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the safety of the Hun lines. [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] If the Bosche is successfl in his shots well and good, if he is not then he has nothing to lose. The first Allied machines were too light to dive with the same safety as the adversary so the Spad was presumably built to withstand the tremendous diving speed and strain -- and consequently the Hun looks for other odds in his favor than mere diving ability nowadays.

The most graceful machine [[strikethrough]] was[[/strikethrough]] ^[[of today]] is the 28 Nieuport in my estimation.  It reminds me of a bird--but the Spad is a wasp. The Nieuport carries two guns shooting through the propellor and so does the heavier [[strikethrough]] he[[/strikethrough]] single seater Spad. Incidentally the reason why our squadron has lost just six Hun planes in the past week is because of