Something new in transport planes for the U. S. army, the Lockheed C40-B, is now undergoing acceptance tests at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, ficial sources at the Material Divi-ion have revealed. The ship is also to be used in connection with the air corps' experimental automatic and blind landing developments.
Incorporating a retractable tricycle landing gear, the C40-B is new in design, although similar in many respects to the standard Lockheed transport planes now in use. The nose wheel is entirely different, however, from any type previously made public, inasmuch as it is encased with a "pant" design to aid in streamlining, thus giving the plane greater speed on the ground.
The plane is a twin-engined, all-metal ship built of the semi-mono-coupe construction, with the traditional double rudder design of Lockheed models. It weighs 9,200 pounds and carries accommodations for a pilot and four test observers or passengers,
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