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Radiator 





control fever 



175 h p. Motor 



Additional laths supporting 

 upper surface of plane 



Fixed 

 ^machine "guns 



rExhaust pipe 



■Fuel tanK 

 )lcler for cart- 

 ridge belts 

 Holder tDf sDent 

 .cartridges 



cinq extension 

 leron projecting 

 to wings 



'V-shaped strut 



Shock 

 absorber' 



^Pan 2s' 



Very narrow and 

 ^'nping lower wings 



Wicker arnnchair 



upholstered in \ Ailerons controlled 



velvet \ with the knees 



Control lever of ailerons 

 and the elevator 



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western front, the Germans have copied the best features of the French and British fighting 

 power drives the Albatross through the air at the tremendous speed of over 130 miles an hour 



rear member of a triangle lies directly 

 behind the front member. Isn't it obvious 

 that the triangular strut thus formed is 

 strong and light and that it will offer less 

 resistance to the w-ind than if a rectangle 



with diagonal wire bracing were adopted? 

 Note, too, that the staggered wing con- 

 struction with the narrow lower plane 

 makes it possible to fasten each triangular 

 strut directly to the lower main beam. 



