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DECEMBER 14, 1916. military aeroplanes we must finally depend upon the pre ferences of pilots. A knowledge of the natural periods and damping coefficients should then furnish a means for fixing the verdict of experience, so that in future the desired degree of stability may be provided. Considerations of theory indicate that a slight degree of statical stability combined with the maximum of damping give an aeroplane slow periods of oscillation and a dynamic ally stable motion, with little ill effect upon performance or controllability. The table summarises the results obtained for the lateral motion. S S S H AIRCRAFT WORK AT THE FRONT. OFFICIAL INFORMATION. British. General Headquarters, December $th, 10.52 p.m. " Yesterday our aircraft carried out much successful artillery and reconnaissance work, and bombed, among other objectives, a railway station and an aerodrome. " The Naval Air Squadron had many combats, and were most successful, driving down two hostile machines out of control and forcing seven others to land. In all two hostile machines were destroyed and four driven down out of control, in addition to those forced to land. One of our machines is missing" War Office, December Sth. " Tigris Front.—On Dec. 4th hostile aeroplanes bombed our camps. In retaliation a flight of six British machines dropped half a ton of explosives on Turkish camps, and caused con siderable damage." French. Paris, December $th. " Yesterday Second-Lieut. Nungesser successively brought down on the Somme front two German machines, the first at 12.15 p.m. and the second at 1.5 p.m. One of the machines came crashing to the ground 300 metres west of Nurla. The other fell in flames in the Vallulart Wood, east of Lechelle. These two successes bring the number of enemy machines forced down by Second-Lieut. Nungesser to twenty." Paris, December 6th. "It is confirmed that Adjutant Dorme brought down on the 4th inst. his seventeenth enemy aeroplane. The machine fell from a height of 600 metres, near Mons-en-Chaussee (south-east of Peronne). The same day Qr.-Mr.-Sergt. Viallct brought down his seventh enemy aeroplane, which fell from a height of 700 metres, east of Beugny (in the region of Arras.)." Paris, December 10th. " On the night of Dec. 9th, one of our aeroplane detach ments dropped many bombs on the railway stations and military establishment of Martigny, Ham, and Mons in Chaussee." Paris, December nth. " During the day (yesterday) two German aeroplanes were brought down by our pilots on the Verdun front. One of them fell in flames near Brabant-sur-Meuse, the other crashed to the ground near Herneville. Our aviators fought several battles on the Champagne front yesterday, in the course of which Pilot Sergt. Sauvage brought down his seventh German machine, which fell in flames south of Monthois. The second enemy machine was brought down on the northern edge of the Bois d'Autry. " Last night our bombarding aeroplanes dropped a number of projectiles on the enemy's munition dumps in the region north of Verdun. Several fires and powerful explosions were observed. Enemy cantonments at Romagne-sous-les-Cotes were also bombarded." Russian . Petrograd, December gth. " Western Front.—Near the little place Pelikana, south of Lake Drisviata, a German aeroplane was brought down by our machine-gun fire. On descending the aeroplane over turned, and received considerable damage. The pilot and observer were taken prisoners." Petrograd, December 10th. " Western Front.—In an aerial combat in the region north of Dvinsk one of our aeroplanes came down in the vicinity of the Kolub Lake (16 miles north of Dvinsk). The machine was smashed, but the aviators escaped injury. Another THREE GERMAN ALBATROS BIPLANES In the top photograph is shown a reconnaissance two.seater, having the radiator mounted above the engine, whilelbelow, the machine on the left is of the older type, with the radiators on each side of the body. The right hand photo, is of special interest as it shows the body of an Albatros which returned from a fight with Garros with twenty bullet holes through various parts of the fuselage. IIO4
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