The Little World

Construction photos of the Revell Nieuport 28 are not available for security reasons.

The Department of Defence has determined that these aircraft may be vital to national security and details of their interior fittings are classified. The Navy has further clamped down on details of their deployment, though sources close to the Pentagon have hinted that they may be fitted as spotter plane trainers for Battleship aviators. Pensacola was unavailable for comment.

People who want to see one in a museum are carefully screened before being allowed on the premises. This includes a complete family history, psycho-political examination papers, and biometric photographs. The FBI has first refusal on any informayion, followed by the Department of Homeland Security and the BATF. After this comes the State Department and the US Navy. So far only three people have actually seen the airplane and two of them were blindfolded at the time.

The concept of a shipboard fighter aboard battleships will undoubtedly be a feature of a future doctrine. The plane will be launched from catapults erected on the roof of the main aft turrets and once airborne will be directed in which direction to fly by flag signals from the bridge. Observation of enemy fleets will be conducted for as long as the fuel remains and the plane will subsequently drop floatation buoys with reports in sealed containers near to fleet picket boats. They will then fly to land, or ditch in the sea and sink. It is envisaged that use of this tactic in mid-ocean fleet actions will require a considerable supply of trained ensigns aboard each battleship.

These French planes have a tendency to shed the upper wing canvas during a dive, but fleet ensigns will be instructed to glide at all times, as if they were on a dance floor. To this end Annapolis has added extra dancing lesson classes to the curriculum. Cadets will be required to provide themselves with two pairs of pumps for this purpose.