Word: allison
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sirs: TIME, Dec. 8: "Everything was ready. From Rangoon to Honolulu, every man was at battle station. . . ." TIME evidently "erred" in this article and the writer trusts that you will retract this statement in an early issue. . . . ALLISON F. KELSEY Gunner, U.S. Navy, 1918 Montclair...
...Thunderbolt is a big fighter. It has a wing span of 41 ft., is comparable in weight to the two-engined, Allison-powered Lockheed P-38 (13,500 lb.). It is pulled through the air by a four-bladed propeller with a diameter of more than twelve feet, is "heavily armored and bristling with large-and small-caliber guns...
Though they handled it as a sideline, the automakers had already done a Detroit-worthy job of defense production. G.M.'s Allison-engine division last week reached its original goal of 1,000 engines monthly; the Fisher Body division proudly flew the Navy's "E" (for excellence) pennant for its naval gun housings. G.M.'s arms output was officially set at 24% of all G.M. output in the September quarter. Soon it may reach 50-60%; next year...
...m.p.h. In service ceiling it had 170%, which would put it higher than most pilots could ever fly it. With such a ceiling, the P-40F can fight handily at around 25,000 feet. For its newest fighter Curtiss-Wright changed engines, from the liquid-cooled, U.S.-designed Allison (now 1,150 h.p.) to liquid-cooled, British-designed Rolls-Royce Merlin (1,300 h.p.), manufactured by Packard...
Powered by the improved U.S. Allison (1,150 h.p.) engine, the Airacobra has a high speed in the 400-m.p.h. bracket, a 1,000-mile range equaled by few European single-engined fighters. Ahead in many ways of anything in the air, with its clean design and high aerodynamic efficiency, the Airacobra is likely to get bomber-escort jobs in its packet of missions. While Builder Larry Bell and U.S. air chiefs awaited further dope on the 'Cobras' performance, Britain's Airacobra pilots were anxiously waiting to get into a scrap that would supply...