OXYGEN FOR FLYING MEN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1787, 9 February 1918, Page 4

OXYGEN FOR FLYING MEN.

The successful use of oxygen for flying men is interesting and instructive. Some of the “stars” soar to great heights without the least distress, just as ordinary mortals can climb towering mountains, while others must cling to lower levels. A writer explains why he chooses to pilot a big bombing ’plane rather than one of the scouts: “I know my limit exactly,” he says. “When I reach 10,500f.t I turn a little faint, and I must come down a bit. I simply can’t go higher. Up to that point flying is a sheer joy.” At his right height, he says, the only thing he does not think of is—danger. THE FORTRESS OF CAMERA I. Cambrai less than a hundred years ago was regarded as one of the strongest fortresses in- Europe, and was entered by four gateways. Several important treaties have been signed there, and the worldfamed Fenelon occupied the Bishopric for some years. The great industry of the town for over a century has been the manufacture of (hat speciality in fine linen to which we give the name of cambric. The chief importance to us at the moment however, lies in the fact that the modern town has become the junction of the main railway system of that part of France.