| Show GI GIANT A NT B BOMBER 0 r B E SECRETLY MADE FOR U. U 8 S ARMY WILL BE E TESTED Keystone Craft Believed to Be Mightiest Plana PI aIm ACKS P T TON N BOMB BO IB Tubular Steel Wings De Dc- Declared dared to Be Ever Ever- Everlasting Everlasting lasting NEW NElv YORK Aug 5 5 By By The As Associated As- As sedated Press The Press The third giant bomber to be secretly constructed for forthe forthe forthe the United States army larger and heavier than the previous two and employing a unique tubular steel steelIng wing Ing construction which has been under de development de- de development for five years ears will be test test- tested tested tested ed by the Keystone Aircraft corpora corpora- corporation tion lion Bristol Pa next Wednesday the corporation announced through its lii press representatives es hire today ONE OSE TON TOS O IC The Keystone plane will be known n as a super cyclops and will carry four tons of ot military load including a a. ton one-ton bomb in addition to six pos poe possibly possibly sibly ten machine guns It will be driven by two t horsepower Pack Pack- Packard Packard ard motors and will weigh eight tons when loaded It has been secretly under develop develop- development ment for the he last two and a 3 half halt years Richard Blythe representative of the Keystone company revealed I The first two giant battle planes to tobe tobe tobe be tested tasted recently after secret con con- construction construction construction were the Fokker bomber awl and the Curtiss Condor each equipped with six ala machine guns The super cyclops is said to be the mightiest plane yet constructed in th the United States and Is 15 believed to be bethe bethe bethe the mightiest In the world Like the th Curtiss Condor it is a biplane while the Fokker bomber is a monoplane STEEL WINGS The metal all-metal steel wins wing win is the de development de- de of Professor C Talbot Por Por- Porter Porter ter her of the Massachusetts Institute of technology Unlike other wings it will not deteriorate with age and In I war ar time may be built by the th hun hun- hundreds hundreds deeds and stored for use L e In the tropics or the arctic as it Is constructed of the strongest steel available and im impervious Sm- Sm Impervious pervious to the elements clements said Mr t. t While the machine thus thug thu far farls fars ls is equipped d with but b 6 t six sif machine guns provision pro has been made for a disappearing disappearIng turret in ha center carrying four more moe guns should the thear war ar c cia cia- s- s desire that feature |
