The Archive · 1941

In Los Angeles

Los Angeles, May 6, The Lockheed P-38 was demopstrated here publicly for the first time yesterday. The plane is so fast that if disappears before the roar of its motors can be heard, Thirty thousand persons saw the plane knife across the sky and vanish before the roar of its twin. motors was heard. It climbed vertically at a speed believed more than 300 miles an hour, The plane was believed capable of flying 460 miles an hour on three quarters thrófüle, at which speed it could effectively use its rapid fire éabnojis. The plane also is equipped with four to six heavy machine guns,—United Press,

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