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planes; he is dodging "Archies' he 

 is taking photographs from which 

 maps are made; sending wireless 

 messages back to his headquarters; 

 he may be dropping a few bombs here 

 and there; and he still can see horses, 

 carts, guns, trenches, etc., and takes 

 the time to put down everything he 

 sees. Now, if he can do this he ought 

 to be able to see quite a bit of the 

 country he flies over in peace time, 

 don't you think? (Laughter and 

 applause). 



We fellows used to have great sport 

 flying low, about 200 feet above the 

 ground, and taking pot shots at 

 birds and rabbits ancl all sorts of 

 things, but we killed off so many of 

 them that the folks stopped us. You 

 can take a piece of white cloth a yard 

 square and hide it, and I'll guarantee 

 to find it anywhere, from my machine, 

 provided the trees are not too thick. 



Going for Eggs by Air 



Men, I tell you that with your 

 landing grounds here, with your 

 freedom from the Hun, a fellow can 

 do anijihing; ancl tnen an aeroplane is 

 such a handy thing to have. 

 (Laughter). Why, over there at the 

 front when we'd come down after a 

 hard day's work we'd find perhaps 

 that we were snort of eggs for our 

 supper. Awful state of affairs! Well, 

 we might know there were some a bit 

 further back, say three or four miles. 

 What do we do? Hop into a machine! 

 off you go, get a couple of dozen eggs, 

 and back you come, all in about a 

 minute. You see, if it had not been 

 for the aeroplane there would have 

 been no eggs in the place. Oh yes, — 

 aeroplanes can be made very useful! 

 (Laughter). 



Using the Wireless in Aeroplanes 



As for the use of wireless in aero- 

 planes, wireless telegraphy I mean: 

 I had the pleasure of listening to 

 Mr. Fletcher's very interesting re- 

 marks on the subject today, and I 

 only wish I could be permitted to 

 supplement them. Great things are 

 being done "over there," but we 

 can't talk about them. For instance, 

 Mr. Fletcher spoke of the wireless 

 telephone as being in its infancy. 

 Well, all I can say is that the child is 

 growing very rapidly over there. Of 

 course, as I said, I cannot tell you of 

 the great strides being made in the 

 use of various wonderful inventions 

 which are being used at the front, 

 but one phase of this question has 

 just occurred, to me which I am at 

 liberty to mention. That is, the use 

 of kite balloons, or sausages, as we 

 call them. A man is sent up several 

 thousand feet in one of these kite 

 balloons, and anchored. Up there 

 he can see immense distances and spot 

 any undue disturbance which might 

 occur in the stretch of country under 

 observation; he has a wireless tele- 



phone, and he can keep the ground 

 staff posted — all he has to do is to 

 phone down to his companions. The 

 man who is using wireless telegraphy 

 for his messages has to use a great 

 deal of discretion because his messages 

 stand the chance of being intercepted, 

 or they may be subject to "inter- 

 ference." Of course when he is 

 fiying directly to or from his station 

 he gets clearer messages. The "in- 

 terference" I refer to is electrical 

 interference, of which there is always 

 a certain amount, and this is a draw- 

 back in the use of wireless tele- 

 graphy. But the wireless telephone! 

 Well, we are going quite fast and 

 doing well with it. I can say that 

 much about it. (Applause). 



Surveys by Motion Pictures 



There are all sorts of possibilities 

 in the use of aeroplanes. For in- 

 stance, making surveys by means of 

 moving pictures. Fve done it my- 

 self; and you can make a very, very 

 accurate survey in this way. And 

 just think of the number of people 



