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Jxx 47 1944
Xx 01 No. 717 (18 May)
According to an advise of Gnome’s [GNOMª the aircraft firm Vul-
tee is designing a long-distance fighter with an "air [VOZDUI]" b
installation [or: unit: USTANOVKA] c . The plane is intended to escort
bombers at great altitudes, ¿preliminarily:? XP-.8.1, MK - ... ...
... [5 th or 4 th ] or Vultee design number 102. Total weight of the
plane 20 thousand pounds. [It] is provided with two power installa-
tions. For steady work, a TG – 1... ... compressorqmotor-gas turbine
assembly [AORTIAT] is employed, and installation of the firm General
Electric, the installation [is] in the nose of the plane[,] develops
an output of a thousand horsepower at sea level and 5 thousand [in?]
flight
[34 groups on a depth of one]
[to the?][prop]eller and 30 per cent to the air installation situated
under the fuselage. A [or: the] second assembly for periodic work is
J in text the air installation J - ... ... [5 th or 4 th ] of the firm General Elec-
but I-40 tric[: it] develops an instantaneous power [or: output] of a thrust of
in AAF in 4 thousand pounds[?]. [it] is installed [or: mounted] in the fuselage
WWII, p. 251,behind the pilot. The fuel is kerosene – it is disposed in tanks [?]
here also men-
tions XP-81. successively in the fuselage, wings, and streamlined tanks under the
and TG-100). wings. These tanks
[59 groups and a depth of hje]
miles at a speed on 350 miles, then 30 minutes......with the aid? Of
the full output of both assemblies and returns to [its] base at a
speed of 500 miles per hour. The plane awaits......¿by? ¿a thorough?
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