LATEST AIRCRAFT
GREATER FIRING POWER (United Press Assn—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, June 5 Interesting facts about Britain’s latest fighter aircraft, the Hawker Typhoon, reveal that it has more speed, greater firing power and heavier armament than any singleseater fighter yet designed, says a British official wireless message. With longer range than the Hurricane or Spitfire, the Typhoon is able to penetrate much further into enemy country. It was created by Mr Sidney Camm, who gave the Royal Air Force the Hurricane, Fury and Hart. The Typhoon is « compact, low-wing monoplane, equipped with a Napier Sabre 20-cylinder type of engine. The world’s most powerful aero motor, the Sabre, develops 2350 horsepower for the take-off and 1800 horsepower at its rated height, and gives a top speed of over 400 miles an hour with a very high rate of climb. This engine, which develops more power than the Royal Scot, the famous British locomotive, is expected to make aircraft histqry. The armament, according to tactical requirements, consists of a mixture of multiple machine-guns or shell-firing cannon. The Typhoon flejv for the first time in February, 1940.
The United States Army has accepted a new liquid-cooled aero engine of 1325 horse-power which is claimed to be superior to existing types.
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21441, 7 June 1941, Page 7
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