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DAILY EAST OREGONIAN. PENDLETON, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1918,;
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Famous Italian Airman,
y PT10 bomb Berlin; that's m object!"
I Captain Hugo V. d'Annumlo.
I klkln, InMnlia iiiil - .... , Urn-
brtelle d'Annunzio, the Italian au
thor and poet of world (am. leaned against
the wine of tha propallor of hli Liberty Ca
pronl biplane In tha Capronl hangar on Avia
tion Field No. I. Mlnaola, Lone Island.
Ha had not ralaed hla voice, but something
tn hla tone' attracted tli attention of four of
hla mechanic, who bad been tinkering with
tha machinery jof the aeroplane. Along with
three or (our Italian office, a stray French
man and one American aviation lieutenant
they gathered about to listen the young
captain told of tha work ha haa been doing
toward war aviation perfection at Mlneola
alnce be waa aent to this country ten monthe
ago by tha Italian government. Hla audden
audience disturbed the aeroplane expert a
little, but a queatlon soon had him speaking
fluently, eagerly, on the subject that haa en
grossed his Interests ever since It, when he
saw Glenn Curtis, tha American aviator,
- err a flying exhibition In Italy.
"Yea, Indeed," continued young d'Annumlo,
Oss. a traoa of Italian pronunciation In his
vaada, V tha war lasts more then another
year tha Allies will be flying sll over the
Oermsa Unas In flying tanks! Do you un
derstand what that means? Heavily armored
biplanes and triplanes will soon be skimming
low above the German lines, mowing down
Huns with torrents of machine gun bullets.
Just aa ball beata down a wheat fir Id.
"And the gunners and pilots In tha ma
chines will be aa safe as soldiers In one of
the big tanks tbat America Is sending serous
these days, Tanks, then, will be divided Into
two classes .land tanks and air tanks. Noth
ing but a huge shell will have any effect on
either variety."
"And afirr the jwar what will happen to
aviation ri Captain dAnunzle waa asked., I
"Hmm!" meditated tha Italian; stroking his
smooth shaven, handsome face. "I believe
tbat thla world war in many ways may have
hindered tha progress - of aviation. Every
energy Is bent on developing all sorts of ma
chinery to Its hlgheat war efficiency. For
Instance. Capronl, whom I call my master,
although the Italian Inventor la only two
years older than myself, at the beginning
of thla war constructed a wonderful three
engine trlplana of J.lflO horse power, and it
was his object to attempt a transatlantic
flight In the machine. ,
"But the war, of course, stopped the de
velopment of such a machine and prohibited ,
any auch attempt. Of course, with aviation
In its swaddling clothes, so to speak. It was
useless to think of perfecting a flying con
trivance big enouffh and strong enough to.
act aa transport or sa aca.patl carrier of
aaunltlons. .At the otitbrenk of wsr France,
ear "At Hrltatn. Italy, America and Germany
end Austria began P'mhlng the development
sjf machines that onald be need toff bombing'.
Crnaees. tor scoufJitf.duty. fse ppaed. Nat- '
ally. 11. experiments of peace times wero 1
Sndeeicd. Hew, It r-cems to in, the next
tap la tha bulldfng of a machine tnat will
be the equivalent in the utr ef what a tank
at on land, ; Xt is almost certain to come be
sere the war is over."
Ana mac win oer- . M . ,
"When Itetlln has been bombed' TtomhedJ,j
thrice as thoroughly as she ha bombed Lon- i
don and Paris; bombed until the Germans erf
for mercy , as they acuttie for shelter like
rata. Every advance the .Allies make means
a shortening of tho time when the capital ,
of Hunland fa treated to a1 los; of Ha own;
baptism of U re and death- J-o"g before the
tilled troepa march triumphantly into Ber
n will tlstt city have been paid In full with
Ita own coin of destruction."
