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Aviation History
1942
1942 - 0935.PDF
JGHT, APRIL 30TH, 1942. Advt. v. THE WORLDS DIVE BOMBER 1937 • High performance dive bomber with heavy defensive armament and completely re tractable landing gear. Many squadrons of the Curtiss SBC-3 lype operated from carriers of the United States Fleet. MODERN DESCENDANT OF THE WORLD'S jink '939 The ^6C-4, powered with a Wright Cyclone, superseded the earlier type and excelled its performance. Planes of this model were still being delivered jo carrier-Viased Navy units and Reserve £fiund bases in 1940. to iaseu^f »on hi -YourWfS'^tfigW-trauonsofc«tren io cover mat»»6 Cut"56 l neDiv««°»^uKa\o VrVghtCotp., • In 1928 Curtiss-Wright produced one of the first airplanes designed specifically for dive bombing, a maneuver conceived and pioneered by the United States Navy- Today's Curtiss Dive Bomber, the SB2C-1, gives America a weapon which, in its classi fication, has yet to meet its equal in speed, range and striking power. This latest descendent of the long line of Curtiss "Helldivers" outspeeds its immediate predecessor by 100 M. P. H. — flies twice as far—carries double the armament with twice the number of heavy bombs. The SB2C-1 is but one of seven types of modern military aircraft whose large- scale production in Curtiss-Wright's four great airplane plants is a contribution of first importance to National Defense. € II RTIS S^W RI fi H T AIRPLANE DIVISION BUFFALO. N. Y. COLUMBUS, O. ST. LOUIS, MO.
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