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1942
1942 - 1073.PDF
MAY 2 I ST, 1942 FLIGHT 505 10,000 lb. capacity of our Stirling and Halifax bombers, with their 99ft. wing span. , I have seen far and away bigger bomb loads at 3,000- mile ranges quoted in U.S.A. aircraft journals for your productions, which must fog the issue. One wonders how well the real facts are known, for, after all, the exact load-carrying capacity on a stipulated long-range flight is of paramount importance, and the true test of a first-rate heavy bomber. We look forward keenly to the anglicised E type For tress" "with gun turrets which has such an attractive specification, and, we feel, will prove formidable in ser vice, for we are new well accustomed to the reliability and high ceiling of the Boeing. The regularity with which your bigger types cross the Atlantic has created an enormous impression over here. You have amply demonstrated dependability on these long ferrying trips ; bigger load-caxLving capacity is your^pext achievement, and cool, calculating jJwlmjs wih^fgain be stirred to ,s»***£hthusiasm. lades Jle4 frcltn/ftAe npfn sources are giving excellent we zrfeyKow leaning to the electrically TJperatedNype. A^^o blades, the hollow-steel variety are not so! easy to^repair as normal ti^es In this/ corij^y, blades of improved wood are defi nitely in Ijj^srpnHanry a^tjffir repairability has been proved, and thereJa«tesgBfrsk of damaging the hub when Ie is broken. America, with its accumu lated experience of bonded plywoods, could relieve one of the bottlenecks by concentrating more on this type of propeller blade, which will, incidentally, ease the metal shortage. To revert to engines, I cannot stress too highly how much admiration your exhaust turbo-superchargers have evoked among British engineers. For years a subject for research among Continental and home aircraft (Top) The North-American Mustang, an operational trainer, is another of the Allison-engined group. It has an all-metal Monocoque fuselage. Gross weight, 7,724 lb. (Centre) Douglas Havocs being fitted up for service at an Assembly Unit in England. (Left) The Vultee Vengeance, designed expressly for the R.A.F. as a dive bomber. (Below) A Boeing Fortress I now being supplanted by an improved type.
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