AIR: Shape of Planes to Come

"If you will glance into the near future you can see a very different picture from the one of today. The bombers will dwarf our present Flying Fortresses. They will carry half a carload of bombs across the Atlantic and fly home without stop. The bomber's skin will have numerous 'blisters,' which in reality will be multiple-gun power turrets controllable from sighting stations. Sights that compensate for almost every possible error encountered in firing on a fast-moving aerial target will control the guns—a sight as revolutionary as our present bomb sight.

"The...

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