Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones

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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.

Title (Dublin Core)
Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Giant Bomber Tires Carry Weight of Seventy Tones
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1940-08
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 74, n. 2, 1940
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
186
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)