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Identifier: airfareoftodayof00midd (find matches)
Title: Airfare of to-day and of the future
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Middleton, Edgar Charles, 1894- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Aeronautics Aeronautics, Military
Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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of slightcurvature and the time of flight is small, elementswhich simplify the task of the gunner in findingand keeping on a moving target. Information is now available as to the new anti-Zepp aeroplanes, and Lieut. of the Royal Flying Corps, who recently landed in New York onfurlough, has given some details which agree withinformation we have received from another source.The problem has been to build an aeroplane withclimbing powers sufficient to enable it to reachZeppelin altitudes in time to meet the raiders andbring them down. The latest machines are of com-paratively small wing surface, and are driven byunusually powerful engines, capable of makingspeeds of 120 to 140 miles per hour. The increasein climbing speed in the past few months has beentruly astonishing, having progressed from an ascentof 10,000 feet in 6 minutes to 15,000 feet in j\minutes. The scouting service, both on the NorthSea and along the east coast, is now so effectivethat London is warned of the approach of the
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^ - b ^ •^ $ FIGHTING THE ZEPPELIN 145 Zeppelins in time to permit the Zeppelin chasersto take the air and be in position for an attackbefore the raiders reach their objective/ An invention which promises a decided useful-ness in this matter is a 3-inch aeroplane gun, thathurls a shell at a velocity of 1000 feet a second, buthas no recoil. Popular Mechanics describes it as :— Designed particularly as offensive armamentfor aeroplanes, a high-power 3-inch gun of thequick-fire type has been developed which does notrecoil when discharged. This distinctively newfeature enables the instrument to be installed on alight machine of almost any size and fired freelywithout danger of shattering or capsizing the craft.The piece is unlike all other guns, and is apparentlysuited solely for aerial purposes. Its bore is uniformthroughout and has no surface upon which pressurecan act longitudinally. The barrel, instead of beingopen only at the muzzle, is open at both ends. Thispermits the propulsio

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