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Aviation History
1942
1942 - 1640.PDF
146 FLIGHT AUGUST 6TH, 1942 HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX Some Detail Sketches, and a New Set of Striking Photographs by Our Chief Photo grapher of a Halifax Being Put Through Fts Paces by Fit. Lt. J. R. Talbot Handley Page's Chief Test Pilot (Above) As the Halifax turns away the dead-black paint of the under side puts the machine in silhouette. The three projections behind the trailing edge of each wing are the pipes used to jettison fuel in case of emergency. (Right) A three-quarter rear view which emphasises the excellent field of fire covered by the three power-operated gun turrets. For all its 99 t- spft« the Halifax is a graceful machine and appears smaller than it actually is.
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