Structural details on all-wood flying boat freighter H-4; hull will be 220 ft long, 30 ft high and 25 ft wide; eight 3000-hp-plus P and W Wasp Major R-4360 engines will turn 17-ft 2-in. 4-blade propellers; 218 mph, top speed at sea level. (See also Automotive and Aviation Industries v 93 n 4 Aug 15 1945 p 18-21, 92; Aviation v 44 n 10 Oct 1945 p 175, 248-9; Aero Digest v 50 n 5 Sept 1 1945 p 97-8; Flight v 48 n 1916 Sept 13 1945 p 284a-b; Can Aviation v 18 n 10 Oct 1945 p 58-60, 104)


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    Title :

    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane


    Additional title:

    Western Flying


    Published in:

    Western Flying ; 25 , n 9


    Publication date :

    1945


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945


    Hughes flying boat world's largest airplane

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1945