BRITISH AIR FLEET.
GIANT BOMBING 'PLANE. TO CARRY EIGHT TONS. A and N-Z. LONDON. Oct. 17. The Air Ministry is planning a gigantic bombing aeroplane, weighing over two tons. It will be driven by three 100-h.p. Napier cub engines, one engine placed at the nose and the others on either side, so that if one engine fails the machine will continue steadily. It will carry six to eight tons of bombs, and will have a speed of 100 miles an hour.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18225, 19 October 1922, Page 7
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