Captain d'Annumlo bent swiftly, gracefully
ta show the trsp door under his I.iberty-s-Wronl
machine's body through which may be
dropped the l.aiO pounds of eaplosives his bl
plsne can carry. Hia Is an atheltlc, stalwart
form, well set off by the neat, gray-blue uni
form of an Italian aviation captain. Hla face
and hands are tanned by hla outdoor life, and
the breadth of his shoulders Is such that it
snakes him look a trifle under medium height.
The eyea of the young captain are a dark
haxel quick, brisht and full of the keenest
Intelligence. When he spoke of bombing
Berlin they grew black and flashed their
amotion. He la thirty-two years old.
But shout him there is nothing of the poet
thst one might expect In the son ef Gabrlelle
d'Annumlo. Indeed, aa the good looking
young caiplan says himself: '
"My father has all the poetry of the family,
although just now he Is too busy aa com
mander of a wing of Italian aeroplanes that
is. twenty-four machines to do much in the
line of literature and verse. However, aa be
baa written something like twelve books of
verse and prose alnce the war began, I think
he haa done his share In writing .the world's
literature about the war.
"I, personally, never fell the poetlo org
save onoe when I thought myself In love:
My bent haa always been toward machinery,
and ever slnoe I saw your Glenn Curtlss fly .
r Italy, In 190. I have been devoting myself
to aviation. Hy Die way, there Is a story
4rustratlve of my father's character in Cur
tlss' rial, ta Italy. He was invited to go up
with the American, but as there waa but one
eat In the machine, my father, now Major
d'Annunalo, climbed out on a wing of the
machine and sailed over the clouds, retaining
hla seat by clutching a wire support.
"When Italy went to wsr," the captain con
tinued, willing to talk more freely a boat him
self, now that most of his audience had dis
persed and rone back to thnlr duties, "I en
tered the artillery branch of the service and
arved for nine months. But Glsnnl Capronl,
Je Inventor, waa doing splendid war work
k tha advancement of aeronautics, and. aa
he knew 1 had made some effort in that di
eotton myself, he asked the government to
-lease me from the artillery so that I could
work aa chief engineer tn bis factory. Than
ten montha ago Italy sent ma to America ta
see If I could not fit American Liberty twelvs
ytlnder engines to a Capronl biplane design.
t have succeeded. In tha moat recent test
of sjas Llberty-Capronl bombing biplane.
inixf with three Ubarty motors of tha .
tx, rsssBSBswelon type and eaca of x borsa
paw sis climbed to a heigna of 1 "0 feet
tn thli ty swa minutes. We raado 10. feet
la Caeatva, and mind yea. Sba cratshlna weighs
U.00O and Just for tha fun of tha .
thins -wa lor rods above tbo alsod ao-pa with
tarn gssnsnnn . some of then my machinists ,
ark sanas.il a be left behli)4 and whw went
wana ant cUaatng to guyropos or anything
aiao they awM. The work has bean sue.
1 1 infill. Tha IJbrty-Capronl la the fastest
baa baanbtns machine that baa boam pro
duced. "Boon I shall go b Detroit, where X ahall
mjiiiIm -he. manufacture of tbo maohtoeg
far Has Ut 'ttaA-Statea.'
Tba hrlrrvter wast Interrupted at thai Point
Vy Ueatestaat (Mullano Farvla, tho Italian
Aoa who has etrht German asid Austrian
i lassie to hla credit. Lieutenant Parvla, a
sdrakanalr haBdanme young fellow, dark of
hair and area and tanned of joountananee,
waa mtredooed aa the pilot who. with young
eVAawunMo, will attempt to fly aorasa tbo
Ataantio la tha Capronl trlplana aa soon aa
fMMe makes such a trial ftta-ht possible,
I'ervM In Italy haa bean e J wool a led with
Jsalor yranolaeo naraeoa, tho farnnue Italiasj
ao.eea killed In the. last Aastrtaa of
.ax-boa Xllrur till. Jeot Suxar-eOio
ZIO SEES FLYI
Son of the Gallant Poet and
and Pay Back in the
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trench, cutting dowa tho AuFtrlnns with
hi machine gun fire. lnJor Karaica had
fifty-two officlmj planes on th llMt of enemy
machine that b had acnt lumbUns
Cims to earth.
