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...Hispano-Suiza motcur canon (TIME, Jan. 11 and March 8) which taxed the credulity of one of your correspondents, is no novelty in air warfare. Precisely such a weapon, of 37 mm. calibre, was mounted in the shaft of the 300 h.p. Spad supplied to leading French pursuit pilots, back in September, 1918. De Turenne, my escadrille commander, had one. So did foremost French ace Fonck, who on one occasion had fired the canon, was easing away in a power dive to shake off some Fokkers behind him when one of the empty 37 mm. shell cases jammed his stick...
...This ship is said to have covered more than 500,000 miles carrying passengers around the U. S. †The highest altitude ever reached by an airplane was 40,820 feet (almost 7½ miles) by Jean Callizo in a Bleriot-Spad biplane with Lorraine motor...
...highest altitude ever reached by an airplane was 40,820 feet (almost 7½ miles) by Jean Callizo in a Bleriot-Spad biplane with Lorraine motor...
...Squadron Spad...