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AIRWAYS AND AVIATION.
THE AIR WAR OF THE FUTURE
PROSPECT OF THE BIG, FAST BOMBER
IF FULLY DEVELOPED.
REVISION OF ARMAMENT OF FIGHTING 'PLANES
NECESSARY,"
iniles nu' hour and a ceiling Ine 24,000ft, but its military load, is only 2,180 lb. Botför till is being
ONE CAUSE OFRAF. ACCIDENTS.
NEED FOR SPECIALISATION EN MACHINE TYPES:"
།
Seventy-one members of the Royal done with tho now honvy bombers Air Foren were killed last year na now awaiting test in England.result of 41 alteraft accidents.
In 1930 84 Whorens the... Sidestrand has
were killed as a result, two engines, these mostly havo of 40 nocidents, and the year befor four, and both lend and speed were killed as a result of
accidents. In 1998, the worst year will be greater. Greas Britain.
since
the Air Force adopted ponce moving step by step towards
tims establishment, as were killed the really big military à machine,
in 34 machine accidents. which, if necessary; may be accept·
is
SIX DEAD
VATICAN.
DEBRIS BURIES 15,000 REFERENCE, BOOKS.
LOSS OF LIBRARY. CATALOGUES.
All Research Work Paralysed. The following detailed decount of the tragedy at the Fatican library, called new of which appeared in the Daily Press, is given in the London Daily Telegraph, E
Rome, Dec. 23-ápart from hu
fed as the prototype of those nireration of slots on all Royal Air Force an life-six known victims-the
that, will some day assume respon sibility for the main offensive. These bigger craft will obviously be
a stiffer proposition for the fighters
It was hoped that the introduc
nireraft, and the use of parachutes, would reduce the number of death despite the steady increase in the
on Library collapse greatest loss, suffered by the Vati the practi cally complete disappearance of the Library" catalogues.
Tha, schoot of thought which, lifte from "The mechanical point of argues that the war of the future view but much from the point of will be a war in the air, forcing view of accurate bombing. Nor do swift decisions. by swifter strokes, the troubles of the hember and They will have speed and a high But this hope has not been realised the 10,000 buried volumes are all
do.
there. The modern fighter has 3 performance which may make the bomber, as it has been known in the past, much less effective.
coiling. They will be more difficult. than amaller craft to disable, and they will bo well able to defend. themselves.
number of machines in the Service
this year.
Demands on Pilota,...... One of the causes of secidette is the Air Ministry's system of ex- poting every pilot to fly any type of aircraft, marine or landplans The accident which couard the largest number of deaths at one time this year occurred when
it
and
Unnecessary Ricks,
This, together" with the fact that
reference books covering an enorsa-- ous range of subjects, means that research students in the Library Will Ond their work paralysed.
A section of the bocks "on Eng and is buried. The volumes on
ed. Scotland and Ireland are untouch
The 15,000 buried books constitul-
aasumes a continuauce cf the ad vantage which hitherto the offen sive has most curtainly held and a development of the material which might be placed in its hand. Aero. In this country the enormous ad-
Their development will set the plance will be off to deliver their vance of the fighter is countered to fighter now problems, such as have Arst blow almost as quickly as the some extent by an almost equally already began to show themselves declaration of
war
is received important advance, in speed on their relation to the fast, day bomber, They will be armed with the most part of the bomber which uses the of the moment. With existing ». destructive projectiles, with chemi same engine. If the Fury has rais acent high speed in bombers may end weapons which may immobilized the speed of the fighter by 30 mican a very long chase. Them in pilot who had had little experienceed the nerve centre of the 500,000 collection, and the disintegration. a great city or an army in the or 40 miles an hour, the Hart has difference of little more than 30 cn that type of machine was flying printed works of the total Vatican
four between the seed of miles old, with speed to take them increased the speed of the day-
of the catalogue represents the ac Reduction in the number of ac the best British bomber and the quickly to their goal, and with ap bomber by an equal margin. But y
cidents would take place if a certruction of one of the greatest and pliances to make them sure of find other countries, considering only speed of the best British fighter, so
tain degree of specialisation in most scientific picoes of librarian ing their mark. They may suffer machines which are already in use, that a five miles' start would menu losses. They may have to adjust the speed of the fighter since the early 10 minutes pursuit before macbing types were permitted ship over carried out, perhaps, an their methods to the conditions of War has increased much more rapid the fightor with its machine-guns division should be drawn between in the world's history of biblid. The work was begun by the pre- the defence, but they will get ly than that of the bomber. Mean could get within range, and even aircraft such as flying bonts, which graphy through and will undoubtedly do while anti-aircraft guns have been then, there would have to be good demand a knowledge of seaman-
ship,
sant Pope when he was Vatien small "single-acnter most of the work they are sent to greatly improved in range, rate of shooting to be sure of holding wp
fre.. and accuracy. All these facts raid which had got so log to fighters, which call for their own Librarian in 1911, and has since tion and special care. Many of th If the bomber, with all the ad point again to the importance of its mark. In the last Air Exare special, highly developed #ying been carried on under his inspira- million cards of the now index-the vantage of initiative which it has a high service ceiling, and to theses there were examples of this diff. technique..
