The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 19, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
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CROSSING ENGLISH CHANNEL. land (
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land in Seventeen Minutes. minut
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.^ever were such nunibers of planes Englis
employed and never did they play Point i
such an important part as in the bat- ly the
tie of the Somme. The wastage of 10,00(
British planes at the front has been wa-y t<
supplied by new planes flown across or to <
the channel from England, where, of en*
after coming from the factory, they "Ou
are tested out at a home aerodome. n?cess
The record time in crossing the chan- to get
nel at the narrowest point, where the is uo?'
distance is twenty-two miles, is eight ty ove
* minutes. On ;
When the Associated Press corre- took t
spondent, who was in London for a 4,0
, day's leave from the front, asked a work
certain general at the war office for J'ust i
permission to fly back instead of go- lookec
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ing by steamer, tr&iQ dna <tuiuiiiuuuc, ? ?
the answer was "Perfectly easy." chann
And to prove it he called upon the chine
commander of the flying corps and in I Neil
five minutes all was arranged over | the
the telephone. I the pi
"What about my baggage?" asked naachi:
the correspondent. til the
"Oh, take it along and strap it on," flecks
replied the general. "A plane that ahead
carries 150 pounds of bombs will not train ;
f be bothered with a dress suit case." the su
A dozen machines, one after an- Fra
other, were due to go to France that; As
day as soon as the wire said a storm j the co
on the other side of the channel had! watch
passed. The correspondent slipped was s
into a wadded jacket for protection had n<
against the wind, which would also part (
act as a life buoy if he happened to steam*
fall into the channel, and took his and a
place, a position usually occupied by the pa
, the observer, who also mans a ma- as a h
chine gun. Nov
p "She's a good and steady 'bus," hedge!
said the pilot. "They flew her down fields
from the factory three days ago and stretel
she's turned up and ready for her of wo*
part in the big show on the other of the
side. You must not expect any fancy i finally
otiinte nr thrills \Tv hiisinpss is to down
fly her to France and deliver her in dome
. good condition ready for work." ! other
; She was immaculate in her fresh land,
varnish and reassuring in her j migral
staunchness. This pilot has made j c*ome
thirty such crossings and was proud I "Go
of the fact that he had never come j he ha
down at any of the way stations. Be-: aerodc
fore the war he had been ranching j s
in South Africa and was one of the i catch
thousands of men who knew nothing j ?ther
- about flying, but have become expert j^ev
aviators. thing
It was straight as a line drawn on a ]
a map following a plotted course of Litt
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One lot of pretty white Chinchilla
Coats, $5.00 to $15.00
One lot Special Suits $15.00
Big lot Waists, every one a $1.50
value, each $1,001
Big lot Sport Coats, ranging in
price .... $3.75 to $12.50
50 Special $5.00 value Corduroy
Skirts, special $2.50
Big lot full length Broadcloth
Coats, sizes 16 to 42, ranging
in price from $10 to $25
Mesh colored Crepe De Chine
Underwear:
Teddys at $3.50 to $7.50
Gowns at $5.00 to $7.50
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)bjects for the route, from the
)me the machines left for the
>me at the front. After forty I /Iff
es in unvarying steadiness of I VAAA
above the pattern work of the i yvu
?h hedges he turned at a given j ,
:or the channel crossing. Usualcrossing
is made at a height of
) feet. This allows of more lee- I A
0 descend to the nearest shore #tP
1 steamer in the channel in case OHi
?ne trouble. fit ir
object is not to take any un- WVi
ary risks," said the pilot, "but i
the plane to the front where it
cled and will have risks in plenrithe
battlefield."
account of the thick weather he
he channel this trip at a height
00 feet. As the white lace
of surf beat against the chalk I
mder foot the correspondent I r?Wr
I at his watch. Beneath were 6 CANf
e patrol ^hips that guard the I Am
el, which were lost as the ma- I ro/
ran into a cloud. I AND
ther the shore nor the surface I mat
i water was to be seen. Then I JjWj ?
lot Rtonnod the eneine and the m OlSvVft
ne slid for a thousand feet, unsea
floor dotted with the white | AS
of wave crests appeared, and TO AN
as the engine took up its re- WORLI
again was the white edging of EARNI
rf at the foot of the chalk cliffs NO
ince. HE
the machine crossed that tape RICH
rrespondent looked again at his BE GE
and saw that the time elapsed BA
eventeen minutes. The flight
ot been made over the narrow
)f the channel. The fastest
*r would have required an hour
quarter and traveling that way
issage would have been rough, J*
eavv sea was running.
t over the broad spaces of the ^
less land of France with the
so many patchwork squares
ling between soft green clumps
Dds and on toward the section 'flHIIIjn
front and the battle line. Ttien Pjjjlfj |||!
over a cathedral tower and rjllUM'
on the green floor of the aero- I1
where there were a score of
new planes fresh from Eng-j iff A 'v
When storms have prevented; (I/rj (
tion for a period, fifty havej \Cjj /
in from England in one day. |
od night," said the pilot after; /*S
d reported his arrival to the J
)me office and before gettingj w &
in automobile. "I am off to | !/
the steamer and bring back an'bus
tomorrow."
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