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...sweep, searching for Germans. In the air they looked like ducks. Their long necks were stiff with a fast-firing 20-mm. cannon and two .50-caliber machine guns. Their tight-clipped wings coddled four ,303-caliber machine guns. Their pilots sat in a comforting body of armor. Up above the two-mile mark they hunted for their first live targets. But no Messerschmitts appeared. The Airacobras waited a while, then turned homeward in a grey swoop. On the way the commander could not resist trying out his deadly new toys. He brought the squadron low over a French port...
Throughout the amazing interior is a collection of museum pieces and antiques the result of an unfortunate habit of 'Poon alumni of storing their attic overflows in the Sanctum. A fine suit of medieval Japanese armor stands at the south window of the Great Hall, and has occasionally been donned by the President during police raids. The window itself contains pieces of 14th century stained glass from the Church of St. Augustine at Canterbury, England. Across the room in a serious Frisian grandfather clock of the 17th century, and the Elizabethan mantlepiece next to it has not been dusted since...
...approximately one dozen long-range, 90-mm. anti-aircraft guns. This is the only anti-aircraft gun with power enough to pierce the latest plane armor, and range enough to reach high-flying bombers...
...still giving a stout account of themselves in battle with Messerschmitt logs over Britain's Egyptian and Far Eastern fronts, the Kittihawk is a long jump ahead. It is slicker and leaner than the Tomahawks. From its wings bristle six .50-caliber machine guns. It has better armor for pilots and, best of all, it has a lot more speed-reputedly a top of 380-390 m.p.h...
...snow flies. From the Curtiss-Wright plant at Buffalo, better than 250 a month are coming off the line, complete to the last machine gun. They start to grow in an older and smaller (827,000 sq. ft.) plant across town at Tonawanda where fuselages are built, engines and armor are installed. At the new airport plant wings and landing gear are added before they are flown away...