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Aviation History
1942
1942 - 1808.PDF
SiCOND PRINTING: Send 10f for your copy of this fascinating 96- past history of aviation by Alien Jordanoft, author of Your Wings", with illustrations of current fighting types. Airplane Division, Curtiss- Wright Corp.. Buffalo, N. V. FIRST •f'rvidZtax, f*tUeTfKST*tiirfeAI6STf To turn the tide, to win victory, America must have the means of moving large numbers of troops, sup plies, tanks, guns, swiftly to critical and remote theatres of battle. A new and revolutionary factor in this war of distances is the Curtiss- Commando, the world's largest twin- engined transport. These giants of the air now are telescoping weeks into hours, and can perform prodigies in mass movements of men and material. Now America can " get there first, with the most /" C IJ RTJ.S SNiPW RIGHT AIRPLANE DIVISION 1920-^Iuriiss Eagle, first inter- city "liner," 400 h.p., 10 passen gers, 105m.p.h.— 64'wingspan. 1928-Curtiss B-2 Condor Bomber for the U.S. Army. Greatest weight carrying air plane of its time. Heavy de fensive armament. Two Curtiss Conqueror engines. 1929-Curtiss Condor, 2 pilots and 18 passengers, 139 m.p.h. high speed, two 600 h.p. Curtiss Conqueror engines. - 1933- Curtiss Condor, the first sleeper plane—6 compartments, each w ith 2 berths, two 720 h.p- Wright Cyclone engines. 16' m.p.h. cruising.
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