American Bomber's Power Dive Hits 560 Miles an Hour
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Secrecy of war and the fast development of new planes are hushing many a record performance that would be front page sensations in normal times. One of the most amazing feats was that of an American-built medium bomber that set a world record recently by diving at 560 miles an hour - better than nine miles a minute. The event was not publicized until some time afterward. Three men were aboard the Martin “Baltimore” when it roared down in a 65-degree power dive at not much less than the speed of sound. A record crossing of the Atlantic by another U.S.bomber in eight hours, 23 minutes, similarly went almost unnoticed. An army flier took a P-34 Republic pursuit- interceptor plane from Lowry Field, Denver, to New York at 6 1/3 miles a minute - 1,800 miles in four hours, 43 minutes.
- Title (Dublin Core)
- American Bomber's Power Dive Hits 560 Miles an Hour
- Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
- American Bomber's Power Dive Hits 560 Miles an Hour
- Language (Dublin Core)
- Eng
- Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
- World War II
- Date Issued (Dublin Core)
- 1942-04
- Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
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Popular Mechanics, vol. 77, n. 4, 1942
- pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
- 33
- Rights (Dublin Core)
- Public domain
- Source (Dublin Core)
- Google books
- Archived by (Dublin Core)
- Enrico Saonara
