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Show LEAK-PROOF GAS TANK FOR AIRPLANE8 D-irlng the war ono o- ::io wonk nolnts in our alrplnne equipment Waa the KMOllne tank. And our woaknosa was well known to tho onomy. Wo haa no leak proof tanks. Some months ago a number of tho 'arge rubber companloa woro naked to I-o-opornte with tho government In tho development of gnsollno tank covors that would withstand tho ravages of armorplerclng and Incendiary bullets. And to stimulate Interest subtaantlnl cash awards woro offered for compounds, com-pounds, formulas and specifications of tnnk covors meeting the hlghost tost. Aftor examining dozons of covors offered and submitting thorn to tho ro-iu ro-iu red toet tho specifications of tho Goodyear Tiro & Rubber Company were accepted ns tho government Btandnrd. , , , This covering Is about half nn Inch thick nnd Is composed of a shoot of soft, but tough, rubber vulcanized to several plies of cotton fnrbrlc. In Tip plying It tho rubber Is placed next to tho tank. Tho Goodyear covor Is so construct' cd that a hullot may pasa cntlroly through a tnnk of gnsollno without causing a leak or a fire. As soon a? tho Uullot has penetrated tho tank tho holo In tho covor closos, provont Ing any leakage In nvlatlon Its advantages aro at moat Jncalculnblo for It relators t igaaollno tank leak-proof, crash-prool nnd, flro-proof-a cohduT H 'uvlators havo onxu is Cr IkH A piano oqulpp, ,i with, $?'. will ,In florlnl com -at wlX., lavages of heavy tii.Tchin. "tiB Wlthdut danger of tho .JL bm-st.ng Into llame . and m, H trash to oarth wit io it the,tb,pM a Jburstod tank and the , B lug Iho. u,uallneHM |