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Britain's New
Fast Jet Bomber
LONDON, May 23 (A.A.P.)
The Royal Air Force has
placed a "substantial order"
for the Vickers G60— Britain's
first four-cngincd jet
bomber.
All details of Us perform-
. ancc, weight and dimensions
arc still on the secret list.
-However, Reuters air cor
respondent says that the
four Rolls Roycc Avon jet
engines, which arc the same
as used in the twin-engined
Canberra jet bomber, will
develop 12,000 li.p.
He says a photograph of
the new Vickers bomber
shows that it has swept back
wings and a cigar-shaped
fuselage. The engines arc en
closed in the wings as in the
four-cngincd Comet jet air
liner.
The wings are set high on
the fuselage, and the tall
plane is mounted high on
the tail fin. Tito correspon
dent added that jilnns nave
been made to produce the
Avon jet engine in quantity
in Britain, where six fac
tories have been earmarked
for production. They also
arc being made under licence
in the United States.
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