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...Tupolev). The Russian answer to the B-36. Swept wings, six huge turboprop engines, a speed of 600 m.p.h., and 10,000-mile range at 45 to 50,000 feet. Scheduled to fly some time late this year or early next...
...engine Maxim Gorky (which crashed after a few flights). Exiled during the purges, he came back in 1942 to design attack bombers (TU-2) for the Red air force. Greatest engineering feat: copying the U.S. B29, getting it in limited production within a year. Reportedly working on a Russian turboprop version...
Latest to be described* is the Douglas 1211-J, which will look rather like its rivals, with the same swept-back wings. Its turboprop engines are expected to push it at 500 m.p.h. at 50,000 ft. If the turboprops are not ready, the 1211-J will probably start off with the giant turbojets that are just coming into production. None of the new heavies will be in production for some time. In the meantime, the far-ranging B-36, speeded up by four additional jet engines (which give it more than 435 m.p.h. at 45,000 ft.), will remain...
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. last week test-flew its new two-motored turboprop transport plane, first in the U.S. The plane, powered by Allison engines geared to propellers, is a modification of Convair's 240, a 40-passenger ship used on commercial lines. Consolidated expects its new plane to be as fast as and more efficient than jet transports for short-and medium-range hops...
...more than Pratt & Whitney's improved Nene. Britain's Gloster Meteor 8 fighter, powered by two Sapphires, reportedly can climb from take-off to 40,000 ft. in four minutes. Wright also was licensed to build Armstrong Siddeley's best turboprop engines, the "Python," the "Mamba" and the "Double Mamba." In addition, the two companies agreed to "exchange knowledge" on research, technical information and products for seven years...