BIGGER AND BETTER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 81, 6 April 1943, Page 3

BIGGER AND BETTER

U.S. Aircraft Construction Progress PRODUCTION FIGURES SOAR Rec. 2 p.m. RUGBY, April 5. Medium bombers being produced in the United States include a twinengined machine better than a FockeWulf, and very much faster than any-twin-engined machine now in use. Its name is still secret. This was' stated in London by Sir Roy Fedden, who with ten aircraft production engineers has just returned to England after a three months' tour of America. Sir Roy added that a super heavy bomber was on its way designed to carry a larger bomb load and fly faster ana much further than the heaviest British bomber. Dive-bombers, too, ■ were being built in big quantities. A very formidable family of transport planes, including tank carriers, were coming forward m large numbers, and it was expected the figure would be more than doubled bv the end of the year. Four times as many engines were being made as in Britain. He also expressed pleasure with the family of fighters being produced. The growth of the United States aircraft industry was tremendous.