Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Feb. 26 The F-111 Swing-Wing Tactical Fighter of show at R.A.F. Station Wethersfield The F-111 swing-wing tactical fighter was shown today at R.A.F. Station Wethersfield for the first (unreadable) after a non-stop crossing of the (unreadable) refueling. The U.S. Air Force jet fighter had (unreadable) here Monday following a 3300-mile crossing from Loring Air Force Base, Maine, which lasted five hours and thirty five minutes. It long range capacity was helped during the (unreadable) by extending the wings to take-off and landing (unreadable) and flying at only 550 miles an hour instead of at its top speed of two and a half times the speed of sound in its swept back arrowhead shape. Keystone Photo Shows: The F-111 pictured at R.A.F. Station Wethersfield today, in its swept-back arrowhead shape
