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1948
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Ghsttr Meteor T.7 (•iloster F.-l ORIGINALLY developed as a high-altitude intercepter fighter (an early version was employed in combat during September, 1944) the Meteor has now been adapted for use as a fighter-bomber, ground-attack fighter and photographic- reconnaissance aircraft; there is provision, moreover, for full tropical equipment. The newest version has a lengthened nose which enables several hundreds of pounds of ballast to be eliminated. An extra 30 in allows space for another fuel tank of 100/120 gallons, supplementing the stan- dard built-in tankage of 325 gallons and the three optional drop tanks (two of 100 gallons and one of 180 gallons capa- city). Production Meteors all have com- plete sealing of the cockpit structure. rt- Fairey Operational Trainer NOW in series production for the RoyalNavy under the designation Firefly T.I, the Fairey Operational Trainer, with Griffon engine, is basically similar to the standard Firefly 1 reconnaissance fighter, the essential difference being that the rear cockpit has been raised to give the instruc- tor a clear view forward. The type was developed with a view to overcoming the difficulties of transition experienced by some pilots when graduating from ad- vanced training aircraft to operational types. Its field of usefulness is broadened by the retention of two 20-mm wing- mounted guns and by provision for bombs or rocket projectiles. Fairey Primer ECONOMICAL both in initial outlayand in operational costs, this two- seater ab initio trainer, originally designed and built during 1939 at the works of Avions Fairey in Belgium, is now offered with a Gipsy Major 10 engine (145 h.p.). or Cirrus Major 3 (155 h.p.) Arranged as a tandem two-seater (the cockpit enclosures are of unusually inter- FUGHT esting design) the Primer is constructed mainly of metal tubes, bronze-welded by a new Fairey technique. Simple construc- tion, using readily obtainable materials and the minimum of jigs and fixtures, was a requirement borne in mind from the outset. As an alternative to the standard metal wing, an all-wood wing has been designed. Meteor T.7 A NEWCOMER, of more than usualinterest to visitors from overseas, is the two-seater trainer version of the Meteor (Meteor T.7). This highly success- ful development of the Meteor intercepter fighter (2 R.R. Derwent 5) was designed to assure more gradual, and consequently, safer, introduction of pilots to the handling and navigating of jet aircraft capable of speeds in excess of 600 m.p.h. The Trainer has full dual controls and duplication of essential instruments, and, being some- what lighter than the Meteor fighter, has a most remarkable rate of climb (7,920 ft/min at sea level). An ultimate factor of 9g at all speeds up to 600 m.p.h. is quoted, in conjunction with a Mach num- ber up to 0.82. No armament is specified, but a camera gun and gyrosight are fitted. F.I 44 '"PHOUGH it bears a certain superficial A resemblance to the historic E. 28/39— the first jet aircraft to fly in Great Britain —the E.l/44 single-jet fighter is in reality a completely different aircraft. The intakes for the single Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet are located at the wing roots, and the fuselage is of unusually broad section, permitting the stowage internally of 428 gallons of fuel. The undercarriage is of exceptionally wide track and wing- mounted air brakes, dive-recovery flaps, and spring-tab ailerons are fitted. II and ley-Page Halting-* C.I DURING the past year, one of a largenumber of Handley-Page Hastings C. 1 military transports constructed for the R.A.F. has made a 26,000-mile demon- stration flight from Britain to Australia and New Zealand, from which abundant evidence was forthcoming concerning its operational efficiency. The Hastings is characterized by a remarkably high per- formance (maximum speed 354 m.p.h.) and great stowage capacity. Such military equipment as bulldozers, 25-pounder anti- tank guns, or three-ton lorries, up to a total weight of 7% tons, can be accom- modated. To facilitate loading there is a large freight door and a specially con- structed, air-transportable, ramp. In its heavy-stores-dropping role, the Hastings carries externally a jeep or anti-tank gun which, together with their crews and other equipment, may be dropped by parachute. Hawker Fury and Sea Fury EXCEPT that the Sea Fury has power-folding wings and full Naval equip- ment, these two compact, extremely manoeuvrable, radial-engined fighter- bombers are generally similar. With two wing drop-tanks (alternatives to bombs or rocket projectiles) either type is capable of a range of the order of 2,000 miles— a quality which has made a special appeal to overseas governments which, like the Royal Navy, have standardized the Sea Fury. Features which place this type in the forefront of carrier-borne fighter- bombers are its slow-landing characteris- tics, with immediate positive control, and the unusually good view of the deck obtainable from the cockpit. It is noteworthy that the wings of the Sea Fury can be folded with two 1,000-lb. bombs in position. Thus the machine can be bombed-up or fitted with rocket projec- tiles prior to being elevated from the hangar to the flight deck.
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