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...Corps (now The Army Air Forces) in 1939 turned to liquid-cooled, subsequently laid down $190,000,000 in contracts for the 1,090 h.p. 12-cylinder Allison, manufactured by General Motors. Among the planes it got for its Allison money were a couple of notable dandies: the Bell Airacobra and the twin-engined Lockheed. Airacobra, with 1,090 h.p., ticked off close to 400 miles an hour, is a pilot's airplane to boot -handy and maneuverable. The Lockheed, driven by two Allisons, topped 400. Allison has since twice stepped up the horsepower of its 12-cylinder engine...
Last week when Aviation, one of the most authoritative of U. S. aeronautical publications, came out with its annual directory number, it printed carefully censored descriptions of new war planes like the Army's Bell Airacobra, Navy's Consolidated flying boats. Reason: the Army & Navy had labeled as military secrets such matters as performance and armament of new flying equipment. And, like the rest of the U. S. press, Aviation was trying to cooperate...
...Three hundred Airacobra fighters...
Haled into court for driving 40 m.p.h. on Atlanta's Peachtree Street, Eastern Air Lines Pilot Andrew C. McDonouoh (who last month dive-tested the Army's new P39 Airacobra pursuit at a record 620 m.p.h.) cracked: "I thought I was just creeping along," got his sentence suspended...
...Andy McDonough kept his eye fixed mostly on the hands of the sensitive altimeter. Around 5,000 he eased the ship out into level flight, called the field again: "Dive completed . . . returning to base." When he landed, a doctor checked him over. Nothing wrong. Mechanics checked the Airacobra for skin wrinkles, other evidences of strain. All O.K. Andy McDonough was on his way back to his airline job in Atlanta by the time technicians had checked his movie film, corrected his airspeed readings for temperature and pressure. Pilot McDonough had reported his speed at something over 500. Actually, said technicians...