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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: thereby bringing the term of action in the air to about 6 1/4
hours. This machine travels at a very high speed and is
eminently adapted to its specific duty, but it is of limited
service for general purposes.
The arming of an aeroplane, to enable it to defend itself against
hostile attack or to participate in raiding operations upon the
aerial fleet of the enemy, appears to be a simple task, but as a
matter of fact it is an undertaking beset with difficulties
innumerable. This is especially the case where the aeroplane is
of the tractive type, that is to say where the propellers are
placed in the forefront of the machine and in their revolution
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