A FORMIDABLE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT.—A 16-ton four-engined all-steel monoplane, with a top speed of 198 miles an hour, is the latest product of the French Air Ministry in its efforts to create the most formidable fighting air force in the world. It will carry a total bomb load of seven tons and a battery of five or six machine-guns mounted along its 82ft fuselage. It will have no "blind spots,” and attacking pilots will meet with a hot fire fire whatever direction they approach.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18378, 21 April 1934, Page 14
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83A FORMIDABLE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT.—A 16-ton four-engined all-steel monoplane, with a top speed of 198 miles an hour, is the latest product of the French Air Ministry in its efforts to create the most formidable fighting air force in the world. It will carry a total bomb load of seven tons and a battery of five or six machine-guns mounted along its 82ft fuselage. It will have no "blind spots,” and attacking pilots will meet with a hot fire fire whatever direction they approach. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18378, 21 April 1934, Page 14
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