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Tom was not so sanguine of success as either of his mates; but he kept his doubts to himself. As an ambitious airman he was thrilled by the vastness of the scheme. As Lieutenant Beverly had truly remarked, while it held chances of disaster, they were accepting just as many challenges to meet their death every day of their service as battleplane pilots.
"Now," whispered the airman, with a nod to the chauffeur. The little bell-mistress entered the car, her wooden gloves tucked under one arm. The airman followed with his packet and his sack of bombs. The chauffeur started his engine. The middle of the road was free to him; the edges were occupied by the retreating infantry.
The methods practised by the German aerial scout vary widely, and are governed in no small measure by the intrepidity and skill of the airman himself.
Suddenly the German aeroplane gave a lurch; then righted herself; then began to circle down, making desperate efforts to cross the neutral line. But the British airman headed her off. Next moment she lurched again, and then took a "nosedive" straight into the British trenches. She fell on open ground, a few hundred yards behind our second line.
He resolved to invite the curé to dine with him on Christmas night; and meanwhile, strolling on the Casino terrace in the hope of seeing Mary, he ran across Jean Rongier, the airman, the young French baron who had achieved a sensational success at Nice for the new Della Robbia parachute.
"Inquests!" said George. "Horrid!" said Amaryllis. "Rescued Damsel!" said Lady Elizabeth. "Scientist's Daughter Abducted!" cackled Caldegard. "Lightning Pursuit by Gallant Airman!" boomed George. "Dope Gang Baffled!" chuckled Randal. "And we understand that the interesting heroine will shortly reward " Lady Elizabeth shot a keen glance at Amaryllis and Amaryllis answered it boldly.
An animal, especially if he be unaccustomed to the noise of the aeroplane, is likely to become startled, and to give vent to a frightened and vociferous neighing which invariably provokes a hearty response from his equine comrades. The sharp ear of the airman does not fail to distinguish this sound above the music of his motor.
In the air the efficiency of our preparatory work was equally demonstrated. A new type of flier winged his way back and forth over the sausage-fed warriors, and the ability of our birds to hold the line in the Heavens was amply demonstrated, one British airman, on the 28th of March, five days before the battle began, downing three German eagles in quick succession.
J. Conneau, who adopted in his contests the flying name of "Beaumont." His success and his exactitude, when piloting a Bleriot monoplane for long distances above unknown country, guiding himself by map and compass, gave the public an indication, for the first time, of what might be accomplished by an expert airman when flying a reliable machine. Lieut.
"A good landing is essential if one would become a good airman," stated the instructor. "In fact I may say it is the hardest half of the game. For it is comparatively easy to leave the earth. It is the coming back that is difficult, like the Irishman who said it wasn't the fall that hurts, it was the stopping." "Give 'em a bit of zooming now," the instructor said to Tom and Jack.
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