WAR IN THE AIR.
NEW TROOP TRANSPORT. .OVER 100 -MILES AN' HOUR. , LONDON, Sept. 5. The Westminster Gazette states that a new fleet of troop transports, each accommodating 24 fully armed soldiers, is being despatched to the Air force in Iran. The machines weigh nine tons wheii fuhy loaded and can attain a speed ol 104 miles an hour. They are equipped with gun racks and folding seats. While preparing .for an attempt to beat h ranee's world’s altitude record ol .12,O'Tift. Lieutenant tlulman made a preliminary test of a super-charged Nnpier-Lion machine. Thcoretica'i tests show that an altitude of oo,oodft. can be attained if the pilot is safeguarded, which is considered possible. The Daily News states that new French flying-boats aie being completed at St. Naza ire. They weight 17 tons, have a wing span of 131 ft-.; a speed of 12d miles an hour and a range of 3000 miles, while they wid 1 be able to carrv several tons of bombs.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 27 September 1926, Page 7
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