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Aeroplane Parachutes
The Daily News - Monday, August 19, 1918
AEROPLANE PARACHUTES.
    Although our own authorities have so far not, I believe, approved any device for using parachutes with aeroplanes, the Germans are using them. Two cases are reported from the fighting of the last three days of German aviators in... 
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Germans' New Type of Aeroplane
The Daily News - Saturday, September 21, 1918
GERMANS' NEW TYPE OF AEROPLANE.
Extremely Fast Machine Declines Combat.
American Front, Friday
    An entirely new type of enemy airplane has been reported by patrols. It is extremely handy to manoeuvre. Another machine, of which only a few have...
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15 July 2007 07:02 PM
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Epic Air Fight
The Daily News - Saturday, August 31, 1918
EPIC AIR FIGHT.
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Unofficial American Pilot Who Engaged an Enemy "Circus."
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RECOMMENDED FOR TWO V.C.s.
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    The amazing adventures of an American boy who, flying a British machine, in a single morning took part in a fight with twelve...
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15 July 2007 04:15 PM
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Soldiers' New Vocabulary
The Weekly Dispatch - Sunday, December 16, 1917
SOLDIERS' NEW VOCABULARY.
Weird Words Introduced by the Anzac Troops.
    Australian and New Zealand troops are fast adding to the choice vocabulary of slang words which the average English soldier makes use of. Most of the terms are quite strange to...
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15 July 2007 03:16 PM
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War in the Air
The Daily News - Wednesday, September 11, 1918
WAR IN THE AIR.
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Pilot's Appetite for "German Sausage."
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FOUR IN ONE DAY.
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    German observation balloons have had a bad time recently. One British pilot, scouting behind the enemy's lines, pounced on two of them in swift succession,...
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15 July 2007 12:10 PM
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Superman of the Air
The News of the World - Sunday, March 31, 1918
SUPERMAN OF THE AIR.
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AMAZING RECORD OF A BRITISH OFFICER.
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EVERY DECORATION FOR VALOUR WON BY AIRMAN.
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    Starting at Mons, Captain James Byford McCudden, the star British airman, has won every award for valour possible to an officer in the...
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15 July 2007 11:27 AM
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Six Hun Machines Down
The News of the World - Sunday, April 07, 1918
SIX HUN MACHINES DOWN
WONDERFUL EXPLOITS OF BRITISH BOY-AIRMAN.
    How a British boy-airman brought down six Hun aeroplanes in one day during two flights behind the enemy lines has just been revealed. Unfortunately, the 20-year-old hero of the adventure,...
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15 July 2007 10:07 AM
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Bombing a Train
The Daily News - Monday, August 05, 1918
BOMBING A TRAIN
Airman's Vivid Description of a Night Raid that was Successful.
    Describing the bombing of a moving train by night, a British airman writes: "Leaving the aerodrome with a full load of high-explosive bombs, each of which was...
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15 July 2007 09:40 AM
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The Making of an Airman - Part V
The Daily News - Tuesday, October 1, 1918
THE MAKING OF AN AIRMAN.
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Wonderful "Quiffs" at Tuning-up School.
By ERNEST SMITH.
V
    Out of the large number of cadets who have been through the physical, instructional, and flying courses already described, the bulk are ready for...
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15 July 2007 08:52 AM
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The Making of an Airman - Part III
The Daily News - Saturday, September 28, 1918
THE MAKING OF AN AIRMAN.
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Fighting Instruction by Cinema.
By ERNEST SMITH.
III
    From the School of Aeronautics the cadet passes to a School of Armament, where he learns the mechanism and uses of the machine-guns which he will be called upon to...
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