"Washington, Feb. 28.
Picturing the flying fortress bombers of the future, Mr, Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer, to-day warned the United States that it must achieve supremacy of the air to maintain and guard its defensive line of battleships.
Speeking before the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee in hearings on the Vinson Naval Expansion Bill, he envisioned 142-ton fighting planes for use in the near future, The planes, he said, would carry two 2,000 Ib. bombs over a cruising range of 11,000 miles at an average speed of 340 m-p.h, and at an altitude of 25,000 feet. These planes over a 3,000-mile flight, he said, would be able to carry six 4,000 lb. bombs.
He revealed that his company, one of the, largest suppliers of war planes to the United States fighting forces, already was studying plans for 250,000. Ib, flying fortresses.
*I cannot see any limit to the size of military planes," he said.
Commenting on the recently discovered Barlow aerial mine, Mr. Martin suggested that it should be given a thorough trial." He said he did not want to express his opinion of the mine, however, since he was not an ordnance expert,
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