A NEW AEROPLANE.
"■*■ — : ~ i ~ '■.■;■• POWERFUL FIGHTING MACJB&NE.., (Per Press Association, Copyright.) LONDON, August 2i. Flying* tests are being carried out ali. the Royal Aircraft Works aerodrome ' at Farnborough with a gigantic Sid-i deley-Curtis battleplane. The machine, 'which is heavily armoured and pro-' tected on each side with maohine-guni galleries weighs nine and a-half tons. |It is equipped with twin Siddeley-' i Deasy engines, each of, 420 honeepower. The craft is designed to act ako as a bomber.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9594, 31 August 1921, Page 4
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77A NEW AEROPLANE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLII, Issue 9594, 31 August 1921, Page 4
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