Show I g 3 Air ur Fighting 1 1 Changes Daily I 5 Fifteen hundred o of the first S fitters In the French army were killed American airmen will m be beS I. I Fortunately S- S Instructed by their British and French lbrothers who have learned by experience ence how to overcome many many dangers dangers of the air 1 f- f When shrapnel begins to burst it Is f the natural instinct to climb out of range That Is wrong An aviator should drop and fly away at top speed S l 1 JA nA machine climbs wun relative slowness slow slow- I ness thus giving the enemy a better c chance to register a hit while it may I t drop like a flash iash disconcerting the gunner gunner i If the plane is hit a sudden shifting I L of controls might bring it crashing to Tw JW the thc ground A properly built machine f r wirt will wi rt remain main aloft without changing chang the controls If It badly damaged nothing I Ican can prevent it from falling Goggles restrict the vision but are necessary If the aviators aviator's unprotected face came from behind the protection of the shield he would be temporarily blinded by br the wind In attacking a I flier used to try to get above or in front of the enem enemy but it has been found that the best bet position is below or be behind be- be I be-I hind t Dropping heavy bombs was d dangerous danger danger- nger- nger i ous at first because it often upset the I balance of the machine this has been overcome by releasing them from the I exact center of gravity of the plane A special bomb is used which will vill fall fail on i its side This causes more damage than by blowing up a structure the ef effect effect effect ef- ef I produced when a bomb strikes on onit It Its point I |