Speed Facts

From Britain's The Aeroplane U. S. citizens last week learned some things about their own military airplanes that they had not found out from the home press (see p. 46). They learned that Allison-powered U. S. pursuit planes were faster than any European fighters in the 1,000 h.p. class, but slower than the new 2,000-h.p. speedsters now being put in the air by Britain. They also read interesting facts about some fine U. S. bombers and patrol boats. Examples: > The Army's Bell Airacdbra (the British call it "Caribou") does 400 m.p.h. at 15,000 feet.

> Lockheed's two-engined pursuit ("Lightning" to British pilots) does 404 m.p.h. at 16,000 feet, carries a 37-mm. cannon and four .50-calibre machine guns, has a range of 500 miles at cruising speed (350 m.p.h.). > The Curtiss pursuit (Anglice: "Tomahawk") carries two .50-calibre, four .30-calibre machine guns, has a service ceiling of 30,000 feet, top speed of 350. P: North American's NA-73 (Anglice: "Mustang")--very hush-hush in the U. S. and barely mentionable in the press--has a top of 398, carries six guns. P: Army's new four-motored Consolidated ("Liberator") does a fancy (for a bomber) 335 m.p.h., has a range of 3,000 miles with two tons of bombs. P: Navy's four-motored Consolidated patrol boat PB2Y-I has a top of 220, a range of 5,200 miles with 4,200 Ib. of bombs--a handy piece of equipment for anti-submarine patrol. P: Navy's two-motored Consolidated ("Catalina") the British call one of the world's most efficient flying boats. Top speed: 285, range 4,500 miles. P:Army's two-motored Douglas medium bomber ("Boston") hits 370, has a ceiling of 32,000 feet.

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