Show BOMBING TG PLANES BUNGLED The Scientific American is IB responsible for a S statement of ot Fokker inventor of at tho the German Gorman plane that made mado a splendid record during the war that in 1916 German army authorities asked him to tomake tomake tomake make a cheap airplane capable of ot flyIng flyIng flyIng fly- fly Ing about four hours to be bo steered by wireless and carry a hugo huso bomb It was planned to send these machines aloft in groups controlled by one tying Eying man i Fokker says that tests conducted proved the practicability of ot the plan but the German war office decided ai at atthe atthe the last moment to make the machine in government factories The result was a n. series of oC delays and after two years of ot bungling a huge huse order was given to Fokker for tor the production o of oC these airplanes Ho lIo was ready for quantity production when the armis- armis tiC was signed Motor Motor totor Lifo Life Maga Maga- sine zine |