IN THE AIR.
NEW FRENCH FLEET. TWO HUNDRED IMPROVED PLANES. READY FOR USE. Received Oct. 12, 9.55 pjn. Paris, Oct. 12, A part} of Anglo-American journalists inspected the French fleet of two hundred new armored cannon-earrving aeroplanes, and witnessed them manoeuvring high in the air, firing threeinch rapid fire guns. Some planes stretch 130 feet across. There is a monster battle-plane, and three superposed planes of an average speed of 71 miles an hour, and carrying a crew of twelve, with two 3-inch guns. Thev cannot fly as steadily as an ordinary biplane. The crew in actual fighting will consist ot an officer and four men. The cruiser aeroplanes are small biplanes of high power, capable of rising almost vertically, with a speed of ninety miles an hour. The evolutions were, thrilling. The battleplanes maintained a steady fire while circling and plunging. The fleet is almost ready to carry out an attack on the enemy's rear. The improvement in French aviation is astounding. One factory is turning out five aeroplanes daily, and others are nearly equalling this.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1915, Page 5
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177IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 13 October 1915, Page 5
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