Republic Thunderbolt is almost biggest single engined single seat fighter ever built; span 40 ft 9 5/16 in.; length 35 ft 3 3/16 in.; height 12 ft 4 11/16 in.; 4-bladed "cuffed," fully feathering Curtiss electric propeller is driven by 2000-hp turbo-supercharged Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp air cooled radial engine; undercarriage legs are set wide apart and retract inwards; photographs and 3-view drawings included. (see also Flight v 43 n 1795 May 20 1943 p 521-4)
Thunderbolt -- By jove!
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 64 , n 1669
1943
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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