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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 1583.PDF
SEPTEMBER T8TH. 1947 FLIGHT 307 RADLETT RELEASES E Hawker N.7/46 naval fighter with Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet Trainers, Private-Owner Types and Helicopters VERY year at the S.B.A.C. Display particulars are stringers. The fin is integral with the fuselage tail released of new aircraft types sufficiently interesting Side-by-side seatiag and dual controls are provided forand important to warrant a fuller notice than can be given in our general Radlett report. This year we are able to deal in some detail with the Avro Athena Mk II, the Hawker Fury Trainer, Auster Avis, Newbury Eon, Short Sealand, Fairey Gyrodyne, and Cierva W.u and W.12. Avro Athena Mk II: The Mk II version of the Athena trainer differs from the Mk 1 • ' • in having a Merlin 35 engine instead of a Dart or Mamba gas turbine. In the main the following structural description applies to both marks. Of two- spar light-alloy construction, the wing has pressed ribs and is built in five sections—centre section, two outer wings and two tips. The light-alloy skin is riveted in spanwise strips to the spar booms and ribs. Frise ailerons with spring tab con- trol are fitted. The fuselage is assembled in two halves, the joints being on the vertical centre line. Monocoque construction is used, except at the cockpit opening where bending loads are taken by two longerons and the floor members. The pressed channel- section formers are notched to receive stringers of angle section, and the pre-formed skin is riveted to formers and A two-seat version of the Fury for training purposes. the pilot and pupil, and there is a seat for a pupil/observer behind. To simulate night flying during daylight a two stage amber screen is provided for the jettisonable cockpit canopy. Of wide track, the undercarriage incorporates cantilever struts for the main wheels and a steerable tail wheel, the clutch mechanism for which can be disengaged by a lever in the cockpit. The installation of the Rolls Royce Merlin 35 engine, with its "beard" radiator, is ex tremely neat. Two fuel tanks, normally holding 130 gallons, are located in the centre sec- tion, and two drop tanks, each of 45 gallons capacity, can be fitted below them. The air screw is a four-blade constant speed de Havilland. Provision is made for fitting transmitter - receiver 1143 A, Standard Blind Approach or Rebecca Mk IV, and R3121 for identification. An earth return wiring system is used, except in the outer wings where it is double-pole, to eliminate interference with the compass flux valve in the starboard wingtip. The following are the principal data concerning the •• Flight" /• ; OUR WARES SET OUT : From glidefc*4njrwlti-engined aij. liners the finest products of Britain's most entefprrsmg trvdXistry are seen at a glance. Their characteristics and the impres- sions they made at Radlett are the principal feature of this issue.
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