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1945
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NOVEMBER 1ST, I945 F L I G H T 467 V ;-J* Lincoln II Some Aspects of the Mightiest Bomber in the World Illustrated by "Flight" photographs.T HERE comes a time in every sphere when even those things held in the greatest regard are super- seded. We have had some fine aircraft in the past, but, one by one, sooner or later, they have had to make way for something newer, something better— and, if the successor is of the same family, the stature of the original is carried to new heights by its successor. Even in the war we have had examples of this in the Spitfire-Spiteful, the Hurricane-Typhoon-Tempest line, and, most recently, in the Lincoln, successor to the magnificent Lancaster. Mention of the Lincoln has, of course, previously been made in Flight, but we are now in a position to supple- ment b\' experience the bare elementary facts supplied officially. In the sub-heading of this article are the words '' Mightiest Bomber in the World," and, although there are larger bombers, the Lincoln is, nevertheless, the one aircraft in particular to which the title deservedly applies. It has an almost fantastically large bomb load—even compared with the Lancaster, which, w«; might point out, carried 22,000 lb.—and allied to this has a radius of action of the order of 1,500 miles coupled with a very high cruising speed. We cannot quote actual figures, be- The new faceted "beetles- eye '' nose of the Lincoln is reminiscent of German prac- tice. The Rolls-Royce Mer- lins are in circular cowlings.
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