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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 1937.PDF
r SEPTEMBER 26TH, 1946 FLIGHT 343 ECHOES OF RAD LETT A Pqt-Pourri of "Flight" Photographs and Sketches from the KC Display "TTULLO! Having a good snoop?" was the I. I greeting accorded a member of Flight's staff by a famous test pilot who had just arrived at Radlett in his jet fighter; and it must be confessed that this solicitude was by no means groundless. Eager as are exhibitors at these great displays to pour their claims and explanations into any willing ear, the journalist's task of presenting his readers with choice technical tit-bits nevertheless entails a large amount of what one prefers to be considered as intelligence work. Where there was so much of outstanding interest, and in view of the relatively short time available, this task was by no means easy. * On these pages is offered a miscellany of photographs and sketches gleaned at Radlett and unavoidably ex- cluded from the detailed report of the S.B.A.C. Display and Exhibition which appeared in last week's issue of Flight. There was much to be learned from models on view in the Static Exhibition and the first pictures show three of the most interesting. Four military trainers, all splendidly demon- strated, are also featured, and among the sketches are two showing details of the re- markable Supermarine E. 10/44 jet fighter. Another view conveys the intimacy of the demonstration by the two Flight Refuelling Lancasters, and finally, Charles Sargeant delineates some of his impressions of a remarkable show. He rightly pays tribute to Mr. Humble, whose show on the Cen- taurus-engined Sea Fury X was, perhaps, the General Aircraft displayed this model of their Universal transport aircraft. The cabin has two decks. f 1v? A strikingly beautiful model of the Saunders-RoeSR45. The Smaller model represents the SRAi twin-jet fighter flying boat. Trainers all : (1) Bristol Buckmaster ; (2) MilesMartinet, with target-towing gear ; (3) Fairey Firefly Trainer ; and (4) Percival Prentice. "»_ .. V. • " • 2J6. SEP
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