The Loening monoplane, a tractor airplane equipped with an Hispano-Suiza 300-horsepower engine and representing, loaded, a gross weight of 2,680 pounds, its military load including two Marlin and two Lewis machine guns, performed as follows at the Wilbur Wright Field:

Speed (miles per hour):
At ground143.5
At 6,500 feet138.2
At 10,000 feet135
At 15,000 feet127.6
Climb:
To 6,500 feet, time 5 minutes 12 seconds.
To 10,000 feet, time 9 minutes 12 seconds.
To 15,000 feet, time18 minutes 24 seconds.
Service ceiling (feet)18,500

The Ordnance Scout with a Le Rhone 80-horsepower engine, weighing, loaded, 1,117 pounds, is an advanced training plane. In its official test at Wilbur Wright Field it performed as follows:

Speed (miles per hour):
At 6,500 feet90
At 10,000 feet83.7
At 15,000 feet69.8
Climb:
To 6,000 feet, time 8 minutes 30 seconds.
To 10,000 feet, time17 minutes 40 seconds.
To 14,000 feet, time43 minutes 20 seconds.

The Thomas-Morse MB-3 pursuit plane, a tractor biplane equipped with an Hispano-Suiza 300-horsepower engine, weighing, including its crew but without military load, 1,880 pounds, in unofficial tests at Wilbur Wright Field, performed as follows:

Speed, at ground level (miles per hour)163.68
Climb, to 10,000 feet4 minutes 52 seconds.

THE THOMAS-MORSE PURSUIT PLANE.

S. E. 5. EQUIPPED WITH 180-HORSEPOWER HISPANO-SUIZA ENGINE.