But the German school of aeronauts were doing bigger things than making trials with kite balloons.
A kite balloon would stay up fine at cruisingspeed.
He has destroyed six enemy aeroplanes and two kite balloons.
Some 5,425 Allied aircraft and 614 kite balloons were claimed destroyed.
In all he has accounted for five machines and a kite balloon.
Since 16 September he has to his credit four enemy machines and one kite balloon.
The type commonly used was the kite balloon.
This officer has destroyed three enemy machines and three kite balloons.
He has, in addition, destroyed a third machine and shot down two kite balloons in flames.
Our kite balloons were in the air the whole day.
