LONG-RANGE BOMBERS
DOUBLE ATLANTIC HOP AMERICAN DESIGN HIGH-SPEED PLANES tßecd. Jan. 9, 9 a.m.") WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. United States bombers capable of a trans-Atlantic non-stop return flight with a full crew and bombs are envisaged within 18 months. The Advisory Committee on Aeronautics in a report to Congress on secret developments and the streamlining of wings and the cooling and synchronising of motors, stated it was possible the bombers would reach a speed of 500 miles hourly.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20140, 9 January 1940, Page 5
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