NEW TERROR OF THE AIR.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3144, 20 November 1922, Page 8

NEW TERROR OF THE AIR.

Tile mosl powerful and destructive torpedo plane in the world is now being built to the order of the British Air Ministry at a remote aerodrome on the hanks of the lltnnher, in Yorkshire, Tin's machine, which is intended lo operate with, the navy, says the .Morning Post', will lie aide lo rise from and alight on the sea, while its single: 1000 horse-power Napier "Cub" etngino will drive: it through the air at a speed approaching !•*>() miles an hour. .Beneath the fuselage of this terrible new air weapon will he slung a torpedo weighing one ton and a quarter. or alternatively two small torpedoes can he used, while Ihe machine will also lie armed with a number of machine guns. Inlying at a height of several thousand feet, as it approaches its objective it will dive suddenly to within- a few feet of the surface of the water and discbarge its torpedo. It is claimed that owing to the ability of thi> new air weapon to approach close to its victim it. wili be quite within its power to sink the largest battlewhip afloat. A swarm of these machines attacking a ileet of warships either on the high seas or in harboir would, although some may be shot down, bo able to inflict terrible damage at a comparatively low cost.