ACCORDING TO ADVICE OF GNOMO'S THE AIRCRAFT FIRM VULTEC IS DESIGNING A LONG-DISTANCE FIGHTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP00M01914R001000010123-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 3, 2011
• Sequence Number: 123
• Publication Date: May 1, 1944
• Content Type: CABLE

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no. 717 (10 Noy)
Acoordinc:to on odvioo of Onomoto [Muir tho oiroroft firm Vu].-'
too to denicninc a lonas.dlotonoo fightor with nn 'n1r (1107D1it)a
inotallotion [or: unit; 1YritVITAr. Tho piano to intondod to escort
bccbors at croat atitudoo, 4pro1ininar11y:7 XP .L1. UM ?
Ws or 4*49 or Vialtoe doolgn number 102. Total wolcht of tho
piano SO thou:3?nd pounds. (It) to prcylded with too pcuor,lnotalla..
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tione. For cteally-w-orke a 70 comprooacanotorwenn turbine
amiably EAORMAT) to omployed, an inatollation of tho firm Ooneral
glootrios the inatallation (loj In the n000 of the plaOo[la devolopo
an output of n thonnand horeepowor at sea level and 3 thouoand (in?)
night
[n4S Isa an a dopth of onoj
[to the?) (Prop)ellor and no per coot to tho air Inatollotion oltuatod
under tho tuaolago. A fort the) aoeond anaombly for poriodio work to
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tho air InotallatIon : ? ??? 41.. (3* or 4*) of tho firm nonorn1 Moo*
trial I it) dovolopo an Instoninneouo power (ors output) of a -tareet-of
4 thoupond poundo,01 (It) la inetallod (or: mountod] to tho funcanco
bohln4 tho pilot. The fuel to kor000no ?- It In dinp000d in tonka V?)
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(0,s )(eit ouccoonively in tho fuoolaco, wino. and otrocmlinod tanko under tho
t cc)). wilco. Moao tanks
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mile? at a epood of 230 miles, thou 20 minutoo......xwith tho old? of
the-full ioutputAor both aooemblioo and returns to (at') bane at a
(mood of 300 rdloe per hour. The plane conits......tby? thorouch?
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