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Air War is Fought Five Miles

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up

higher the safer" is an old flying maxim to which added point is lent in wartime when the attainment of great height may often prove an air- craft's best means of evading unwelcome attention from the ground defences while flying above enemy territory.

But the great heights at tainable by modern wircraft bring their own problem in flying and fighting.

Heights of Ustee and for miles

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flie five the any, while even mark does not represent the "ceth- mg" to which the latest types of RAF lighter taft cam search of the enemy

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clothing:

fur-lined Wort boots reaching above the knee, fur-

close-flung lined overalls.

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flexible suspended Bength of tubing. On taking up his position In the aircraft the airman plugs

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PROCERAPS and reaction

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Hard Air to Fly In

APART from the physiological high altitude By- rons.derations, ing als Introduces special pro- blems relating to the aircraft it-

The self.

Aero supercharged Pagine has now satisfactorily overs come the difficulty of compressing low arombustible mixture at a outade pressure, a problem which previously Brited aeroplanes to a maximum height of about 1,500 feet.

Hul the thin air of great heights still takes is toll of an aircraft'a performance by reducing its rate of ei mb and render.ng it far less manoeuvrable than at lower levels. Al heights above 20,000 feet, for atmo- example, the attenuated sphere provides so little "it" for the aeroplane's wings that, com- bined with the lower power out

The but of the engines,

ratr of ch may falt to about one-tenth of the alteraft's ground level ability

In other words, an air- craft which can climb from ground level to 3,000 feet in 2 minutes may well take 20 minutes to climb from 25,900 feet to 28,000.

High altitude flying also talls for exceptionally enreful handling of the aircraft, for though the thin nir offers the minimum of resis tance to the aircraft's pussage and su permits of the attainment of higher speeds, its buoyancy is far le bit at lower levels.

Even to maintain level flight it becomes necessary to keep the air- craft lo slightly all-down at- titude so that the wings are pre- sented to the airstream at their angle of maximum ¡ffL

A step turn in that thin air would be impossible and to attempt It would result only in an im- mediate loss of height as the air- craft, suddenly robbed of much of its ft by the altered angle of the wings, slipped sideways on wing-up.

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STALIN & HITLER AREN'T GETTING ANY FRIENDLIER

(United Press War Expert)

NEW YORK, Aug. 29 (UP). -There seems to be growing ovidence that the Russians and the Germans are moving apart as thoir interests clash in south-eastern Europe.

The Sovieta' absence in the Vienna conference called to prevent the outbreak of war in south-eastern Europe is most significant,

Jose! Sinlin, the Soviet dictator, several times this summer allowed It to be known that Russin has major interests in the Balkans and he does not regard cempireently Adolf Hitler's and Benito Musso- lini's assumption they are respon- sible for regimenting the Balkans. (Italy, Germany, Rumania, and Hungary wers, the Vienna con- fereca)

The moro Italy and Germany show offective power in forcing Rumania and; Hungary to come..to: terms, the less will be Stalla's satisfaction.” There is an "uncor-

tain element in the Balkan slua- tion which must concern Hitler and Mussolini,

Germany several days ego suddenly annexed the neutral Polish area which was to re- main an independent buffer state.

It now seems apparent that the annexation was a countermove to Russlan

border attacks on Ku- mania, which censors concealed unul Tuesday. Hitler, through the annexation, thus became able to strengthen his strategie. position if the time should come to strike against the U.S.S.R.

well understands Stalin

the German technique and hence, im- mediately afterward Russia coun- tered with a surprise gesture of friendship toward Great Britain, in Moscow, Trade Commissar A. 1. Mikeren informed British Am- bassador. Sic Stafford Cripps "that "discussions

-By-

I. W. T. MASON

The trade commissar said Britain could 'demonstrate friendship for Russia'by're- leasing gold-laden ships be- longing to Baltic states re- cently incorporated, into the Soviet Union, which are being held. by Britain,

Russia thus made possible a res newal of Anglo-Soviet amity dis- cuasiorts which had been dead- locked.

Berlin and

Rome must regard with, suspicion any Russian, movo to establish friendship In the enemy camp.

ing Balkan ambitions in the back- ground. This changed attitude can only mean feat of Slay complica- tions interfering with Berlin-Rone plans.

•

Behind uncertainties and obscurities is the basic fact that German air attacks on Britain have not been success- ful:

Ten days ago, Russian newspa- pers said Hillier was getting no- where

with

trans-channel bla assaults. To watchful non-belll- gerent European eyes Hitler is re- colving his first check.

the

Russia is preparing for possibility of an eventual Nazi defeat. Hitler und Mussolini can- not permit such a conception to spread now.

They must Ксер n controlling grip on the continent or see their dissipate. If authority begin to they will settle the Rumano-Hun-

STALIN

They musi realise, however, that events show Rusio wants it fact

broken eventually--which of far-reaching pro-

posals might result Britain abandoned her "hosille attitude"

toward Russia.

With Russin's attitude proving uncertain, Italian agilation regard ing Greece, almost halted. The,

garian territorial dispute they will

Itollons are now enraging them-demonstrate, outwardly, that this selves regarding Egypt while, keep control is not yet broken.

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