HUGE BOMBERS PLANNED
UNITED STATED AIR FORCE FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO BE SPENT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, December 16. The Washington correspondent of the ‘ New York Times ’ states that the army is seeking 4,000,000 dollars to build five bombers twice the size of the 'Boeing flying fortresses. It is understood that they will weigh 70,0001bs unloaded, compared with the fortresses’ 38,0001 b. There are to he four motors each of 2,000 horse-power, with a flying range of 5,600 miles unloaded.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19391218.2.63
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 23452, 18 December 1939, Page 7
Word Count
81HUGE BOMBERS PLANNED Evening Star, Issue 23452, 18 December 1939, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in