"Tha American public does not unrlerntand
tha tlai need (op threa rinc in a bombtna;
plajtMd." declared tha lleotanant. Joining In
tba dtaouuuon. "If aa airtmtor miffrra tha
punctnra of one ensina by a bullet, he can
at ill ttiAJioeuvra with tha other two, and even
if two of hla engines are disabled, he oan
plana to safety on tha third. Now the Gei
maa Oothaa have but two enirlnea; the Atner
Usmn machines have but single or double en
trlnaa, and even the speedy French machines
have but two. Think of the air rmpremacr '
tha AUlea will hold when their aviators begin
Using bomb in ir planes with triple enKlnes!"
Lieutenant Tarvla strode to one end of the
CeBpronl hanjpu- and return t-d dragclna eight
huce framed canvaaea, all boarlna the bifick
erosa which diEtinirulflhea Oernmn and A us- ,
trlan aeroplanea. Tha canvasea had been
rtpped from tha afiaoiey planes downed by
Thfsa fellows. aald Parvls, tapping tha
tJviprh.ea with his swaa-icer sUck, "ml not still
ba alive if their Gothaa had had threa en
gines Instead of two. Don't forget that tha
lelberty-Capronl macblna has Ita three en
gines) aepsrra4ed--ona on each aide of tha ma
ehtne'a tvxiy. and ooa la tha rear of tha body
ftt art f.-
"But If tho spread of tha Oapronfs wing
tips lr arventy-elx tmi, ta U not an, assy mark:
for sjilltrcraft guns?"
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Philosopher, Talks Enthusiastically of the Day When Huge Airplanes Will Attack the Kaiser's Capital 1
Coin of Death and Destruction for All the Terror the
bombing Is done at night. In any cane tho
I.iberty-Capronl mnchlno can dimo so fet
tbat It Is soon outside roach of the guns,
which have very poor accuracy when firing
at a plane 14.000 feat up-'
"What about these new bombing planes
Germany is supposed to be using tha ones
or pa hi of seatnmg eight men and esixrying
a bomb thirteen fact loug and containing 2,"0
pounds of explosive?
Nonseneo!" aald tha captain. "That story
Is just a foolish nowspaiM-r yarn, probably
coined in the heated Imagination of some re
porter at the front. First, since moat bomb
ing Is dona at night, there Is no need for
eight man. Their weight oould be taken up
by so many pounds of explosives. The only
heed for several gunners In a bora bit ig piano
Is during daylight,
Listen to a luU of what a Mlrty -Capronl
carries without danger to itself by uver
weigbt; Two pilots, two gunners, six gaso
lene tanks, three oil tanks, three engintis.
l.NUO pounds of bombs, four machine guns,
and, sometimes, a gun capable of firing a one
and one-half Inch shell. Nothing like a Iio-erty-Oapronl
for bombing purposes hats yut
been used at the front.
"As for tha difference In aviators, well,
there Is not very much. It takes brave men
to make a nation, and It taiee bruvt and
clever young men to make good aviators.
Kn gland haa them; France haa them; Italy
and America have them, Uermany and Aus
tria, too. If I were to sneak about the rela
tive effbftffncy of aviators I should point
out thst one reason why AinMicaa young
tntJcklfT so-lly km toecausa of
NG'TANKS
their ffimlllnrlty tv-ih sport. From children
- tney havn been accustomed to train ineir
eyes, hands and nervr. Th?y ta.ke to avia
tion like -like young birds to the wing-
"See! Outside the hangar a group of sol
diers la marching. Fee how . thy swing
atong--ewtft. may stridpd; hands owlngfiisj?
Big fellows all. Aren't thy? Well, you
Americans are a s'alwnrt race and your boy a
from childhood are used to hard exercise.
