AERONAUTICS.
NAVAL GUN FOE AIR CRAFT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Cor,yright (Rec. September 15, 0.5 a.m.) London, September 18. The armoured ships laid, down in 1912 will be provided with, a new gun. available against all air-craft attacks. The gun fires shrapnel, and has a range of 9000 yards at an elevation of eight degrees. ,
ACCURATE BOMB-DROPPING. London, September 17. The "Globe's" Portsmouth correspondent states that the .Admiralty is largely increasing the number of its hydroplanes. Experiments have proved that bombs from a height/df a'fth6fcsrid < feet! can bo 'dropped into a ship's funnel with great accuracy and the certainty of crippling a vessel. New protections for vessels are being devised.' \ , • • \ NEW ALTITUDE RECORD. Paris, September 17. M. Legngnenx aeroplaned to a height of 18,272 feet at VillacouWay.
If the figures are correct, a itevr world's record has been established. Recently M. Garros reached 30,400 feet, beating the previous world's record of 13,970 feet, established by Lieutenant Blaschke in July.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1549, 19 September 1912, Page 5
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