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1 BOLTON AND PAUL. Bolton and Paul built a great number of Sopwith machines during the War and have now turned their attention to all-metal construction. Their most interesting machine, however, is a stick and wire machine known as the P-8. It is a convertible passenger, mail, or bombardment machine. Its characteristics follow: Crew -------------------------------- Pilor and seven passengers Mail -------------------------------- 500 lbs. Engines, 2 Hapier Lion water cooled, fitted with four-bladed propeller --------------- 9' 6" diameter performance ---------------- 450 h.p. Ground speed ------------------------ 149 m/h. Speed at 10,000 ft. ----------------- 136 m/h Ceiling ----------------------------- 25,000 ft. Climb to 15,000 ft. ----------------- 15 min. Weight, machine empty --------------- 5,170 lbs. Fuel -------------------------------- 840 lbs. Load -------------------------------- 1,870 lbs. Total weight ------------------------ 7,880 lbs. Load per square foot ---------------- 6.75 lbs. Gas --------------------------------- 100 gallons. Oil --------------------------------- 12 gallons. Endurance, loaded, at 10,000 ft. -------------------------- 2 1/4 hrs. 821