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Show Mxx'X-xX'-X'X":X"X4 French Have Proved I Superiority in Aviation x ? X V By John Domenjo,5wua Aviator, Washington, D.C V t V XK'X,XX"X"XXX".".vvvvV The French have proved the superior of all others in aviation. There has been a wonderful development of the ' aeroplane in France since the war began, and while the Zeppelins have n-rought destruction in France as well as in England, the French have on ill occasions demonstrated their superiority in the operation of aeroplanes. I should say that the ratio of efficiency is about five to two in favor of the French over the Germans in aeroplane operations. The Germans have a rery good machine in the taube, but it does not compare with the French nachines. The English, notwithstanding they were supposed to be ahead . f other nations at the outset of the war, have fallen far behind. No one will presume to assert any longer that the aeroplane is not me of the most important instruments of warfare, if not the most impor-;ant. impor-;ant. It is yet in its infancy, hov,ever, and I look for remarkable devel-pments devel-pments even before the European struggle is ended. The battles in the lir have shown that for offense and defense the biplane is the most valu-ible; valu-ible; in fact, it is the only machine for" this work. For mapping purposes pur-poses the monoplane is preferable to the biplane, but it is too light a nnchine for combat. |