first written by the Pope himself held in the past, maintained its need to be able to climb quickly, culty. Furies pursuing Harts never
came up with them mati Londo
The present haphazard system. of are scattered and the ancient cata- superiority, it would no doubt then These requirements in turn tend to had been reached. The suggestion do great destruction or cause the impose limitations on load, and to that the Harts should not have beat pesting without reference to the ex-logues which were being gradually disorganization, and confusion render more difficult the essential able to get so big & start deserved perience of the pilot introduces collated are lost. This cataloguing which its supporters argue, and work of the bomber, which is to find tion that a different armament necessary flying riska, Increases was being partially financed by the whether it could escape the defences its mark.
would have given a very different in the speed of Service alreraft Carnegio Foundation. espect to the engagement took a have been accompanied by im- It will be many years—prchably er meet them with shot for shot.
count of more possibilities than theprovements in the control, and the generations-beföre the famous are questions which cannot at the
mere difficulties of pursuit. If one the argument of a main
library recovers from this blow. moment be safely answered. Cer
admitted the tain developments suggest that the air offensive were advantage of the offensive is like question of lead would assume the In that case ly to be lessened; that air defences utmost importance. are stendily improving and at aircraft would have to undertake greater rate than the bomber, as an more than the ordinary bombing affensive weapon;
is being im- such as was known in the War and proved. Air Aghting promises to has been contemplated since the become much more complicated. War. Upon it would devolve the and if the bomber" is to fulfil its duty which has hitherto rested on proper function it must go far be the heavies. Important works has been given to the difficult ano
jest of arming the fighter more gan work to ascertain the onuses of autographs of Henry VIII, the road anything in prespect, at the would have, to be destroyed from the heavily. The idea of a special typo the disaster. The exact point of copy of the "Divine Comedy," with realize better air, and against the biggest and of fighter which may fire small the collapse is the Old Wing" autograph dedication Boccaccio performance. It must be equipped most solid of them even the soclis. shells has been mocted, and some raised by Sixtus V. in 1688 Lc
bomb would be comparatively in research work along that line has house the library of Sixtus IV. Ito Petrarch, were cleared of their accurate bombing. Ita for more
been undertaken, but the subject it cut neroas the large Belvedere contenta ten days ago for effective. Aircraft entrusted with not easy. Speed must not be sacri- courtyard, dividing it from the load must be bigger. Its arma-
such a task would have to be able feed. Stability must be secured. library quadrangle. The master arrangement. The empty casos lic ment be more effective.
to carry enormous loads of bombs Yet, there must be a high muzzle walls of this wing were built at broken to pieces.
velocity in the projectile," so that a different levels 33 fest difference.”” Twelfth Century Codices on the THE AEROPLANE IN WAR and to make quite sure of their long, flat trajectory may be and between those two walls was history of the martyrdom of Saint Otherwise the awkward erected a series of huge column Sofa were missing, but have been targets themselves tained.: target. The Any one of three lines of develop might not be of such large propor- to be moved in vertical plane floors.
point of allowing guns in aircraft which served to
support thras
partially recovered. mont can be followed with somn
'An official Vatican report in an The top floor was the reference succcas, as may be seen from the tions as to allow of wide error in
which had to depend on the eleva (one of the most magnificent nails
moment. It must
1
QUESTION OF LOAD,
Those
of
examination, but the other sugges
FIGHTER'S ARMAMENT.
fitting of site, and the accidents rate fought to fall more quickly than it is doing at present A machine armed with a gun of comparatively short
On behalf of the Aff Ministry rango and small calibre operating against one has been stated that, the accidents of the big bombors which may be expected in, the future will again rate is falling per thousand dying be at a disadvantage. It will have hours; but the Air Ministry has to stand well away from ite quarry consistently refused because of the latter's own defen-number of flying hours. sive armament, and it will need Much thought different weapons.
must be tackled. Without some
daved Treasurbs, S Happily, the losses, of irreplace ablo incunabula, manscripts and codice are practically nil. By great good fortune several show
to revonl the cases, containing auch precious things as a Fourth Century. Greck Tentnmont Codex, the famous Fourth Century Texts of Virgil,
of
"
OF
Germany" adds that "there are also missing over one-
efficiency of the Hart as a day bom-marksmanship. A battleship, for such arrangement the marksmanship | hrary; below is the Sistine Salononouncing that "the missing works ber. The achievement of all the oh-instance, will survive anything but ion of the nose of the machine of the world, and one of the sights include a small section of the books jects would be a matter of some the heaviest bombing provided it is to secure a proper line of fire, would of tourist Rome); below that again on England and practically all thi difficulty and expense, and would armour-plated and ita vital spots be as much a matter of chance as
the anti-aircraft fire in the early was a store hall for fragmenta 1 books days of the War. are reasonably protected.
sculpture. be justified only if a country accept.
