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 How Our Naval Falcons Are Unleashed

���A hydroair- plane at the moment of be- ing launched from a cruis- er: It rests upon a wood- en car driven by compres- sed air power

��� ��This shows the track, fif- teen feet a- b o V e the deck of the ship, which serves for the launching of the hydro- airplanes

��At the end of the track the wooden car, which weighs about 400 pounds, drops into the water with a mighty splash, while the airplane lightly speeds on its way

��Photos by Prizma. Inc.

���The car is recovered by a waiting launch and towed back to the ship, to be hoisted aboard to be used again at the next start

��Having completed its flight, the hydro- airplane comes to rest in the lee of the ship and is once more hoisted aboard her

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