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1946
1946 - 1865.PDF
SEPTEMBER igTH. 1946 3<»3 The Heston A.O.P. (above) is fully slotted andflapped. The bowed sides of the transparent cockpit enclosure give excellent view. On theright is the Mercury-assisted Hamilcar X. craft " Universal" transport, publicized as a civil machine, would make another outstanding military transport. Although the civil representation at Radlett was some- what overshadowed by the military exhibits, most of the better-known new types were to be seen, and hints of the future were given in model form. The only available Tudor II was at Boscombe, but a I, six of which have now, we hear, come off the production lines, was to be seen, and B.O.A.C. managed, after all, The cockpit arrange-ment of the Firefly I dual control trainer. to loan a York, of the combined passenger-freighter type, as well as one of their Handley-Page Haltons. Though not essentially an Avro exhibit, one of the two Lancas- trians to be seen was a research ty'pe with two R-R Nenes replacing the outboard Merlins. One of the new Avro XIXs, with stressed-skin metal wings, was also shown. The Vickers Viking on display had, as it happened, come off the line at midday on the Thursday before the opening of the show, and was flown over that afternoon on its initial tests. This was a stressed-skin-wing IA—the short-nosed version—for R.A.F. Transport Command, and the first of the series fulfilling this order. From the visitor's point of view, however, it was entirely similar to the civil version ordered by B.E.A.C. and others. Incidentally, this Viking was fitted with metal Rotol airscrews. It is not generally known that the "belly" freight loading in the Viking is arranged in five different compartments below the cabin floor level, each of these compartments having the maximum load figures clearly indicated on the appro priate door. Indoors was a model of the Viking fitted with R-R jet units and inscribed with a maximum speed figure of 450 m.p.h. by way of pure-jet comparative performance indication. Miles Types Four Miles civil aircraft were on view, including the new Marathon—complete with stick-force test recorder on the starboard control column—and the twin-engined Gemini in latest production form, with electrically retractable undercarriage and Decca Navigator panel. The Messenger shown was, in fact, an M.48 rather than an M.38, with electrically operated retractable flaps. This aircraft was due to be flown away for a Swiss customer. The fourth Miles exhibit was an Aerovan. In the static exhibition there was a model of the Marathon as it will appear with two A-S Mambas. In addition to the Prentice Trainer and Proctor V, Percivals were indirectly showing one of the earlier Gull Sixes in which Miss Jean Batten made a record flight to Australia and New Zealand in 1936, while in the static show there was a full-sized mock-up of a fuselage section of the Merganser, which should be flying during the next month or two. Apart from the Autocrat and the new military observa- The Sabre-engined Fury I (left) is one of the cleanest air- scrow-driven machines yet built. Above are the neat cockpit enclosures of the Spitfire Trainer.
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