Bombing Airplane Becomes Flying Amulance
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Bombing Airplane Becomes Flying Amulance
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Bombing Airplane Becomes Flying Amulance
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IF the former warring nations are not yet beating their swords into plowshares, they are at least turning some of their fighting equipment to constructive uses and improving it with these ends in view. One of the latest developments along this line is the aerial ambulance built by the Vickers Vimy concern of England. Originally designed as a bombing plane, this angel of mercy, powered by two engines with a rating of 500 hp. each, is capable of transporting four patients, a physician, nurse, and pilot. As was to be expected, this, the latest in its field, is a decided improvement over a former flying ambulance written of in the November, 1920, issue of this magazine. It is so constructed that the stretchers can be loaded through the front end of the fuselage, as shown in the lower view, and securely clamped to laterally projecting arms in a double-deck arrangement (right). First-aid and minor-operation kits, stationary washbowl with running water, and a seat for the attendant in charge, аге part of the very complete equipment. Though the blunt end of the cabin suggests that it offers a heavy wind resistance, the contrary is the fact, as the bluntness is part of the truly splendid streamline design.
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eng
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1921-06
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847
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Vimy
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Marco Bortolami
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Mechanics, v. 36, n. 1, 1921
