PATROL BOMBER
THE FLIGHT TO ENGLAND
ARRIVAL AT BUFFALO
NEW YORK, July 11. The Consolidated patrol bomber, which is being flown to Britain for delivery, is* staying at Buffalo overnight. and will resume the flight at dawn to-morrow.
HEAD WINDS ENCOUNTERED
FUEL BELOW SAFETY MARGIN
BUFFALO, July 12. (Received July 13, at 1 a.m.) The Consolidated patrol bomber will take off at dawn. Captain Rogers said they could have reached Botwood, but 17 hours flying against head winds reduced the fuel below the margin of safety.
No data of the dimensions, weights, and performanceofthe Consolidated Aircraft XPB.2Y-I have yet been made public, but tne flying-boat is one of the largest and most powerful types produced, m America. Powered with four lOdu horse-power Pratt and Whitney ••Twin Wasp" engines, it is designed for long-range patrol and bombing duties. For long cruises it is provided with commodious sleeping and living quarters for the crew, a galley with electric range and refrigerator, workshop, complete telephone system beaching gear, and lifting slings for the ffigmes. “ fully sound-proof, ana® has heating and ventilating systems. Except that it has gunners’ turrets in the nose and stern, details of its armament are unknown. A feature of the design is the wing floats, which fold upwards to form the outer edge of the wings.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23859, 13 July 1939, Page 11
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