New airplane carriers 888 ft. long and 106 ft. wide; rated as highest powered vessels in world; each to carry 100 airplanes; plenty of room for take off; flying equipment; electric propulsion apparatus developing 180,000 hp.; flying surface 900 ft. long; elevators and arresting gear; storage places for airplanes below decks; aircraft machine and other shops; best equipped aerological laboratories afloat; two complete laboratories to each ship. (See also Aviation vol. 24, no. 2, Jan. 9, 1928 pp. 94-95, 4 figs)
The Lexington and saratoga
Airway Age
Airway Age ; 9 , n 9
1928
2 pages
3 Figs.
Article (Journal)
English
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