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POPULAR MECHANICS
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BLANKETING THE SKY WITH A CURTAIN OF DEATH

Guardians of the Night, the Antiaircraft Batteries Spray the Sky with Shot and Shell as Soldiers of the Sixty-Second Regiment Test Their High-Angle Guns and Searchlights on a Target Towed behind a Plane Flying over Long Island; the Night Maneuvers Offer a Thrill for Spectators, But a Bigger Thrill for the Pilot Who Has the Long Canvas-Cone Target Hitched to a Cable a Thousand Feet behind His Ship
Guardians of the Night, the Antiaircraft Batteries Spray the Sky with Shot and Shell as Soldiers of the Sixty-Second Regiment Test Their High-Angle Guns and Searchlights on a Target Towed behind a Plane Flying over Long Island; the Night Maneuvers Offer a Thrill for Spectators, But a Bigger Thrill for the Pilot Who Has the Long Canvas-Cone Target Hitched to a Cable a Thousand Feet behind His Ship