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sensation of wonder.

I found the controls quickly respondent to the slightest pressure on the joy stick and I attempted some quirks with passable success. Virages, a renversement of sorts, several cartwheels and a hairaising -- better, a helmet-raising -- spin which latter started with the motor full on! The little butterfly dropped like a true ^[[true]] stone at the least indication that the 180 horses were going to cease pulling. That is what I think impressed me mostly -- the fact that there is no gliding angle to speak off. The 28 Nieuport with its power shut off will head cross country for a far distance -- with the 27 at Field #7 in my training I had a forced landing  [[strikethrough]] [[?]]  [[/strikethrough]] ^[[5]] miles from the aerodrome but managed to glide safely the whole distance; with a Spad this would have been impossible. In landing the plane (it was 8:45 and nearly dark) I