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rear man height to get his head out for a look around. The twin Rolls-Royce engines are smooth and velvety; they force the great surface through the air at a [[strikethrough]] great [[/strikethrough]]fine clip. In turning sharply on the ground one or the other motor is run singly and the heavy tail, which a score of men ordinarily lift, swings about with a snap, on the axis of the four heavy undercarriage wheels.

With bombs in place ^[[on the]] [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] Fees and H.Ps lined about on three sides of the hollow square the flashlight from the controller in the starter's box gives its pointed beam of command and the take off is smoothly effected. One is reminded of a [[strikethrough]] moonlight [[/strikethrough]] moonlit racecourse where a pack of eager thoroughbreds is about to run [[strikethrough]] ?? [[/strikethrough]] a special sort of a race.

Far in the distance signals flit like will o'the wisps giving ^[[the bearing and]] line of light. Poles with [[strikethrough]] fla [[/strikethrough]] flare lamps rear upwards for messages to