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1940
1940 - 1833.PDF
JUNE 27, 1940 563 ITALIAN SINGLE-SEATERS (CONTINUED) centre part is a welded steel-tube structure and is built integral with the fuselage. The outer panels are built up from two box spars and duralumin ribs and the whole wing is covered with riveted duralumin sheet. Ailerons and trailing-edge flaps have fabric covering and metal frameworks and are interconnected, so that the whole trailing edge can be depressed. The fuselage is mainly a light metal monocoque but has a steel-tube fore- part ; the extreme tail is also built of steel tubes to simplify the mounting of the tail surfaces. The whole is covered with a stressed metal skin and the pilot's cockpit is enclosed by a large transparent fairing giving good visibility in essential directions. The taii unit consists entirely of fabric- covered metal frameworks. Two cantilever oleo-pneumatic legs which carry medium-pressure wheels are retracted inwards into the centre-section by hydraulic gear from the undercarriage. A Fiat A 74 RC 38 engine is fitted. DATASpan . . . . . . 35ft. 2in. Length 25ft. 7in. Wing area .'. .. 197 sq. ft.Weight enwty .. .. 4,1881b. Useful load . . . . 947 1b. All-up weight . . . . 5.135 1b.Wing loading . . 26 1b./sq. ft. Maximum speed . . . . 298 m.i>.h.Climb to 19.680ft. . . 7 min. 3 sec. Absolute ceiling . . . . 35,400ft. (Right) General ar-rangement of Fiat G.50. The optionalwing guns are shown. Macchi C.200 A single - seater monoplane fighter designed by Mario Castoldi, who was re- sponsible for the M.C.72 recorti- breaking seaplane, the C.200 has its wings constructed in three parts — two outer panels and a centre section. These have spars and stressed skin covering of " Super-Avional." Flaps and ailerons are inter-connected so that the whole trailing edge can be lowered if required; the flaps are hydraulically operated. The fuselage is an oval all-metal monocoque with a steel-tube engine mounting and a well-shaped trans- parent superstructure over the pilots' cockpit. The tail unit is metal with fabric- covered control surfaces and an ad- justable tailplane, the controls being operated by rigid push-pull rods in- stead of cables. The undercarriage (including the tail wheel) is fully re- tractable, the wheels being hydraulic- ally retracted inwards into the centre section. Compressed air brakes are fitted to the wheels. The Fiat A74RC38 fourteen- cylinder two-row radial engine is used, driving a three-bladed Fiat-Harnilton constant-speed airscrew. DATA Span Length Vying area Weight empty All-up weight Wing loading . . Maximum speed . . Climb to 19,680ft. Absolute ceiling . . . . 34ft. 8in. . . 26ft. lOin. .. 180 sq.ft. .. 3,894 lb. .. 4,840 1b. .. 26.9lb.SM.ft 313 m.p.h. 6 min. 30 sec. .. 33,0C0ft. For Learner Drivers "TJESPITE the war old friends are still •*—' with us, and the sixth edition of '' Motor Driving Made Easjr'' has re- cently been issued by The Autocar. As S. C. H. Davis points out in his intro- duction to this new edition, "it is the purpose of this book to achieve two ob- jects. First, to impart in the simplest possible way knowledge of the art of driving a car in all conditions ; second, to direct the learner's thoughts towards the acquisition of ' road sense.' " A special war supplement is included dealing with lighting and other regula- tions, the problems of black-out driving and ways and means of making the petrol ration give the most miles. The price is 2s. 6d., or 2s. gd. post free from Iliffe and Sons Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.i. Long Distance in Australia '"PHE Royal Australian Air Force has •*• of late been doing some real long- distance flying with its new Lockheed Hudsons. In April—news comes to us slowly from overseas these days with the air mail out of action—four Hudsons flew from Richmond, Sydney, across Australia to Perth in the day with only one stop. Proceeding independently but maintaining radio contact with one an- other, they flew to Ceduna on the Great Australian Bight, for refuelling, and then on to Pearce (W.A.). The distance is approximately 2,300 miles. Another flight was made in the civil Douglas DC3 monoplanes which havebeen taken over by the R.A.A.F. (Four were taken over but one has since beendamaged on the ground.) Leaving the R.A.A.F. station at Pearce at hourlyintervals starting at midnight, the three machines proceeded non-stop to Bris-bane, Sydney and Melbourne respec- tively. Ricks as Obstructions FARMERS have been asked to placetheir hayricks, whenever possible, in the middle of fields instead of at theedges in order that they may serve as obstructions for possible attempts of Ger-man aeroplanes to land. It is to be feared that in fields large enough tocome into consideration, a good many hayricks would be needed, but is thereany agricultural reason why farmers should not build smaller ricks and moreof them ? A Handsome Gift A GIFT of ^50,000 by His ExaltedHighness the Nizam of Hyderabad towards the maintenance of the twosquadrons of the K.A.F. bearing his name is announced. In October lastthe Nizam presented the Air Ministry with a sum of /ioo,ooo which was usedin the equipment of a new fighter squadron now known as the HyderabadSquadron. During the last war a similar gift bythe Nizam was used in the equipment of another squadron, and it is for the maintenance of these that the Nizamhas now offered a further ,£50,000. A message of appreciation has beensent by His Majesty the King to the Nizam, and on behalf of the AirMinistry another message has also been despatched. The second HyderabadSquadron was formed in November, 1939. Its motto is: "Faithful Ally."The squadron, so far, has been respon- sible for shooting down two enemyraiders. Its pilots are from Britain and nearly all the Dominions. Trans-Canadian TrophyM AJOR M. A. SEYMOUR, President of the Canadian Flying Clubs As- sociation, has been awarded the "Trans- Canada Trophy" for 1939 "in recog- nition of the outstanding leadership he gave to the flying clubs of Canada wi I939-" Major Seymour and other representa-tives of the Canadian Flying Clubs Association have been in frequent con-sultation with the Chief of the Air Staff and other officers of the R.C.A.F. inconnection with the contribution of the 22 Canadian flying clubs to the promo-tion of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. The Trans-Canada Trophy wasdonated by James Dalzell McKee, of Pittsburgh, as a memorial to the firsttrans-continental seaplane flight made in September, 1926, by Mr. McKee in com-pany with Squadron Leader A. E. Godfrey, M.C., D.F.C., now an Air Com-modore and Air Officer Commanding the Western Air Command.
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