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Aviation History
1947
1947 - 1612.PDF
The elegant air of the Bristol Brigand in its Coastal Command colours disguises its true character—that of an exceptionally hard-hitting strike fighter. The Brigand has an unusually long range and is stressed for dive bombing for which function it has " bellows " type air bnkes. In addition to the torpedo fighter version, shown above, there is also the Bristol Brigand Met. Ill designed specifically for meteorological flying. Both have two Ctntaurus engines, which together give 5,640 h.p. for take-off, but the Met. Ill is 20 miles an hour faster and also has a better rote of climb. The torpedo fighter version has on all-up weight of more than 5,000 Ib over that of the meteorological type. AIR PORTRAITS.... Seen over Derbyshire is a " Heinz " formation of ftp test-bed and development aircraft variously powered» Rolls-Royce piston engines, pure jets, airscrew turbines t mixed power plants. They are, reading from the 6offi the Nene-Vampire, Trent-Meteor, all-Merlin Loncawi Nene-Lancastrian, all-Merlin Lancaster, Derwent Wen and Merlin-Hornet. To absorb the 3.500 h.p. delirertd by its lA-cylinder sleeve-vain Rolls-Royce Eagle engine, the new Westlond Wyvern deck-hndiW strike fighter is fitted with an ejito- blade Roto/ " contraprop."
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