That's why they make such fine soldiers.
"Young women, too, are splendid.' went
on the young Italian, his hazel ryea kindling.
"Tennis, swimming, skating, basket hall ami
other sports they barn In school, and college
helps them develop into wonderful women. I
think soma of them would tnnka remsrknble
aviators, and I think there are many who
would like It. That's an Ideal Why not
train hardy young women as aviators to
carry messengers and so forth, fling behind
Airman's Adventure in the Clouds
TTow an airman got lost In the clouds, and
after a thrilling esperienoe, during which ha
wag shelled by "Archies' and fired on by
pursuing enemy machines, events-ally wag
tha means of turning a battle In favor of tha
French, ts told by Captain Paul Bewsher. &
British, soldier. .
Tha pilot was flying la Franoa from oa
alrdroota to anotlwr wall. lhii4.4iia Upe&w
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Hun Has Wrought. r
the lines, aiul thus release male aviators for
the fighting?"
There came a shout from Lleutensnt Parvls,
.who was examining a wing tip of the lower
plane. Then came a quick spatter of Halts
between the two offirwm. and a little later
Capt ft in D'Anntmzio tarwaalatrd smilingly:
"lieutenant Parvls says that oiir mawst.
the little rail do I caDed a CnHy-Wauk, tied
to tha end of LA lower riKbt wing tip, ta
losing Its aawriut-t. That will never d Ba
shall be sewed up property before wa fly
again. That Jittl-j doll firxf with Parvaj !
every one of his engavgejnents ever the) lUsJlaa
fronL
"Once, Parr! a says, hta little maarot 5
flectsd a bullet UulL oiherwlsa would Isav
penetrated his g.ilene tank."
"And If the bullet had hit ths tank?
"In that cae, as wa aay tn lUUl&n, U i
have been. 'Buotia bera !
His was the last machine or a flight of frea,
which struck across country and soon aler
wand ran Into clouds, lie lost sight of hta
companions and eventually found nimsslf
over a rolling sea of clouds, quite alone.
Looking around the sky ha saw ta tha 41 s
tanoa several black specks. Thinking tawy
were hia Ceotupfsniotia, ha turned around ajkag
flew-sLraigut tuwaxa thtm. But wbas aa
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- tree Bear they dived down upon him ftrw ..-
Uxatr machine guns. Ho had a antcal VtarhMt
of a black Malteoo cross, and resllxing that. A
ho was hopelessly oatnamberad ho fat his y,:
nose dowa and sped away. , '
Hia compass showed hiss that ho waa flytac
dua east, away from hla own lines. Ho ooald
aot turn, for whsrarer bo looked behind la
aow tha group of machines not far behind
' his tall. For twenty wilaotao be flew, hotir
pursued, across tba endless carpet of whlto
eiouda. and at last oatdlataacwd tho German.
, How, knowing that ha waa waM over Oerxeaa
ocupd territory, bo tursod oaeo gaoro an4
flew doe west for half an hour. ' J
, Ho then throttled dowa and drifted slewlr
down through the sunlit cloud barrier. anfl
, ho came Sa view of the gray familiar world
below, and at ones Began to look oat for aa
irdronve on which to land Ho st
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aa a it
of hangar soma? van or fifteen miles a .
Aroas aoonuy to K ho flew and
hud. Ha drew anarrr and Bean
. grfMind, glided over tho tree and aegsus ta
flatten sot" a faw fact off tha
iho airdrome, when suddenly, to hla a mass
ment, b saw once more tho Mack Brass
oa the aeroplanea beneath him. Ho waa aQB
In the midst of tho enemy. Kvca as ha nal
bte4 the truth, tha Germans began firing; saa- .
Chios guns at blm, while excited taochaales
began swinging tho propellers of tha ma 1
chines in order to start tbo engines.
