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1947
1947 - 0566.PDF
336 FLIGHT APRIL 17TH, 1947 CUTTING IT FINE: AKranich II comes in over the airfield boundary at theLeicester Gliding Club's Easter rally at Ratcliffe. Italian " Readable " TT is not surprising, in view of the Latin-*- love of motoring, that roadable air- craft should now be the subject of studyin Italy. The Aerauto P.L.2.3C. is an 80 h.p. 3-seater with pusher propellerand nose-wheel undercarriage. No TentsE STIMATED to" have cost more thana million dollars, one of the most modern air terminals in the Caribbeanarea was officially opened for traffic on March 1st, when the Governor ofCuracao dedicated the new airport build- ing at Hato. For the comfort of passen-gers and visitors, the building has been provided with a restaurant overlook ingthe airfield, several bars and kiosks, and a well-furnished waiting room. Baggageis placed in special tifts and carried underground to waiting aircraft. Arriv-ing and departing passengers have separate immigration and Customs officesto avoid congestion and confusion. // Mahomet Won't NEWS of an interesting advertisingscheme comes from America. Delta Airlines have issued a folder with somesand glued to it, and the theme is that only yesterday the sand was part ofMiami Beach, and although Delta cannot bring any more of the beach to you, itcan take you to the beach in less than six hours from Chicago. Model Championship A.S.T. have given permission to theSouthampton Branch of the Air League of the British Empire to hold theSouthern Area Model Flying Champion- ship on their airfield at Hamble, Hants,on May 18th. These competitions will be held under S.M.A.E. rules and there arefive classes:— Class 1: Open. Rubber duration (R.O.G.). Class 2: Gliders-open. With a special prize for tailless. Class 3: Firing scale (R.O.G.). Class 4: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS ? Mr.rotary wings in one aircraft. suggestion for combining fixed and '' view shows it as a helicopter. Power driven. Petrol and diesel. In twoheats (a) best duration flight; (b) pre- cision flying. Class 5 : Control line—Acrobatic competition. Entry forms may be obtained from thefollowing committee members: — Captain Ward, 26, Blenheim Road,Eastleigh, Hants. (Secretary, Eastleigh Model Club.) Mr. B. Welsh, Red Croft, OaklandsWay, Bassett, Southampton. (Secretary, Southampton Model Aeroplane Club.) Mr. Vincent, Portsmouth and DistrictM.A.C., 10, Kingston Road, Portsmouth, Hants. Mr. J. Dynan, Education Officer,Folland Aircraft Ltd., Hamble, Hants. Wing Leader in B.E.A. GROUP CAPTAIX DUNDAS, D.S.O.and Bar, D.F.C., a Battle of Britain pilot, has joined the staff of British Euro-pean Airways. He commanded No. 56 Squadron when it was first re-equippedwith Typhoons, became a Wing Com- mander in November, 1942, and formedtile first Typhoon Bomber Wing. G/'C. Dundas joined the Desert Force at Maltaand led a Spitfire wing of five squadrons, which in six weeks destroyed betweensixty and seventy aircraft. In Septem- ber, 1946, he started as a stationassistant in B.E.A., but is now acting as assistant in the foreign liaison branch. Helicopter Plane DURING a statement before the Hou:Interstate and Foreign Commerc Committee Mr. \V. Laurence Le Pageoutlined a scheme for a type of aircraft which would combine the high-speed ad-vantages of fixed-wing aircraft with the low-speed characteristics of the heli-copter. He visualized it as an aircraft with small wings, suitable for fastcruising, carrying rotors at the wing tips ;md engines inside the wing. For for-ward flight the rotors would be turned into a. vertical plane and would act asairscrews, while for take-off and landing they would be turned horizontal, as^lmwii in the sketch on this page. The wings could be small, since theyneed not have the area necessary for lauding, and this would balance theextra weight of rotors, transmission, etc. Owing to their large diameter the slow-running rotors would be very efficient as airscrews.
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