HUGE BOMBING PLANE
NEW ITALIAN MONSTER TESTED MOST POWERFUL YET SEEN United P.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright Reed. 11 a.m. MILAN, Sunday. A mammoth bomber with six Asso engines, each of 1,000 horse-power, and capable of carrying 71 tons of bombs, was successfully tried out. It is stated to be the largest and most powerful machine of its type in the world. It is 33 feet high, and S 5 feet long, with a 145-feet wingspread. Fully loaded, it weighs 15 tons and its speed is 130 miles an hour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 9
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87HUGE BOMBING PLANE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 811, 4 November 1929, Page 9
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