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Show DEADLY WEAPON OF WARFARE German Albatross Is Probably the Most Powerful Machine That Has Yet Been Developed. The tendency in airplanes has been to run to two extremes for fighting, as small and fast as possible; and for bombing, as large and powerful as possible. In a three-seated, one passenger sits out in front mounted in a machine-gun turret. The pilot comes next, Immediately behind the motor, while the second passenger sits behind him mounted in another machine-gun turret. This airplane Is capable of carrying many hunded pounds of explosives and, being very fast and heavily armed, generally accomplishes ac-complishes its mission. The German albatross Is capable of a horizontal speed of 300 kilometers (about 1S7 miles) an hour. It is a single seater and carries three machine ma-chine guns, which, being controlled by the motor, shoot automatically and simultaneously si-multaneously through the propeller. The sight of these weapons converges at approximately 50 yards In front of the airplane, making the chance of hitting the opponent three times as sure. The motor is equipped with an electric self-starter. It has also electrical elec-trical devices for keeping the water warm in the radiator while flying at great heights. The wing surface Is less than 20 square yards. Scribner's. |