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Aviation History
1937
1937 - 1667.PDF
Flight, Jtme 24, 1937. 623 PRESH AIR INTAKE FLAP' i ELEVATOR & CONTROL CONTROL RUDDER TRIMMING (UNDERCARRIAGE I WHEELS FLAPS & TURRET) UNDERCARRIAGE CONTROL p|TOT 840 H.P. HEAD MERCURY XIH ENGINES THE WORLD'S FASTEST STANDARD BOMBER ALTHOUGH one or two smaller experimental types may be a shade faster the Bristol Blenheim ^ medium bomber, which will appear at Hendon on Saturday as standard Service equipment, has most certainly a higher performance than any comparable machine in use abroad. Fitted with two Bristol Mercury VIII engines delivering a maximum of 840 h.p. each at 14,000ft. the Blenheim is capable of 280 m.p.h. The pilot has a fixed gun (mounted in the port wing), and there is a second weapon in the turret. Bombs are stowed internally in the bottom of the fuselage. Impressions of one who has flown in this magnificent aeroplane appear in the accompanying pages.
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