He made special mention of the value of the "flying fortress" bombers, in which type of machine the United States leads the world. He An Army "fying fortress" bomber hopped off from March Field at Riverside, California, yesterday at 8.41 am, (Eastern Standard time) and landed at Langley Field, Virginia, at 801 p.m. (Eastern Standard time).
The giant bomber covered the distance of 2317 miles in eleven hours twenty minutes, flying between altitude of 13,000 and 16,000 feet when the crew relied on special oxygen breathing equipment, Colonel Robert. Olds piloted the bomber. Major C. V. Haynes acted as ce-pilot and Major D. W. Chidlaw was the navigator. There were also five enlisted men aboard, "Air Engines Best"
"It is another flying achievement," Mr. Johnson said, "credited to one of our most modern military aeroplanes, It is also additional evidence that our planes and engines are the best."
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the start of the War Department's efforts to build up the U.S. air fleet into at least 2500 finest first-line pines by July, 1940. for 588 planes will be anus.
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