...went up to 160 MPH and then stuck, not having been designed for the purpose of exceeding recognised limits. I expected the FE to fold up under the strain...vertically below us — the Hun had caught up the biplane and was 2I4 emptying his gun into it at fifty yards' range. It sub sequently transpired that...

...went up to 160 MPH and then stuck, not having been designed for the purpose of exceeding recognised limits. I expected the FE to fold up under the strain...the other two machines were almost vertically below us—the Hun had caught up the biplane and was emptying his gun into it at fifty yards' range. It sub...

...top wing. Black cross on a white base. Good enough! Down went the FE's nose almost vertically; 2,000 feet we came down, while the air-speed indicator went...almost vertically below us — the Hun had caught up with the biplane and was emptying his gun into it at fifty yards range. It subsequently transpired...