World War I Collection

one glove, and cleared them a little with my hand. I couldn't get ahold of them to pull them off because of my helment. By that time I knew that I was right on the ground, but could only see a hazy outline of it, so I redressed and landed the best I could. It was a poor landing but I didn't break anything. The engine would only turn over 700, and would hardly taxi across the field to the hanger. This time the magneto had gone bad. I waited until 6:30 P.M. when Larrie Higgins got back from his voyage and I took his machine and had a fine trip. I flew at 1800 meters from Pontlevoy to Tours. Got back at 9 P.M. after stopping 20 minutes at Salome and 15 at Pontlevoy. Larrie Laurence got lost this afternoon and landed 60 Kms. north west of Tours. I had no trouble at all in finding my way.