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MANOEUVRES OF AERIAL FIGHTERS. Four of the manoeuvres that every air fighter must be able to use are here shown diagrammatically. The loop is already familiar, and its great virtue is that, properly done, it brings the pilot "under the tail" of his opponent. The reversement is a variation to be used when meeting the enemy. In this a loop is started, but the machine is twisted over when the top of the up curve is reached, and slides out right side vp —again "under the tail." The vrille, a whirling-leaf dive, is a method of escape. Its danger is that in the whirling fall the avion at two points on each turn gives a broadside target to the enemy. The wing-slip is safer, but harder. It offers a poorer target to the foe, but the danger lies in stopping it. To "straighten out" means to crush the wings, aud the avion must be twisted into a nose dive before the fall can be checked.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 13
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166Reversement Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 13
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