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1947
1947 - 0761.PDF
MAY 15TH, 1947 FLIGHT HERE AND THERE Canadian Survey A SURVEY to cover an estimated**• 700,000 sq. miles of Canadian terri- tory has begun, with three of the tenair detachments which will be engaged on the survey already operating. 3,000sq. miles of territory have been photo- graphed so far. Percival Prentice Under Licence '"THE Hindustan Aircraft Co., which -*- has not hitherto manufactured com- pleted aircraft, is to produce training machines under an agreement with the Indian Government. The type of air- craft to be manufactured under licence from the Percival Aircraft Co. will be Percival Prentice trainers. Indian rep- resentatives are at present visiting the Percival \yorks at Luton. Twenty Prentice trainers are to be shipped to India -for assembly there before main production starts. Aeronautical CongressT HE Royal Aeronautical Society, inco-operation with the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences of America, isarranging an Aeronautical Congress to, be held in London from September 3rd-6th this year. A tentative programme of some twenty papers to be read, cover-ing a large range of subjects, has been arranged. Birthday /"^ELEBRATING its first "year of trans- ^-/ atlantic air operations on May 3rd, Panair do Brazil, affiliate of Pan Ameri- can Airways, has made 229 Atlantic crossings. Panair do Brazil operates a weekly service from Rio de Janeiro to London via Recife, Dakar, Lisbon and Paris. Yo-Ho-Heave! A NEW and somewhat unorthodoxmethod of inter-compartment com- munication is provided in the U.S.A.A.F.XB-36. Shown in our picture is the subway built in the XB-36 with acrew member lying on the four-wheel " scooter " pulling on an overhead cableto propel himself through the tunnel. Like the rest of the aircraft, the tunnelis pressurized and measures 2ft in diameter and 85ft in length, aijd is theonly means of getting from the forward to the aft cabin whilst the machine is,jn flight. A civil version of the XB-36 s being developed. SMOOTH AMBASSADOR : This photograph illustrates the clean lines of theCentaurus power plants installed in the prototype Airspeed Ambassador. Ducts for the injector carburettor and oil cooler are inside the cowling. The vent seenbeneath the power plant is a temporary oil-cooler outlet. Easier Connections K.L.iW. servn e ' IciM's a and hoicc iislel >OSlte ill IK •rdain A NEW thrice-wceklvlinking Amvt.rdan Rome will start on |mn- <)\\\. \v. from Italy now have a connection of three K.L.M. transatlaniic ( lations each week. In tin- o direction, from New York, there an immediate connection a I Amst for passengers continuing to K'oin Challenge to A.T.A. AMERICAN sources aver that the •^i- women's international speed record has been broken by Marjie iluiiliurt, a school teacher, of Painesviile, Ohio. Klv- ing at 337-635 m.p.h., her time ( hec ked by N.A.A. was over /t 5 111.p.h. better than the old record of H)1.JLJ\ ni.p.h. set by Jaijiieline ( ochran in 1937. The record speed was taken over a three- kilometre course and determined on an average of the four best laps. Helicopter Taxi '"THE increasing popularity of heli--»- copter aircraft shows itself again in an announcement that the British Elec-trical Traction Co., Ltd., is examining the possibilities of helicopters for aircharter work. Mr. Norman Hill, who was manager of the aircraft division ofTecalemit, Ltd., has been appointed air adviser to the scheme. AIRWHITTLE, 7,000 m.p./i. Jets? COMMODORE F RAN K on his first vijsit 1" Canada, told a Press (uuleieiu e in Toronto that air speeds of j,n<><> m.p.h. are possible " in (he not too distant future." He predicted London 1<> Montreal Atlantic crossings in five hours, and added that Britain might: oul- distance the United States transport if the quality of designs were maintained. in overseas hei e;milie TUBE RAILWAY: A photograph and diagrammatic sketch showing the means of travelling in the pressurized connecting tube of the Consolidated XB-36.
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