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Show j Navy Shows Rocket Power 'x A . " - i - - Photos made at Patuxent. Maryland, tmtk coopcrafn of U.S. iavy. Showing air and fire power far superior to anytiing any enemy nation ever developed, the navy has lifted the veil oi research which has been carried on for years and which resulted n new uses for rocket power. Rockets will replace cannon as chief armament for planes and ships, many naval officers believe. Because they have :o recoil, rockets give small craft fire power impossible with heavy snnon. Fighter planes may be equipped with six rockets, three undereach wing. Demonstrating the mounting of the rockets in th top picture arc William O'Neil, president of The General Tire & lubber company which makes the rockets, and Dr. Theodore von Kaman, one of the world's foremost aeronautical designers, who heads the company's rocket research. The huge rocket shown in the lower picture prodces more power by one-third than anything the Germans ever develoed, according to navy experts. It has a thrust of 66,000 pounds and wald throw 15,000 pounds 30 or 40 miles. Closest approach of any enmy development was the German V2, which developed 50,000 pounds trust. Members of the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences are show, inspecting the rocket, known to the navy as Moby Dick. The inset is a navy bombor being assisted in the:ake off by four rockets, each developing 350 horsepower. These rocks soon will bo used on commercial transport to enable large shipsind heavy pay-loads pay-loads to take off from smaller fields, according t O'Neri, whose company also makes these units. |