He could- aot climb, as that would ha ta
lose too much needful speed and dlxtajice. He
kept only a few feet off tho ground, sad saw '
his only chance was to fly hack toward tha
lines very low. Jumping over trees aild
hedges aa host he could, ha fled away, par'
. sued by tho angry. German hounds which bo '
; could see a mile or so behind him. He now
realised that a at if fish wind had been .blmr '
lng from the west, which had carried him far
behind the lines, and ha had not allowed him
self enough time before ho dived through tho
clouds. ' '
Meanwhile he flew on, pursued hotly for
the second time, .and drew near tbo Uaea.
Ahead of him ha could sea a cloudy turmoil
- of smoke , and bursting; shells and flying
earth. A big attack was evidently ta pro
gress. The air waa full of tho whlto puffs
of the shrapnel breaking low over tbo troops.
Straight toward thla maelatrom he flew, and
soon machine guns oa tho ground begaa ta
fire on him. '
So low waa he tbat all around him now tha
barrage biased and roared. Above the sound
of the engines he could bear the thud ara
crash of the great shells bursting beaeatV
, Once he felt an instinct to pull back hia caa
, trot stick, and as ha abet upward ha saw a
shrapnel burst Just below him, .yaws ha
. would fesas bean had ho nat climbed. ..Tl
a .. were momenta of Intense, excitement,
him at a certain point ho could at
masses of Germans collecting for a gawnlor
( attack. He realized tbat this xtufcnt as saa
.Important Information, and so whoa at last
ha crossed the lines he landed aa aooa aa ba
.-:.r. possibly oould, crashing into a shell hole. '
., He crawled out of tho wreckage and ram
- stumbling across the shell torn earth, found
a French headquarters near by, and reported
what he had seen. .
The Information proved of notable Import
ance. Action waa taken at once, and tho
tide of that battle was turned la Fraaeo's
favor. The next day the airman arrived, ant
without a machine, at hia own airdrome. ..
How Fonck Fights W.
His Big Battjcs
lieutenant Fonck, the leading Franca aoa,
tat aa Interview has disclosed soma of tbo
methods he follows la his air battles. Ha
believes In gvaup formatloo for fisbting. saa
lng that the time is passed for aerial fjgate
lag as aa individual sport, sanh as It ansa
, practised at the start by Fegood. Oarras. (Ms
be rt, Navarre and svan Guynemer anal Kaa
gesser.
"Tha Oermana.' he ears, -whoa they bv
augumtod. group flying, taught as sad. atv
fortunately. mad. us pax dearlv for tha
lesson, of tho dangers attending aa affota
method. But I am by no meaas a partlraa
of flying la over big groups like that at tho
'Ricbthofea circus.' I generally fly srtta
two comrades 'a group of three' sad I are
Inclined to favor several groupa of three,
sufficiently distant aot to hinder each other's
operations, but also sufficiently Bear ta aa.
deretand one another and give kelp at crucial
momenta
Too big a number may easily prove a asall.
especially against a dever and daring esunay
capable of practising tha oaly tactics soiled
to the occasion, which is ta throw himself
Into the middle of a group, paralyzing thoa
his adversaries who can aeithor T""-rt
nor fire, for fear of Injuring ooa another,
whilst be. on the contrary, retaiaa every fa
cility of action. Tho Bochos have had a eas
ier ax perl en oa of this, as it t
of seven that I brought dowa my I
maohlnes." ;
If, la a combat, sa aviator gets saa 0M
"blind" aide of bis eaemy. It la only a Till
ef straight anal ajsasa shooting ta mi g Mas
tumbling ta flies sa sty tha "bnno- aide hi
Bieant thosa asottaaa ef the plena a Mist aa
oft tha ovs ten's m nil iv Heeea St waa that
tba Osrtwass awsatuaa the Tylmaj
They Oow ta a etrcse, tha Huns, aa tbat l
ma waa thaw saglily covered by
behind end aa the aide ef him. la Chat way
they were able be ward off :
The risers and (as aa-trlsh anaa
oaly way thay ssuld aanaossSalar glaat, i
of these -flraag ta aW west ta y am at
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