GERMAN AIR MACHINES

Horowhenua Chronicle, 27 March 1916, Page 2

GERMAN AIR MACHINES

| 1n l: iinsji.«.f b,ui\, »iv».s bo mo inter- ! ill; 1' 1 illii . 1 ~11 Uiji.uiio.l It out Ino j Ulan ail iiifii who wore UIK-.'U , • is- • micj > .tlivr l-iicir AUiatross Jiu i been | . Tney s;uil ilia i I (.ore LIVCIt; t.IIVO liilluS OJ IViii i'lll-i' | iiuiv in ii..,. hi iJiluermaii army lo | ilit; fti -t c.i..,-i> belling ;i.i liio suouiiJg ! macuiiKv.-, <u- .inguis,.e..! uy tile solidity oi t..oii liiii.-J aiuj tTieir nuye cariyuiii capainy (.poiiol an" bomus). Tin-.-can .iiajio very J. ng journeys, aie yeiierally ol tlio • AJ.'/alioss liipiallo lypo, ' ami iiavo aimo.SL replaced Hie o' S J'aubes. Latterly these machines | liavo be. n l'iinii.-.ied wiui namijt.irc.il I plan; .- proo.o.i nith so.no secret coiu- : pound. Although lai.-, does not maKo | tile muciuiK'S invi-ioio, it disguises tlio aiuiuu" at which iiioy are Ilying, as nie.'i al.a.is ajijK-ar to l;o higher up than iiioy roaiy «uv, ami so jmzzKi ilie gunners oi ilie cucniy. Tile xcuotiu (•„««! is Hie lighting class or "dei ftttoyoi class, lur na ivilii enemy | ci.ait. A new lypo lias boon added. iwtlt two L.'iil.'j and ti:e body, or ' ; cadie .in whieli the pl ot and i.yserv- : or .. is [),..o. d i,i tiio iiiidiii.', bom ••en ' ioe iii.-;hge ol t„io two tails,, and mI. d '.'.III lii(t_ mi i .fa. Ileuses lore a ait. Ino ci itdie is armour-plated, .:ii>. me lie, i i.e i':e Ai a i ro.-s. narlv. e inoio... i .jou V, nr.':; iiioai aI e ai oi Mie J' it,- Kit «ype, 1.1 e oi \\i!«i ii .lit,* j>i*t (_■ *■ i i>>) ii> (<> .ir< l li' i' H.;li III" re iol riii.L; :-r, ■. ;ii ,ie elite, is .-.-ill lie.Mi.' uud b. oil a stiii never p.t-tieui I.Mc'ly bun;.' but l-liey ; con I no; d. sfi-ibe u as ii iv;;s a mm- : lar.- .-••civu Great tbii p, ..re expect- j e'i o; tin'-, now maciiii.e, viiioli is alua\- koj.i ii; rosor.o be.end tlio wr- ! ma i lii J. - t ; lie reaviy in o pc i\ii.ii all j alt..ok in i'livo by lio.stiio fi.roraft, 'i.iio ; ihiu el,.:*;-; l'■ ji.jj; is. s ~.i \i t i nee ' I 'loci, lilted u itii v. ireie.i- appaiiiuis, j and us.'l io cliiroc-. an ■ I'oi.ool null- | lary lir. 1 , and • lor any other oi tJio mai iiold u.<<,s, that limy be iuia-ginoa. j Ace rding to tiut-o dfliec. s, there was i ;l do II tb . i b.' i/.i :. I . . j,nd tins ; explains in a moasuro tlio reduced ae- ' tivit.v f'bsorvablo during tl.'u last montii I or mo among Gorman eiiorilt. | ' i