THE WAR BY AIR: Aerodrome Runways of Steel Plating: The Hedge-Hopping Mustang: A Rescue by Liberator at Sea
... Though so dainty and agile in the air, the modern aeroplane is a solid and weighty structure. Very few current R.A.F. types-- even single-seat fighters-- have a loaded weight of less than 3½ tons. Many of them, such as the majestic Lancaster, will scale up to 30 tons and more. 1 he day when any smooth grass meadow would do for an aerodrome has obviously now gone by. As a matter of fact, most ...