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(f) Endurance: 

Normal load of oil and gasoline sufficient for a flight of 4 hours and 30 minutes at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour, and at an altitude of 1,000 meters, with machine complete with crew, armament, installations and bombs. The tanks must be capable of holding sufficient oil and gasoline for a flight of 7 hours at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour at a height of 1,000 meters. In this latter case the load of bombs will be decreased in proportion to the increase in the normal load of fuel. 

(g) Maximum velocity: 

With machine fully loaded and at an altitude of 2,400 meters the maximum speed must not be less than 150 kilometers per hour.

(h) Minimum velocity: 

Minimum velocity must not exceed 75 kilometers per hour at 500 meters with a full load of crew, arms, instruments, installations, and sufficient fuel for one hour's flight, but minus the load of bombs. 

(i) Climb: 

Two thousand meters in not over 18 minutes with the machine fully loaded (A machine is understood to be fully loaded

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