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flat strips of duralumin riveted to the flanged edges of the webs. 

The wings have withstood a load factor of seven and a half without showing any permanent deflection, and to all appearances the detail wing construction was in very good condition. 

The fuselage is of the Breguet type of duralumin tubing and steel fitting construction. The tail planes are built up similarly to the wings. The pilot and gunner are situated far back in the fuselage. In fact they are half way from the trailing edge of the wings to the stern post. The vision aft and overhead in this case is very good but the vision forward is quite questionable and is receiving criticism. The crew is well protected in case of a crash and this machine fulfills its night bombardment mission very well. This arrangement has been carried out with the idea of locating the fuel and bomb load as near to the center of gravity of the machine as possible so that the variation in useful load will require very little time and attention of the pilot to the tail adjustments.

The landing gear is of the conventional twin vee, rubber shock absorbing type. The machine uses Lamblin radiators, one of which is mounted on either side of the fuselage, near the engine.

Mr. Wibault is working on a pursuit machine of Hispane

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