Handley Page HP80 Victor powered by four Armstrong Siddeley Sapphires, is world's first with crescent wing; with this wing, engines, fuel and undercarriage are enclosed in light efficient structure; large center wing sweep enables bay to be unobstructed as main load-bearing wing; security restrictions forbid detailed description of aircraft or performance data; advantages and disadvantages of crescent wing. (p 28-30, 32, 35, 37-8, 41-2, 44, 47-8) (See also Flight v 63 n 2294 Jan 9 1953 p 30-1; Aeroplane v 84 n 2163 Jan 2 1953 p 6-7)
Our latest four-jet bomber
Aviation Week
Aviation Week ; 59 , n 19
1953
Article (Journal)
English
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