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��175 h p. Motor

��Additional laths supporting upper surface of plane

���Fixed ^machine "guns

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■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.

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