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1911
1911 - 0987.PDF
NOVEMBER II, 191 I. IfllGHT] AEROPLANES AT TRIPOLI. THE AEROPLANE IN THE ITALIAN^TURKISH WAR.—Members of the Italian Army Aviation Corps at the front. From left to right, Lieut. Poggi, Lieut, de Roda, Capt. Piazza (Commander of the Corps), Lieut. Falchi, Lieut, de Tondo (behind on horseback), and Lieut, de Marro.' MR. QUINTO POGGIOLI, who will be remembered by our readers as having taken his pilot's certificate in England under the Royal Aero Club's regulations, sends us some interesting details of the practical work being carried out in Tripoli in connection with the Italian-Turkish War. Mr. Poggioli writes :— " On the 25th Oct. Capt. Piazza with his Bleriot, and Capt. Moizo on his Nieuport, observed three advancing columns of Turks and Arabs of about 6,000 men. The Italians, after receiving this information, could successfully calculate distances and arrange for their defence. " On the day following, the 26th Oct., the battle of Sciara-Sciat took place, resulting in the loss to the Turkish Army of 3,000 men. During the battle two aeroplanes, Lieut. Gavotti with his Etrich and Capt. Piazza, were circling the air. The flights took place above the line of fire, so as to be able to direct the firing of the big guns from the battleship ' Carlo Alberto,' and also of the mountain artillery. The aeroplanes were often shot at by the guns of the enemy, but with no result. The only difficulty they had was caused by the currents of air caused by the firing of the big guns. "Previously, on the 22nd Oct., Capt. Moizo when reconnoitring passed over an oasis, and, in order to observe better the movements of the enemy, descended to an altitude of about 200 metres, and in consequence the wings of his machine were pierced by bullets in six or seven places, and also a rib was broken. ® © A New Machine at Havre. A BIPLANE, or, rather, double monoplane, as the inventor, Capt. Hayot, prefers to call it, has just been seen in the air at Havre, piloted by Molon. The main planes are of io-5 metres span, and nave a surface of 48 square metres. The top plane is placed a good " On November 1st Lieut. Gavotti (Etrich) flew over the enemy, carrying four bombs, carried in a leather bag ; the detonator he had in his pocket. " When above the Turkish camp, he took a bomb on his knees, prepared it and let it drop. He could observe the disastrous results. He returned and circled over the camp, until he had thrown the remaining three bombs. The length of his flight was altogether about 100 kiloms. "The bombs used contained picrato of potassa, type Cipelli." THE first official communication by one of the belligerents, in regard to the use of aeroplanes in actual warfare, has been issued by the Italian authorities, dated November 5th, from Tripoli. As a matter of historical record we reproduce the text in extenso as follows :— " Yesterday Captains Moizo, Piazza, and De Rada carried out an aeroplane reconnaissance, De Rada successfully trying a new Farman military biplane. Moizo, after having located the position of the enemy's battery, flew over Ain Zara, and dropped two bombs into the Arab encampment. He found that the enemy were much diminished in numbers since he saw them last time. Piazza dropped two bombs on the enemy with effect. The object of the recon naissance was to discover the headquarters of the Arabs and Turkish troops, which is at Sok-el-Djama." 0 ® deal in advance of the lower plane. There is a monoplane elevator tail, with a vertical rudder. The machine may also be steered when rolling along the ground, as the landing wheels are operated by a lever. The engine is a 70-h.p. Gnome, driving a 2*5 metre propeller. 989
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