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gain more experience. Some few whom I know have had unique experiences in carrying out such plans: - One landed on account of a lost route and came down on the lot of the proving ground of a gun-factory (over which I have had the temerity of the unwary [[scribble]] in leading a formation)- and this fellow had the misfortune to be obliged to "swing the prop" of his high-compression engine himself. He enlisted the aid of several simple natives and instilled the fear of God in their simple hearts that the plan was to be held with great force when the blade started - giving the pilot a chance to run around the wings [[scribble] and get into the seat. As usual, with the bark of the exhaust the simple natives let go and ran; the wind twisted the plane, knocked over the dashing young, cursing young, aviator, and