He
kept his angle of 45 deg. till about 500 meters, when he adopted the
vertical, and blazed up on crashing to the ground....
The Spad ravished him. It was the heyday of wonderful flights on the
Somme. Yet he wanted something even better; but before pestering M.
Bechereau he began with an inspiring narrative.
_December 28, 1916._ I can't grumble; yet yesterday I missed my
camera badly. I had a high-class round with an Albatros, a fine,
clever fellow, between two and ten meters away from me. We only
exchanged fifteen shots, and he snapped my right fore-cable--just a
few threads still held--while I shot him in the small of his back.
A fine spill! (No. 25).
Now, to speak of serious things, I must tell you that the Spad 150
H.P. is not much ahead of the Halberstadt. The latter is not
faster, I admit, but it climbs so much more quickly that it
amounts to the same thing. However, our latest model knocks them
all out....
The letter adds only some recommendations as to the necessity for more
speed and a better propeller.
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