| Show Romantic Ace Supers Supers' Superseded d d in New Aerial erial I W Warfare a fare by Whole Squadrons of Planes oi By RODNEY DUTCHER DUTCHER- I W. NL N In In In the tIe j f f. f few w abort hort t years ya since aloe the war wr the character of vt aerial warfare wad has bal been II cot completely tJ revamped red Th Tile The World I war w. taw the lb birth WI aced aad th the virtual pa e n ak lat r of the ref r.-allo r. antIO ar are ace w who o operated alone ta in the all air lUte like It the medieval t fcC fure he h. part rt ef t a watt tot drilled drifted military nail tRIlL In la our ear nut next war r It any Instead of ef ae sag C the tM son aee co ga sot eat at alone ahme to 10 get t hJ hla aa we WI will wW see ate outfighting out our fighting opt In armada arma da do under a. a d r In ta t the e air Ir exactly like Uk a IH aek K of C troops on Oft the ground or M a squadron of oa the ea e The T. I. I lessons of the war and nd are an N responsible re rs- for f. the tIN chant change a Development of 01 tactic since ION the tIM war ba baa 4 demanded d formation film as a a rate rare rather than the tbs rya a P. P Tru Trubee Trube tea All latent at secretary II of war for tor avia y tion Prom From a military point of U Y formation flying 1 Is Ii funda funda- mental In future wars war air ale units I ef of various Arlotta hun hu tt o ot f plans planes will win be led and lou fought hI y p a commander In the air r It I la I. a ateo a a. proven fact fad that greater e tT re re- re ulta ulla to 0 t the Individual fly flying In Information Information forma formation I Ion than Is la when hen an equal number of 01 pilots ray fly at atwill atwill atwill will In the acme arno am general country countr One OM Important device remains maln to tobe tobe tobe be perfected d before tore the Ibe commander in the air can alII direct hi hl hi planes plants a aswell In as well U as a. a commander can ado direct hIs hU ground round troops troop Th This a Involve plaste plane to to by radio rattle to replace the tho present somewhat some atOm what wt clumsy method o of n mechanical sign N. N Planes Plane have had marked sleet a In talking with the ground and 11 vice versa verN but the matter r o of noise notH h. h has bas been the big blar obstacle In Inthe Inthe th the w. w way of g good Od plane to pUne-to to plane moO ra- ra dio dlo Air Ir eor corps oft officers pr predict let that whatever is la necessary ry will wilt be attuned at attained at tuned In time for to the next nut war as a. It la Is only a question of t mechanical cal prore Tb There U la no limit lIn theoretically to the number numar of ot plants planes one man manana ana may command In the time air aJr during the next war Air lr fighting units are cla classified aa s flights a squadrons group oUI brigades brIgade and dh divisions Ilona 0 One of the mo moat t striking demon domon- d mon mon- n of or group croup operation to date wa wag waa the flight of the first pursuit group roup from Selfridge field flew Mich Inn igan n to 10 8 Seen n Antonio 4 Between Bet dawn a and du dusk duk k pursuit planes flew fr the n northern border of oe the United States and concentrated at the southern border Popular interest in future gar ap Inthe inthe In the tH AIr Mr lute has been excited J by the tha completion n of three big blar new bombing bomb bomb- lag Inc planes planK These Thue are halt half the dx tom bombers rs being built by as many different companies for lor air arr corps experiments From the result of the experiments ns n's and tho tiro b best t features feature fea lea ture tures of each will wilt be devised a n standard army bomber for lor quantity production as ara part of ot the army's year live serial aerial expansion program of which this thin is la the lb second year earo o of future Q aerial r 1 warI warfare warfare war war- I fare tare are to be seen n In the fact tact that these thee new bombers fairly airly with machine guns gun one ono of ot them mounting J eight and that at least one is fa fitted tor for a pound pound bomb The n. Army h. h has six Ix types of plan planes l. l which will be dl distributed d a U as follow Cot fol- low Iowa when the year five t program ro m Is I. complete 11 observation Uon I planes IU pursuit planes bombardment bombard ment planes plan 99 9 attack planes 14 training planes plane and ft It cargo caro planes The year five plan calla calL for tor 1630 USO officers officers- and enlisted men Including 1500 Urine lying cadets In addition to the tho 1900 1800 planes The pur pursuit alt planes plane are arc the airs air's real 1 fighting ships being the fastest last fast lit est t and aDd the tho most mOlt maneuverable Tb They flier are ate small and light and most Of ot are single seated Mated and single sin In 11 gle eW d. d Theo The pane luane are utility utility util util- It ity pla plane to carry bombs bomb machine guns gun anc anti ot other equipment a u well aa as to observe They are ue A a compromise between the s speedy little pursuit planes plane and t the time e large stow low bombers bomber The They are re US used in national guard cuard and reserve rYe flying with the Idea that they can furnish the best beet Ht all aU around education Attack carry machine gun gnus and bombe bomb and are designed to 10 ground troops e The largest heaviest an and slowest of or tit the plane are the be bomber The n new w six ahe and eight bt gun planes plane are a vat vast step forward arum the tho lambing bombing pia planes plane used over un the ahe western terR front ten tn years ago aro In shoe choN days day planes plane p. p carried two mAC machine ma ma- C chine run at the mot most perhaps on one In front of et the th plant synchronized to 10 shoot hoot through the propeller and another other fat te the rear cockpit TIt Thus a platte wa w. was vulnerable Cram frese below or w from the lb r rear r. r The na army armye new bona bombers wilt will be able to meet t attack from frolD aD any direction One of UM the x six ix new plane plante oven ha has baa a machine mm gun way back hack on the Ch I. I fu Stoma Home of th them here hare guns un on each h wind lad to hanJI any 1101 attack tram from lIS the roar rear or from be be be- t low tit III another ha a run gun ir king don lo n through the lb h. h bottom of the th pla plane Each has bas two tuna guns In Intro rC tro trout front t and others in the cockpits The Tit bomber bombers ne need d so w many man more runs gun thin than tho the ordinary ordinal fl fighting plane an because UM they there are so MAY heavy hems and slow Their principal job lob I I- I to 10 bombard factory towns town supply buM bases or tt other large targe sla- sla Ue al' al o objects Jda of Importance to 1 tit the th neau Th have hay a II cruising radius of ot cOO or 00 miles mile and anel their speed la is only or lit U. mile an hour a as a. against 15 or lie Ifa miles mile an hour or pursuit planes plane e All 11 th the lambing bombing pia plane A. A are equipped with Uh reeks racks to tu handle either one OM or w two hll huge e bomb bombe weighed by the ton twenty or more twenty pound pound bombs bomb or fewer Intermediate to flee tho I e of ot work wink requited required of modern 1 bombers bomber I la I. our moot meet important material problem toda loday aay my a Davison who bl believes believe the tho army I la Id well fixed find for tot pursuit observation and tt attack k planes plane DaY Davison on foresees foresee tho the Unto time when aa as many litany a as a. roo or ur planes plane may anay participate r in a single Mingle although expedition of ot twenty or r thirty ships will at t tint Cleat be more common The Th air corp corps believes bellove that abat th the ratio of ot pursuit plane places to that of ot bombing plane panes a as a. provided in tn the five ear year program I la is approximately up- up proximately that required for torn an ideal air sir fore force |
