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� e Belgian watch designer Ronald Steff en was born in Zug, near the heart of the Swiss watch industry. He studied photography and graphic
design at the Royal Academy of Antwerp, Belgium.
He is also the founder of the exclusive Swiss made brand STEFFEN (WWW.STEFFEN.BE). Passionate about aviation and specifi cally military aircra� , he designed the unique RSC (Ronald Steff en
Creations) collection, with the aura of these nostalgic times.
� e result is this unique watch collection, designed with an eye for detail. The back of the watches are engraved with a beautiful etching
of the airplane and presented in an original RSC watchbox.
R S C : R O N A L D S T E F F E N C R E A T I O N S
You can fi nd the complete RSC collection and shops on:
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� e Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and the Consolidated B-24 were
the United States’ two standard heavy bombers until the arrival of
the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in 1944. � e B-17 served in almost
every theater of World War II, but it used mostly by the US Eighth
Air Force, based in the UK, to bombard German targets. � e fi rst
missions were in daylight hours to improve accuracy, but this
strategy plus a lack of adequate fi ghter coverage, resulted in very
heavy losses of aircra� and crew. Its fi rst bombing mission was
with the RAF as Fortress Is, but it was hardly ready for war. As
refi nements progressed, along with better pilot training and tactics,
it became a formidable weapon in the Allied war against Germany.
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Manufacturer: Boeing
Introduction: 1935
Number built military: 6.981
Crew: 10
Length: 74 � 1.5 in (22,5 m)
Wingspan: 103 � 9 in (31,6 m)
Height: 19 � 2.4 in (5,9 m)
Empty weight: 33.279 lb (15.095 kg)
Loaded weight: 40,260 lb (18.261 kg)
Maximum speed: 318 mph (511 km/h)
Range: 2000 mi (3.219 km)
Service ceilling: 30,000 � (9,144 m)
Arn-mament: 11 machine guns,
17.600 pound bomb load
Powerplant: 4 Wright R-1820-65 Cyclones R S C 2 2 2 0 R S C 2 2 6 1
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