THE COST OF A FIGHTER PLANE
Considerable interest has been aroused by a brochure sent out by the English Motor Industry Fighter Fund to motorists, motor traders and manufacturers throughout the country, which gives the cost of various parts of a fighter plane as follows:—■ Engine £2000 0 0 E'ght guns (each) 100 0 0 Fuselage 2500 0 0 Wing 1800 0 0 Airy crew 350 0 0 Tail 500 0 0 Cockpit cover 15 0 0 Undercarriage 800 0 0 Compass 5 0 0 Radio 50 0 0 Petrol tank <10 0 0 Elevator 5 0 0 Windscrcen 10 0 0 Blast tube for gun 15 0 Rivet 6 Tlie novel idea in the brochure, wherebv donors may contribute the cost of a "part." and so help to build a complete plane, has caught the popular imagination, as shown by the many cheques arriving daily at the offices of the Fund. Amounts received range from fid, the price of a rivet, to £200 for an engine.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 15, 11 February 1942, Page 3
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167THE COST OF A FIGHTER PLANE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 5, Issue 15, 11 February 1942, Page 3
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