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1929
1929 - 0972.PDF
Supplement to FLIGHT, MAY 9, 1929 AIRCRAFT & AERO ENGINE Making Armstrong Whitworth Steel Wings Over a thousand men are building steel aircraft at the Whitley Works of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited. Four other Aircraft Manufacturers are building similar, aircraft under licence from Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited. Armstrong Whitworth steel aeroplanes were the first steel aircraft to be used in quantity and manufactured in series. They have been standardised as the single seater fighters of the Royal Air Force and have been in production for over six years. Armstrong Whitworth spars have shown no deterioration in this period. Steel is stronger, safer and surer in service than any other metal. j SIR W. G. ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AIRCRAFT LIMITED Works and Aerodrome: Whitley, Coventry. London: 10 Old Bond Street, VM
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