BATTLEFIELDS FROM ABOVE
AN AIRMAN'S EXPERIENCE. "I passed on my return journey a motor-car bearing tho spread wings of the Aeronautical Corps ( and later Lad an opportunity of talking to a young Belgian aviator," says a "Times" correspondent. He had flown over tho battlefield at Diest when the encounter was at its height. " 'It is very difficult to distinguish anything, , ho told me. 'Men look so small from sucli a height. For example, Unless you are directly above them you can scarcely see even artillery upon a road.' A riflo bullet struck tlia propeller of his machine and broke it slightly, but did not stay hie flight. The explosions of shells were very disturbing because they interfered with the equilibrium of the machine. 'As to noise? But tho noise of the ' engine drowns every other sound. So far as the reconnoitring airman is concerned, > buttlefield is auite silent. 1 "
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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149BATTLEFIELDS FROM ABOVE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2275, 8 October 1914, Page 5
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