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General Arnold last fortnight pinned his hopes on an untried fighter with an entirely different engine: the air-cooled, 2,000-h.p. Republic P-47. Said Hap Arnold: "The P47 now is in production and ready for delivery to combat theaters. . . . It is believed able to outfly and outfight any other known airplane." But combat will be the only real test...
...first, this story of Alaska's plain pioneers is the 577-page tale of an idyllic young couple who drifted to Alaska from the Pacific Northwest, let the gold rush go by, while Husband John trapped, hunted, logged, did odd jobs, also proved he could outshoot and outfight the best of them. No less sentimental than prolific Author White's 21 other picturesque Western romances, Wild Geese Calling need not discourage any novelist aiming to stake a rival claim...
...victory for either side is misled. Quality counts as much as or more than quantity. In World War I, for example, command of the air changed hands several times, and the command changed not only when numbers varied but when one side introduced a superior new plane which could outfight the opposing machines. Something of the same sort was seen recently in Spain where German Messerschmitts 109 could outfly Russian Moscas, Russian Chatos could out-maneuver Italian Fiats. In general, Germany is known to have some of the best fighting ships in Europe. Britain is perhaps runner up in airplane...
...steel and concrete. It rests on bedrock and is enclosed by a granite and concrete building topped with a bombproof roof. An invading army that lands on the Atlantic coast will have 600 rough miles to travel before it reaches Fort Knox. Common thieves will have to outwit and outfight a detachment of 24 Mint guards in "pill boxes" at the building's four corners and the entire Seventh Cavalry brigade outside. When 20 or more similar shipments are completed in the next few months, Chief Clerk Van Home will have some $6,000,000,000 in Government gold...
Last week he took the single-seater experimental fighter to the Navy's proving ground at Dahlgren, Va. for final acceptance tests. Carefully "beefed up" to withstand the terrific strain of power dives and pullouts, the ship was built to outperform and outfight any combat plane in existence. Gehlbach took it up 12,000 ft., kicked it over into a tight spin. The plane never came...