GIANT OF THE AIR
British 12-Ton Bomber LARGEST IN THE WORLD (Rec. June 18, 5.5 p.m.). Official Wireless. Rugby, June 17. Among several new types of aircraft not publicly shown which will be seen for the first time at the Air Force Pageant at Hendon on Saturday week will be a huge four-engined Vickers night bomber which is considerably larger than the 8-ton VickersVirginia bomber—hitherto the largest and most powerful fighting aircraft in the world. The new machine has four RollsRoyce engines, developing 1920 horsepower, and two of the engines are mounted as “tractors” and two as “pushers.” The plane is 67 feet long, 22 feet high, and has a 90-foot wing spread. It weighs 12 tons, and in speed, range and load shows a considerable advance on any other bombing type.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 225, 19 June 1931, Page 9
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132GIANT OF THE AIR Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 225, 19 June 1931, Page 9
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