Word: engineless
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Last year only 400 engineless war planes were built in Canada. The Dominion is now turning out just 30 of these per week, and $8,000,000 worth of engines are on order in the U. S. for delivery in ten months...
Right after break of war, six major Dominion heavy industries organized Canadian Associated Aircraft Ltd., received $40,000,000 in orders to make engineless planes-Britain to send over the engines. For several months, shops of this combine hurtled to turn out parts but their assembly plants have been unable to get going, stood idle last week for several good reasons. In the first place, specifications were changed so often that today much of the accumulated stores of parts cannot be fitted together into complete aircraft. In the second place, engines from Britain have not arrived. About six weeks...