In is not only for weapons of
Books were also lost from the ed the view that the function of who have examined the question the air force in the next war willing aircraft in place of heavy heavy calibre that mechanism for Sistine Salone, but these were of third of the reference volumes ou elevation or depression is advocat secondary importance, all valuable canon law and many of the most be less that of supporting a land artillery declare that bombs of ed. In the two senter fighter with works having fortunately been re-important consultative authorities 1,000lb, and preferably of 2,000lb., the rear gun mounted above the moved some weeks ago; but it is in or sen force than that of carrying
cockpit such vortical movement many this hall that the frescoes have of epigraphy,, hagiology, liturgy. But the main offensive and lifting would have to be und
jaleography - and referencs books be easily achieved, but the fastest suffered. operations off the ground into the Nowhere in the world is there a Aghtor is the single-seater, and G |
Columns Collapse.
on the Pepes and Cardinals and Air. The Great Powers at present bomber which could combine load means bavo, yet been devised to
Two of the above-mentioned cer-histories of the Vatican
"The Library catalogues are al- target over his sights except by tral columas and the three arches love that roops and ships will high altitude cruising. The biggest manoeuvring the machine. There collapsed from top to bottom. For most totally lost, together with the do not accept that view. They be carrying on this scale with speed or allow the fighter pilot to get his carry out the main operations aided bomber in existence, the Caproniis always a blind spot on every some time their stability, had been by aeroplanes, which will scout for 90s which can carry a load of bomber, and no doubt the fighter threatened, and at the moment of Vatican collection of historical, them, carry out attacks on points 17,000lb., has a speed of only 12 by skilful piloting and by the ac collapse workmen, including four "philological, theological, oriental of strategie importance, and defend miles an hour and a ceiling ceptance of big risks, will continue of the victims, were reinforcing and bibliographical reviews. Among them from enemy air attacks. As 15,00011. Such a machine would to find it, but it is obviously true their bases. The columns telescoped the masonry is the fragments of long as that view obtains the bom have little chance of evading the that his task would be lightened it in hundreds of tons masonry. photographie, * réproductions of ber will not be developed as is might fighters or the searchlights or anti- he could swing his guns up, or down. An eye-witness in the reference codices, but some of these have been be, and the forces preparing against aircraft fire, sad even if it could At the moment he has a better library saw the floor opening and it will continue to diminish its ori climb higher and By bomber, the
an Bookchaca ginal advantage,
no reason to suppose that it would ever had. "Within a year or two thought it was an earthquake-in- The invention of the new search be more effective in lis aim than be may have a still better, for the deed that was the first general m light, described elsewhere in, this lesser craft. It is a common failing engine, which is now serving himpression and he fled from the issue, in a sign of the advance which of bombers the world war, thus the well is likely soon to be able to building,orying, "Earthquake, Of works of art the most notabir in being made in air defences. The process of sighting and releasing offer still higher service at the earthquake, fly for your lives" loss in the baptismal font of fast bomber of to-day can generally bomba has not yet been made, an heights at which he has to work. saving overal by his alarm. Eugono Napoleon, presented oyst evade the ordinary searchlight un-exact science. "Sights are being de This turn of the tide will pro
The Library locks" to-day, as ifta.
the Emperor to Pius IX. It jis ( til it must needs come down to veloped and apparatus for diminishbably not be permanent. The on high explosive shell and burst 28 anique Sevres masterpiece now re lower altitudes to make sure of 1ising the delay between the pulling ward march of the bomber is the building, tearing a great cen Francis Joseph to Pius X has beau
duced to dust. A dala given był target. The new searchlight work of the lover and the actual fall of tarded by insistence on the substral hole and blowing up the roof. movered intact, but several other od in conjunction with sound loca the bomb is being tried. But there diary nature of the air arm fors, may aproad a net across it has still to arrive the aerial tor Slowly the bember with aamuth feal rendarmes are on patrol to marbles are destroyed.
A special service of armed ponti Royal gifts in porphyry and rar immediately which will not only pedo which will drive the missile dertake heavy tasks with muth entangle it but reveal all that the surely and at great speed towards assurance as the bomber which of intruders to pillage books or lassen is only now beginning, we all prevent any attempt on the part The investigation of material guntors on the ground aged to its mark.
carries nothing heavier than 112b. know for accurate fire. The grid
hombs will emergs and will ostab relics of art. The Pro-Prefect and offorts, by order of the Pope, until lish its right to be entrusted with the learned Prefects of the Library, this morning contred on the search in which the acropland is flying will
major duties, and unless fighters moved about in tears among the far, and recovery of the victimas.. only to the batteries the height, For such duly the big acroplane fit to meet, such an emergency have ruins and the Pope is much af Tive bodies, including that of the
festad, direction, and speed of the bomber, with high speed must ultimately be been planned and brought to a re
Italian research scholar, Dr. and shells will soon be bursting produced. It will be expensive, but sonable state of preparedness the From England, the Master of Vattasso, have been so far recover hear it. This now threat means there is ample proof that the thing prophecies of those who expect the the Roils and the Deputy Keepered out of the six known to be kil higher qeiling and cruising can be done. The Sidestrand is an next war to be carried into the of Records have sent wir dendal causal cavi
A commission of inquiry has be- Cardinal Scorstary of Stata. (Continued on previous column.); these days of supercharging mean It has a top speed of at least 140, be fulfilled.
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