BATTLE PLANES.
NEW BRITISH TYPE.
DEFENCE OF LONDON.
t,HT caulk -rsr.ss as?octai;c.s - - rcrm!G3T IAVSTHALIAS ANl> N. 7.. CaPI.E ASS-'CIATIOS.) (Received September l!r<rii. 7.1" v.Tr..) LONDON. September C^. Tho aviation correspondent of the" "Daily Chronicle'' gives details of a remarkable new battle 'plane which should restore Britain's air prestige. Machines of the new type are intended for the defence of London and other British towns, and are inedolio,! on the lines of the Bame! ar.d Xapu-r Glonster 'planes. They have a speed of .li'O ratios .-.a hour, with lighting equipment: and. by means of 500 horsepower Napier "Lioness" engines, can reach an altitude of -0,000 icct. in 10 minutes, after receiving warning of a raid, as they rise almost vertically instead of cliiubiu:laboriously. Aii-Marshal Sir John Salntend i* organising a new aeroplane defence scheme.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18186, 24 September 1924, Page 9
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