"Over the Front in an Aeroplane, and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches" by Ralph Pulitzer. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Ralph Pulitzer. Over the Front in an Aeroplane, and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches
Over the Front in an Aeroplane, and Scenes Inside the French and Flemish Trenches
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ILLUSTRATIONS
OVER THE FRONT IN AN AEROPLANE
I. A FLIGHT TO THE FIRING LINE
II. HOW THE FRONT IS VISITED
III. IN THE FRENCH TRENCHES
IV. A TYPICAL DAY'S TOUR
V. A GRENADE-THROWING SCHOOL
VI. WITH THE BELGIAN BATTERIES
VII. IN THE FLEMISH TRENCHES
VIII. LESSONS
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Ralph Pulitzer
Published by Good Press, 2021
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We all stood perfectly powerless and watched the machine spiral down. As he made his glide, men stood in the field waving spare wheels at him to insure his understanding. But no. Instead of landing tilted to the left on his sound wheel and tail, he made his landing leaning over a little to the right where the wheel was missing. As it touched the earth the great machine buried its nose in the ground, its tail rose and rose till it stood perpendicular, and then fell forward in a somersault, so that the plane was lying on its back.
"He's finished. Get the ambulance," ordered the Captain.
