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1942
1942 - 1132.PDF
532 FLIGHT MAY 28TH, 1942 BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries From Rumania T HE report of the activities in 1941 of the State-controlled Rumanian Air Transport Co., " L.A.R.E.S.," is now at hand. The regularity is stated to have been 99.98 per cent., the proportion of seats utilised 66.16 per cent., and the average*speed 140 m.p.h. It is interest ing to learn that 40 per cent, of the Company's operations have been non- scheduled charter flights. More on the Do 217 PICTURES of the Do 217 were pub lished in Flight of May 21st, and in previous issues (February 12th and March 12th) some details were given of this new addition to the Luftwaffe's equipment. Of particular interest is the new lift-increasing device incorporated in the Do 217. This appliance is prob ably based on the German patent taken out by the Dornier Co., which covers a special design of a split-type flap and of the recess in the underside of the wing housing it. When the flap is actuated a duct is created between the flap and the recess, starting at the underside of the vAng, narrowing over the flap's leading edge and gradually widening out towards the wing and flap trailing edges. At the narrowest point of the duct, i.e., oppo site the leading edge and the axis of rotation of the split flap, slots open out in the fixed upper wall of the duct; these start in the top surface of the wing and are apparently designed to suck off air from the upper boundary layer into the low-pressure region prevailing in the duct. Co-operation REPORTS from Occupied France show that the Germans are tightening their grip on the French aircraft indus try. The close collaboration between German and. French companies is mainly aimed at the manufacture under licence of German aircraft types. LUFTWAFFE'S LATEST: The Dornier Do 217, a " multi-purpose " aircraft which is coming increasingly into service. Some further details appear on this page. The Moraine-Saulnier Aircraft Co., of Puteaux, Seine, is now known as the Fieseler-Paris Works and is engaged on the production of the Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch." Whether any further affilia tions have taken place is not known, but German contracts have been placed almost with all French firms. Thus the Amiot is building the Junkers Ju 52, while other French factories are produc ing components for the JU87 and Ju88. In addition, the following German types are now in French production: Siebel Fh 104A twin-engine transport aircraft; the Focke-Wulf Fw 189 short-range leconnaissance aircraft; the Dornier Do 24 and Do 26 long-range recon naissance flying boat; the new type Messerschmitt Me 208 and the Me'sser- schmitt Me 109F. Two French types are also known to have been ordered by the Germans, namely, the " Caudron Goeland " communication aircraft and the the Bloch 157 single-seater fighter, which is described elsewhere on this page. Luftwaffe's French Aircraft THE S.N.C.A. du Sud-Ouest is also en gaged on the production of two types ordered by the Luftwaffe. One is the Bloch 157 single-seater fighter developed from Bloch rgi and rg5. Although full details of the machine are not available, it is known to be an all-metal low-wing monoplane, with a gross weight (un armed) of 6,835 1D- and a wing area of 207 sq. ft. The fighter is powered with an air-cooled Gnome-Rhone 14 R of approximately 1,400 h.p. and fitted with a two-speed supercharger. The Bloch 157, which is undergoing tests, is said to be capable of a top speed of 420 m.p.h. at 26,250 ft. The other aircraft in production for the Germans is the Bloch 162 long-range bomber. No details of the aircraft are available at present, but according to re ports it has a gross weight of 44,000 lb. and is powered with four Hisp'ano 14 A.A. twin-row radials of 1,100 h.p. at 13,000 ft. ~m».- - '.jr* - ".. C" SUBTERRANEAN : A German munition factory built underground and well camouflaged. The structure is in massive reinforced concrete. Natural elevations in the surrounding countryside have been used to make it less conspicuous. On the left are the entrances.
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