FIGHTING POWER INCREASED.
NEW TYPE OF BRITISH AEROPLANE. v j (USITED PEEBS ' ABBOCIATIOI!—SJt CIJCOKUO telbobam:—conraioiEtr.) < LONDON, February 23.-. Additional ,maohfti&-gu > na . being fitted to the leading edges of the wings to i increase the fighting power of 'aeroplanes employable to intercept enemy -raids. The newest is the, OSI9, which was successfully tested fay the Gloster ''Aircraft Company at Hartlesham. It has six machine-guns capable of conVerging their fire on' a-target: Four b.H mofint&J on the wings' and one on each- side of the 'fuselage. - v •, *' Thf aeropiMie a 480 h p.' Bristol "Jupiter" engine, xuporfhflrged for high altitudes, developing <v. speed.of 194 an' hour. - With ft' full military load the machine climbed 15.000 ft 'in nine mitiutes. ~ Its greatest flfficiencv was at 10,00*5ft 5 but; . 176 miles an 'hour was i reached at 2t"!,ooQft, the pili^i^being equipped with' o*ygen \ breatning apparatus. 1 aeroplane dives without vibration, at; >320 «nile 3 an f hour. The pilot < can operate all sis, guns simulU^eotisly. f ,Vti
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 11
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163FIGHTING POWER INCREASED. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 11
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