Bombardment plane carries crew of five and bomb load of 2150 lb.; powered with 2 geared 420-hp. Liberty engines; biplane of conventional design with engines mounted on lower wing; fuselage of welded steel tubing; sufficient fuel to cruise 500 mi.; Pirate has practically no blind areas; radio equipment; gasoline in 3 tanks located in upper wing; wheel brakes. (See also Aviation vol. 24, no. 13, Mar. 26, 1928 pp. 776 and 792, 4 figs; Aeroplane, vol. 34, no. 3, Jan. 18, 1928, p. 76, 2 figs.; and Air Corps News Letter, vol. 12, no. 3, Feb. 21, 1928, p. 72)
The keystone "Pirate"
Aero Digest
Aero Digest ; 12 , n 4
1928
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