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Aviation History
1946
1946 - 2043.PDF
OCTOBER IOTH,' 1946 FLIGHT In record trim the P^V patrol bomber has the mid-upper turret and nose armament removed. It is seen here on a practice flight without its wing- tip overload tanks. The wing span is 100ft, the length 75ft 6in and the height 28ft iin. A particular feature is the Lockheed- developed '' Varicam '' tailplane which embodies a mechanical device for varying the curvature of the horizontal surfaces in order to adjust trim. Two Wright Duplex Cyclones giving a total of 4,600 h.p. are fitted. No further testimonial will be needed —- .regarding their reliability and economy. Incidentally, they are •'Srery similar to the engines in Super- forts or Constellations. On the P2V a particularly com- pact and clean installation has been achieved, the exhaust outlet being well to the rear on the nacelle sides. During the time that Commander Davies and his crew were in the air, a U.S. Army Air Force Superfortress -•under the command of Col. S. C. Irvine was standing by 359 at Hawaii to make the-10,000-nule flight to Cairo via the North Pole on an official long-distance record attempt. This, now completed, is reported on page 394. The previous official world's long-distance record of 7,158 miles was set up by Sqn. Ldr. K. Kellett on a Vickers Wellesley in November, 1938. TOWARDS GREATER FREEDOM FOR TOURISTS^ "DEPRESENTATIVES of no fewer than 41 nations were -tv welcomed by Lord Hacking, chairman of the Travel Asso- ciation of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at a reception at the Savoy Hotel, London, on October 1st, to the delegates to the four-day International Conference of National Tourist Organizations held in the County Hall, Westminster. The attendance at the conference, he said, was clear evidence of the world's interest in the development of tourism, and while they could not settle all the problems in a week, they could by frank discussion go a long way towards arriving at agreement on many vital subjects. On October 3rd the delegates were the guests at a luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel, London, by British Overseas Airways, British South - American Airways, and British European Air- ways. Lord Knollys, in welcoming the guests, emphasized the fact that air operators and tourist organizations shared the wish to have restrictions eased or abandoned. In air travel this was even more important than in other forms of transport in which the time taken up by formalities was but a small per- centage ; in a flight to Paris it might amount to 100 per cent. At present the airline companies carried their passengers at some 250 m.p.h. In years to come that speed would go up to 400 or even 500 m.p.h., and it was essential that the whole tempo of travelling should be on the same kind of scale, other- wise the high speed would be wasted. Mr. T. Dunbabin, Australian delegate, spoke very amus- ingly, but in more serious vein pointed out that the many restrictions, passports, visas, etc., were merely an irritation to travellers, and did no real good, as they provided no safeguard. TEST PILOT'S STAND-IN The U.S. Navy has evolved some interesting equipment for controlling high-speed aircraft by radio and tor recording test data. The left-hand view above shows the " pilot's " control gear. It appears that the master controls are to his right ; the buttons to the left operate the undercarriage and elevators, select fuel tanks, cage the gyro and control r.p.m. The right-hand view shows the instrument panel in a " drone " Tigercat ; this is mounted opposite a television camera and readings are transmitted to a room below the "pilot's" position. <•
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