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Show New Tempest Plane Flies At 435 Miles Per Hour LONDON. The Hawker Tempest Mark V, first of the Tempest fighter plane series to be put into production, produc-tion, has a maximum speed of 435 miles an hour and a ceiling of 36,000 feet, it was announced by the air ministry. Its tactical radius is 500 miles, although al-though this can be extended through use of auxiliary fuel tanks. Armament Arma-ment consists of four 20-mm. cannon in the wings. The plane has a 2,400 horsepower engine and a four blad-ed blad-ed propellor, a bulletproof windscreen, wind-screen, and armor forward and aft of the pilot. It scored its first victory in the air last June. |