London, Nov. 30.
The veil of secrecy surrounding the Royal Air Force expansion scheme was. lifted to some extent when Reuter was invited to visit the Handley-Page Alreraft factory London, where 2 new type of giant Bomber machine called the Harrow, many details of which are still Government secrets, is in course of construction.
'A. jig lay-out casting upwards of £50000" has been installed at the factory, and the machines are being. produced on what is officially called a "quantity production" scale. The petual number of machines in the contract is one of the things that may not be disclosed.
Work on each machine is spread over as many parts as possible, and each man has one job to do all the. time.
The ribs for the wings and the fuselages, tall section and rudders—fact, each part of the machine—Is made separately. Complete wings and complete fuscluges are assembled fon "sub-assembly" jigs before the complete machine is assembled as a whole.
'One of the features of the new machine is that it can be readily adapted for carrying large numbers. of fully-armed troops. The perform= ance figures of the Harrow—a monoplane—eannot be revealed, but it muy be stated that so fur' as they have been measured they have exceeded oven the expectations of the designers,
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