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1942
1942 - 1894.PDF
282 FLIGHT SEPTEMBER IOTH, 1942 BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries A Spanish Trainer rp LIGHT, July 23rd published details •* of the Spanish advanced trainer H.S.42. It will be remembered that this aircraft produced by the Hispano-Suiza was a low-wing monoplane of mixed construction powered with a Piaggio P.VII c iC engine of 430 h.p. Another trainer constructed by this company is the H.S.34 developed from the E-34 elementary trainer biplane which first appeared in 1935. The H.S.34 is a single-bay biplane constructed in steel tubing with a fabric covered fuselage, wooden wings and steel struts. It is powered with a D.H. "Gipsy" air-cooled four-cylinder in-line engine of 130 h.p., or alternately, with a Walter "Junior" of 105-120 h.p. The aircraft has a span of 29ft. loin., length 24ft., wing area 231 sq. ft. and a gross weight of 1,7001b. Its maximum speed is 105 m.p.h. Max Holste 20 THE development of this new French single-seater aircraft has been com pleted, and it is possible that it will be used as a prototype for further develop ment into a fighter. The Max Holste 20 is powered with a Regnier supercharged V-type 12-cylinder air-cooled engine of 420-450 h.p. driving a v.p, Ratier air- Screw, The cruising speed is 290 m.p.h., maxi mum speed slightly over 300 m.p.h. and the landing speed 69 m.p.h. The all-up weight is 2,000 lb. and the wing loading is 25 lb./sq. ft. The aircraft has a length of 6.6 m., a height of 2.10 m. and a span of 6.68 m. Jap War Effort THE Japanese Government has further extended its control over industiy with a view to a better application of industrial resources to the war effort. A special institute for the " Improvement HI Industrial Efficiency" (Nippon Nuristu Kyokia) has been created for this purpose. In this connection it is interesting to learn that the Mitsu con cern, the leading Japanese industrial group, is turning its attention to the pro duction of military equipment at the ex pense of the previous substantial export activities of the company. German sources report that the Mitsu The H.S.34, a new Trainer of the Spanish Air Force. Company is now interested in the Japanese aluminium industry and has also acquired the control of the Showa Hikoki Kogyo aircraft company. The latter firm has been established since 1937 and has been producing aircraft for the Japanese Naval Air Forces at its works at Showamura. Italian Torpedo-bomber ONE of the recent additions to the equipment of the Regia Aero- nautiou is a Savoia-Marchetti torpedo bomber. A certain confusion still exists about the correct designation of this type. It has been referred to as the S.M.94 while the Italian periodical L'Ala D'Italia, published under the auspices of the Italian Air Ministry, pre fers to call it S.M.84. Incidentally, this is also the designation of a civil trans port twin-engine aircraft produced in 1937 and bearing no resemblance to the new bomber. The new aircraft is developed from the S.M.79, has a span of 69ft. gin. and a length of 58ft. gin. It is powered by three Alfa Romeo 126 R.C. 34 engines of 750 h.p. each, carries two torpedoes and its approximate maximum speed is 260 m.p.h. at 12,500ft. From Hungary UNTIL recently Hungarian air force units co-operating with the Lujtwafje on the Eastern front have mainly em ployed equipment supplied to them bv the Germans. The Hungarian aircraft industry was limited to a small number of firms which already existed before the., war, and which are mainly engaged on the production of aircraft components. It is now reported that a new company, the Donau Fiugzevbau A.G. has been established in Budapest and is to takt- up the construction of aircraft of German design. Another new company, the Hungarian Optical Works, is to manu facture precision instruments for aircraft and anti-aircraft batteries. ITALY'S NEW TORPEDO BOMBER : The S.M.84 also known as the S.M.94. *L
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