Russia’s Air Strength.— An American observer who has recently viewer the several national air forces in Europe states that the Russian service, which has been said to possess 2500 machines, is probably stronger than that estimate. By the standards of the other services, it is, however slow and inefficient. Above are two Russian machines Top. An A.N.T. 35, a. low-wing, copy of the American Douglas passenger machine.’ Bottom: A giant five-engined bomber, “which is slow and cumbrous by modern standards and of which the engines are not too reliable.”
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 186, 4 May 1937, Page 7
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89Russia’s Air Strength.—An American observer who has recently viewer the several national air forces in Europe states that the Russian service, which has been said to possess 2500 machines, is probably stronger than that estimate. By the standards of the other services, it is, however slow and inefficient. Above are two Russian machines Top. An A.N.T. 35, a. low-wing, copy of the American Douglas passenger machine.’ Bottom: A giant five-engined bomber, “which is slow and cumbrous by modern standards and of which the engines are not too reliable.” Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 186, 4 May 1937, Page 7
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