The Scrapbooks of Willis B. Haviland

An Earlybird's Scrapbook

USNAS Porto Corsini

More Reproductions from The Leading Edge, Christmas, 1918

This section incudes scanned reproductions from The Leading Edge, USNAS Porto Corsini's station newspaper. Due to "grain" encountered when scanning print media these scans were made at only 200 dpi. Furthermore, the Christmas edition was printed in red, which affected the contrast of the images. These scans have been converted to grayscale in order to improve contrast.

Top - "Launching an 'M 5." The doubting moment when the crew wonder whether it will have to handle this plane any more."

Bottom - "That ticklish moment, when the canal bank threatens to get in the way. 'Macchi, L 3' taking off.

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Lafayette
Escadrille 		Porto
Corsini 		Airplanes
Off Ships 		Stateside
Action 		The Roma
Catastrophe 		Earlybird
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