on
''oar barracks. which are placed in the
woodi 50 that ffey cannot be spotted. are
divided along thc sides into, rooms aud
each room is occnpied>by two men, Thee
Is large general room for eating. and
at the end Of This there is little room
which we call the har. We club together
to buy not only liquor for this bar but
also eggs. for which we pay twelve cents
apiece. and when We have the opportunity
which is rarely. we stock up the bar with
cakes or other sweet eatables. Sugar is
never served on our table. and when
fellow gets package of sugar from Amer;
lea he keeps Jumps Of II in his pocket
and passes 1t around when coffee isI
served as one does cigarettes. In res.
iaurants in Paris the same thing is done. |
man with Jumps Of sugar brings them
mt at coffee time aud we all get some
ind laugh at the waiter
His Regular Girl.
ave make the furniture for our rooms
,ut of boxes or old boards anything we
'an beg, borrow or steal But when we
move on 70 another station we somehow
'iways find that our chairs. tables and
my other articles of furniture we have
ngde are missing. so we have to get 60
work and make them all over again. As
Or room decorations Every one has bis
nother's photograph and some few have
he photographs Of their girls, bnt mighty
cw fellows have girls. They fool around
| lot but as for having rcgnlar girl-l
me that they are engaged to and who
means a lot to thrfn -tlat Isn't i,aust |