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Word: wartless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Prestone-cooled, inline Allison, is not in the nose, but behind the pilot. Built for sleek streamlining, the twelve-cylinder Allison (made by General Motors) drives the three-bladed prop through a shaft. Best thing about this is that it makes Airacobra's air-splitting nose thin and wartless, still leaves room up front for Airacobra's most deadly fang: a 37-millimeter (1½ |inch) cannon which fires through the propeller hub. Alongside its cannon, biggest carried by any single-engined pursuit ship, are two .30-calibre and two .50-calibre (½inch) machine guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANUFACTURING: Airacobra | 2/12/1940 | See Source »

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