FASTEST ’PLANE
CLAIM BY BRITAIN XfiW FJ.OHTER-HOMBI3R Speed not exceeded 'by! that, of th% fastest single-seater fighting planes yet in service vvitlt any of the world’s air forces has been attained bv tlie Hampden, according to the Society of British Aircraft Const ruction. This fighter-bomber monoplane, has been ordered in substantial numbers by the British Air Ministry. Plans are in hand to build the Hampden at another factory, as well as at the Handley Page factory, and to employ new and extremely rapid methods of manufacture, the Society of British Aircraft Constructors states. Because of its unusual appearance, t>li,c Hampden is known as the “flying suitcase. ’ ’
The ].ilnne can work in and out of small aerodromes of the kind frequently used on active service. It is driven l.iv two Bristol Pegasus a,ircooled engines, each supercharged to give more than TOO horse-power at heights of several thousand feet. Another new high-performance plane, a- medium bomber, designed tjp. meet the needs of the expanding British Air Force, is a low-wing, allmetal monoplane, with retractable tin* derearriage built by the Armstrong, Whitworth company. It has just begun its /Iving trials. It is driven by a Siddeley Tiger 805-880 horse-power radial air-cooled engine, with a tliceebladed controllable-pitch propeller. It has been designed to carry a crew of two in enclosed cockpits. From tij> to tip the wings span only ! 49ft. Experts are waiting to compare the performance of this machine with that of the Fairov Battle, claimed to lie the world’s fastest singleengined bomber.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19237, 1 February 1937, Page 3
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