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Updated: June 21, 2025
In the meantime their opponents had taken advantage of the aeroplane's plight to riddle her wings with bullets. Brave as the boys were, they were not foolhardy. Ten minutes after the fatal accident to the tank, Ben Stubbs, with bitter protests, waved a white shirt in token that the occupants of the Golden Eagle were driven to surrender.
When the bomb fails to scatter the enemy, or the men are proof against the temptation to fire a volley, a few rounds from the aeroplane's machine gun often proves effective. If the copse indeed be empty no harm is done, beyond the abortive expenditure of a few rounds of ammunition: if it be occupied, the fruits of the manoeuvre are attractive.
He can also maintain his elevation when moving very slowly, and though the headway be entirely stopped, the descent is gradual on account of the aeroplane's great spread, the batteries and motors being secured to the under side of the deck.
This was necessary, as the incessant jarring of an aeroplane's powerful engines will work loose the most tightly screwed on nut if it is not locked, and, of course, the working loose of even a minor part on an air craft is a serious proposition indeed. The vanadium steel quadrangle being in place, the next task was to adjust the wide stretching wing-frames of the big plane.
The canvas curtains at the sides of the aeroplane's body were drawn up, forming a snug tent. The stove was set going and soup and canned meats and vegetables warmed and eaten by the light of a lantern. In the meantime Frank had discovered that the breakdown had been caused by a defect in the ignition apparatus which it would take some time to repair.
Submarines and aeroplanes have entirely revolutionized naval warfare; no fleet can hide itself from the aeroplane's eye, and the submarine can deliver a deadly attack in broad daylight. "In time of war the scouting aeroplanes will always be high above on the lookout, and the submarines in constant readiness.
Is not all that marvellous, and does it not constitute a complete specification for everything in aviation? "Thus it is necessary to inscribe the name of Sir George Cayley in letters of gold, in the first page of the aeroplane's history. Then he built a second machine, this time with a motor, but unfortunately during the trials it was smashed to pieces."
"No," Ned said, "that's not right. Make him think we're trying to catch him. Give him the impression that we want to overhaul him, but haven't the speed." "The Nelson will blush red with shame to be bested by a water wagon like that!" Leroy grumbled, but he did as requested. The white aeroplane's driver appeared to take the bait.
They were scattered all over the desert, their ponies maddened beyond all control by terror at the noise and smoke of the aeroplane's motor. Bud alone managed to spur his pony close to the throbbing machine. "Good bye and good luck!" he shouted, and waved his hat. The next instant his pony swung round on its hind legs and dashed off to join its terrified companions.
The coverings had not been removed from the aeroplane's surfaces, but they had been packed, covered as they were. There was a reason for this, as lacing on the coverings at sea, even with the additional stability the boys hoped to secure by the use of the pontoons, would have been a tedious or even perhaps an impossible task.
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