AERONAUTICS: Record Bomb Load

Flying over Dayton, 0., the Barling Bomber carried 19 bombs having a total weight of 6,692 pounds—a world's record. The giant airplane is the largest in the world, and weighs nearly 20 tons when fully loaded. But Barling claims he can build a plane four times as large. He could, but it would be scarcely practical to do so. Landing a monster of 80 tons might offer considerable difficulties, and not a flying field in the U. S. is really equipped to receive such a ship as its guest. Moreover, dirigibles improve with...

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