The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-27
HUN AIRPLANES ARE
GIGANTIC WONDERS
Military Monstrositics That Never
Saw Service Shciyed by
the ArmistiCc.
EMERGENCIES F0RESEE N
Dream. Of jules Verne More Than
Discounted by These Air
Monsters.

BERLIN March 90 CBy Mail -
German, was mW about ready, at
the time the Armia'ice was declared
10 launch u tremendous aerial Of
frnsitv hy means of - fleet " new
alrplancs which nHd been perfected
after months Of experiments and
trss
These machines which today
stand, nearly rcnE for service, IN
he former Zeppelin works ni
SlAhkeu. near Ilcrlin would prob
ably have caused revolution In
Tying. for they are constructed FROM
nose TO tain nnd wing tip TO wing
lid, almost entirely Of aluminium ana
therefore hrc Immune 10 that great
est ~ aerial dangers. burning
They are two-sentcd planes ~ The
observation rather than the 'chns-
ing type The only part OF their
constitution not aluminium IL a small
part Of the wing tlt part that tll's
and tips TO the give Of the machine
onward or downward direction And
the nrmiaticc came Just In tlmc To
halt experiments that should hnvr
eliminated even this bit OF inflam-
mnhle material and made Tho ma
chine every bit aluminium Its speed
h l26 miles an hour
The aluminium alrplnnes, however.
are but a fratcion OF tho aerial forco
which Germany was carefully Tfer-
fectlnp and storing up for the time
whom she should haVh to try 10 ro-
gain mastery OF tho air An exhnuH-
tive trip through the former Pep
peiin works, such ns the Associated
frnss correspondent has just had an
opportunity TO make, illustrates
what enormous advances Germany
had made In aviation,
The most notable airpianes which
Germany was nccumulatlng -- she
had used them n little and even had
lost one through defective orienta-
tlon---is tho flyc-motor, 1850 horse
power machine, capable OF carrying
n score OF passengers, or ton and
half or bombs and crew OF eight
and which, German experts claim,
far surpasses In size. strength, fly$
ing ability and Rsperal effectiveness
tho largest and best OF the new Brit
ish or Italian airplanes. They are
Imposing aerial monsters,
Some idea OF their siss may he
gained from the fact that they meas
ure some li0 feet In width from
ying top 10 wing tip. Each has
five huge motors OF $50 horsepower
capacity, two on the leftl between
the wings, two on the riGht in the
same position. and one In the rear
between tho body ana the tail.
Though now they are all being
rebuilt 70 MS to be available for
peace power transportation o. pur.
poses, they have when In shape for
their warlike work, n cabin forward
and Just behind the cooling fan
Vhere a. mechanician sits, n cabin
for the commanding officer equip
ped with an amazingly complicated
yet for him simple, signal system
by which he can control the actions
OF his entire crew and they cas-
cbmmuntAh with him at any mo-
neDt. and an open floor through
which he can sight at Intended
marks before releasing his bombs,
Remarkable Provisions.
Befpre the commanders seat are
registers and gauges ehowtng the al
tiude and speed and an inRenius
contrivance for nIEht flying. indicat.
Ing exactly at what angie. to one
side or the other. or up or down.
the airplanc is flying. A register with
rows OF little plugs enables him to
talk with any OF his crew II for
example the man In charge OF tho
after machine gun signals that the
enemy Is directly behind 40 that the
tail prevents hitting him, the COM
mspder can by pressing a switch
flve the order TO Veer the airplane
to right or loft. up or down.
A delicately constructed compass
Ia one OF the compliments OF the
tiny cabin. not only showing direc-
INN and pthNr daialis hut alan the