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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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