Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones

Contenuto

Taller than many light planes, pneumatic tires, built for a seventy-ton bomber, stand ninety-six inches high. Two such tires form part of the tricycle landing gear, each taking its share of the landing impact and starting to rotate instantly on hitting the ground at 100 miles an hour or faster.

Titolo
Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones
Article Title and/or Image Caption
Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones
Lingua
eng
Copertura temporale
World War II
Data di rilascio
1940-08
pagine
186
Diritti
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Sorgente
Google books
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