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I'd be tempted to classify this as myth unless more concrete information comes out. The original article (presumably 1940s, 50s judging by the illustration) could easily just be hearsay converted into a plausible looking cutaway drawing. We've seen plenty of these illustrations in things like Popular Mechanics and British Illustrated News that look semi-convincing but are actually page filler eye candy that on closer inspection aren't realistically engineered.

[QUOTE="Hood, post: 598744, member: 209"] I'd be tempted to classify this as myth unless more concrete information comes out. The original article (presumably 1940s, 50s judging by the illustration) could easily just be hearsay converted into a plausible looking cutaway drawing. We've seen plenty of these illustrations in things like Popular Mechanics and British Illustrated News that look semi-convincing but are actually page filler eye candy that on closer inspection aren't realistically engineered. [/QUOTE]

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