Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-07-18 | Page 12 | Hunting Zeppelins is Not an Easy Task

18 1915 H HUNTING ZEPPELINS IS NOT i AN EASY T TASK ASK LONDON July 17 ZeppelIn Zeppelin huntIng huntIng hunt hunt- Ing Is not so 50 easy as it seems seems to io the critics who ho think It gross c carelessness rel that any Zeppelin has haa been allowed allowe 1 to sail over aver Eng English soil and get set away Tho The first m message 8 ahe of ot a raid may como come from tram a point point-In Holl Holland nd or Flanders Flan Flan- d ders rs or ar some som outlying English coast watch station It gives the die time of af passing tho the general sentral direction and tho the estimated Jl height of at the tho airship On n r receipt of t this j at t. t the aero aerodrome rame th the scout planes start out Usually ly tho the Zeppelin n chooses a dark I night for tor a n. ml raid Its machine guns amply protect its Ils giant frame fiame from attacks acks at Its Hs height level evel an and lJ below low But the thi gas bags bugs r render it from above aba To ro be at ai an dd the chaser chasez mURt ar arise to a greater reater height than the invader r which Is Is be able atHe to attain a m maximum height eight of ot about feet Unlike the tho gas gali ship which can ascend swiftly at will the tho aeroplane has las t to elide circle up slowly and I o rl ly II Tho The cout probably starts out aut In th the he pitch lark dark with clouds ds to pass through After the tho necessary altitude Is js reached ho has haa to sp speculate c per per- imps haps vaguely as to his pO position and then settle on an his course If It he Is sailing oer o'er country occupied 1 by the thc Germans h has he-has ha hns tad tod tl de e th the tho 6 search lights which are touching up Sup tho tl l Js On Once c caught h the shrapnel from the antiaircraft guns Juris be bein begins to burst Th Tho scout then has to dive Iv circle Jever reverse leverse l' l an and dod about until h get but Out bf Of C ra ran go and H t the dark again lignin It Il r requires Qt All tIl tho nervo nerve tho tim airman nirman pas possesses to keep himself lC und under r control l while the tho he sh shells shell burst with blinding flashes s and the i searchlights play on on n th the cloUds Sate Safe Into tho the dark the hunter watches watch s for hl his first clue clue clue-a a a. Zeppelin signal from bolo bob n 1 In tho the form of ot fire flashes This seen Been h he shapes pc his course courso for Cor it I If the tho moon is due to come up at this time tho the work is Is' Is simplified for th the form of oC the Zeppelin ma may be easily se seen n Jf If Within rarig If It Un tid Unaware Un- Un aware of ar th the impending attack the en enemy's mys my's course I Is r regular gul with th the long sausage like form running ona on an ona a a. level The Tho problem Is now to keep cl clear clar ar of at tho the Zeppelins Zeppelin's tars ears Tho The Zeppelins Zeppelin's engines can bo ho slowed d down n MO so that tho the l louder uder b buzz of ot the aeroplane ma m may be av overheard rh rd If It the tho tIC ZOPP n detects ct the noise of or tho the attacker he flashes lights that illuminate all oU of t the surrounding surround surround- ing Once ho s sees e es th the object ct of ot his search his machine guns suns begin begin begin be be- gin to play piny rh There Thero ro 1 Hi a n. case recounted by an aviator a where his pausing aeroplane aero aero- plano plane I took tool rt refuge o Cu In a cloUd and and then rit passed s d over and arof dropped bombs alon along what ho thought was the pr probable coUrse o which h he based on an the sound of at th the enemy's machine guns guile At th Mn same e tit Jh the Zepp Zeppelin Hn was firing Int Into th the cloud In the h hope p of at getting In a chance chanco shot at tho pursuer r. r Each 16 t tho Uio lie ath other r in tho the clouds and the r re returned returned re- re turned to his base baso without knowing n- n nIng Ing whether or not ho lie had bad damaged h ht hl enem enemy Tho The Zeppelin probably bly did I the same some thing 1