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SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1947 FLIGHT 363 Handfey Page Hastings . . operating in the tropics, cool air can be circulated and hot air expelled. There is also provision for air con- ditioning the cabin while on the ground. The comfort and safety of the crew of five have received special atten- tion. Sound-proofing, heat and venti- lation is provided in the cockpit, and there is a rest compartment of ade- quate size. Apart from six emer- gency exits in the main cabin (three in each side) there are three in the cockpit. A point of special interest ris that not only are the crew members supplied with full oxygen equipment but there are no fewer than fifty oxy- gen points in the main cabin for the use of its occupants. Each of the four engines has three methyl-bromide fire extinguishers, and there are fire-warning lights in the cockpit. De-icing of the wing and tail surfaces is effected by the T.K.S. porous-metal method, and Dunlop slinger rings are provided for the air- screws. The air intakes are protected by flush guards. It will be evident from the foregoing description that the Hastings is suitable for a wide variety of military appli- cations. In the R.A.F. it will not only carry freight, paratroops, airborne troops and casualties, but will drop supplies and tow gliders. As a freighter it will accommo- date, for example, 25-pounder anti-tank guns or three-ton lorries up to a maximum weight of ~j\ tons. In the trooper- transport role provision is made for 50 fully equipped air- borne troops and for medium-sized freight in holds under the floor. For special purposes, chairs more comfortable than the seats, troops, for the use of, can be installed. A 17-pounder anti-tank gun—0 weapon of no mean proportions—is reaaiiy accommodated in the Hastings. The gun is viewed from the front of the aircraft. As an ambulance the Hastings takes 32 stretcher cases and24 sitting cases, four attendants and a ton of medical sup- plies. A representative load for the pannier and supply-dropping version is twenty-two 350-lb panniers, twenty 400-lb containers and two despatchers. When 30 para-troops are carried, 20 supply containers go with them. For dropping heavy stores, such as jeeps and guns^ theHastings can be fitted with an under-fuselage carrier. Para- troop crews to operate this equipment are, of course, carriedinside the aircraft in the normal manner. Finally, the Hastings, like the transport versions of the Halifax, iscapable of towing gliders up to the size of the Hamilcar. COL. DARBY RETIRES E>OLLS-ROYCE, LTD., announce with•*•»• regret that one of the members of their senior executive staff, Lt. Col. M. OrmondeDarby, O.B.E., is retiring from active busi- ness life at the end of this month. Col. Darby's association with aviationgoes back to the early days. He served with the R.F.C. in the 1914-18 war. Ondemobilization he became managing director "' the Aircraft Disposal Co., Ltd., a firmwhich took over all the aircraft and engines kit as surplus after the war. The firm re-conditioned large numbers of both and did good business abroad. When Cirrus Aeroengines was formed, Col. Darby became managing director of that firm also. uunng the recent war Col. Darby repre- Col. Ormonde Darby, O.B.E. The Hastings~wt\ fcrmed so impressively in the S.6.A.C. Display at Radlett, where all aircraft of the type are tested. Military loads, being, in general, more concentrated than those carried by civil aircraft, do not demand the longer fuselage, as on the Hermes. sented Rolls-Royce as managing director of Phillips and Powis.Ltd., which was at that time controlled by Rolls-Royce, Ltd. e was later loaned to M.A.P. as Controller of the South Mars-ton Shadow Factory. DEATH OF JOSEPH NAVARRO TO many of our older readers the name of Joseph Navarrowho died suddenly the week before last, will be a familiar one. He was a designer with unorthodox ideas and somehowalways seemed just to miss success. His "Chief," built at Heston, was underpowered with two Bristol Cherub engines.In more recent times he made plans for a small amphibian, the "Naiad," which was described in our issue of January 4th,1946. Lack of capital was always one of Navarro's great handicaps,and it seems a rather cruel stroke of fate that he was taken when the Navarro Aircraft Construction Co. was about to befloated with headquarters at Hanworth.
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