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1939
1939 - 0889.PDF
MARCH 30, 1939. ADVERTISEMENTS. FLIGHT. 29 WRIGHT CYCLONES BRITISH "HUDSON" LOCKHEED B-14 BOMBERS -trtdetet/ o& the BRITISH AIR MINISTRY The imposing fleet of British "Hudson" twin-engined reconnaissance-bombing planes —the Lockheed Aircraft Company's B-14 Type recently ordered for the Royal Air Force of Great Britain—will be powered exclusively by 1,100 H.P. Wright Cyclone en^iies. A military version of the Wright Cyclone- powered Lockheed 14 Transport with which Howard Hughes flew around the world in the record time of 3 days and 19 hours, the " Hudson" ranks as one of the swiftest and most efficient bombard ment types ever developed. Its speed, cruising range and great striking power make it an important addition to the British Empire's aerial fighting forces. The Lockheed 14 Transport, from which this advanced bomber version was de veloped, is now in regular service on air lines both here and abroad, notably on British Airways, K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Air Lines), Roumanian Air Lines, and K.N.I.L.M. (Royal Netherlands Indies Airways), where they are powered by Wright Cyclones. "Fly With Wright The World Over" WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL CORPORATION PATERSON NEW JERSEY A DIVISION OF CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPOKATION WRIGHT ENGINES
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