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Show Real Enemy of Aeroplane. One still often reads comments on the effects of musketry on aeroplanes, usually written by thote who have probably never si5?n the effect of bullets bul-lets fired from a distance. It has been truly said that to hit a "rocketing" aeroplane with a rifle shot Is an extremely ex-tremely difficult matter, but to conclude con-clude that the aviator Is therefore Immune when at 1,000 feet up Is absurd, ab-surd, says Sir Paden-Poweil. It Is not the danger from one marksman that has to be taken Into account, but volleys from a whole battalion. If 8.000 or 4.000 shots be fired at a machine ma-chine while It traverses one hundred yards, there is a good chance of Its sustaining some danger so long as It Is well within range. It Is, however, the Maxim gun that seems likely to be the most formidable enemy of the aeroplane. All such guns must In future be mounted in such a way as to enable them to be fired nearly vertically. |