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Aviation History
1948
1948 - 1530.PDF
FLIGHT Remarkable in appearance and performance-r^-the Supermarine Seagull. Wing bomb- stowage on tht Brigand B.I, showing crutch inp details. THE S.K.A.I. DISPLAY seated in the leading edge of the fin. An Avon, or some unit of similar output and configuration, would appear to be suitable for this bold design. The only examples of Naval strike aircraft—both Black- burn's—were the Firebrand 5 (no specially furbished show ' exhibit this, but a work-stained Service machine, complete with blue-nosed torpedo) and the S.28/43, looking very ^ purposeful with its close-cowled methanol-injected Cen- * taurus, cranked wing (with less dihedral than last year) and ample fin and rudder area, for docile carrier landings. Having power-operated ailerons, the "S.28" possesses a remarkable rate of roll. Blackburns were exhibiting a photograph showing a portion of what appeared to be a mock-up of a new machine with unusually shaped nose, such as might house coupled turboprops—a power-plant installation which should lend itself particularly well to Naval requirements. Could this photograph, it was asked, portend a new Naval type for Farnborough, 1949? Though the astonishingly adaptable Fairey Firefly 5 is not generally categorized as a strike aircraft, its potential- ities in this direction were exemplified by the array of bombs, K.P.s, cluster containers and cannon ammunition assembly beneath the wings, in addition to overload tanks, A.T.O. rockets and depth charges. It was announced that carrier trials have now been completed with the new power- folding wings, to be standardized on all future Mark 5 Fireflies. Deep were the regrets that Westlands were unable to show a Wyvern torpedo-fighter. It is to be hoped that their fine work on this type may soon be followed by the announcement of a Naval order. The manufacturers of our two new military transports— the Handley Page Hastings and Vickers-Armstrongs Valetta—had set out to exemplify the extreme versatility of these important machines. Appreciably shorter than the new civil Hermes IV, the Hastings nevertheless readily (Left) Mainplane and folding details of the Hawker N.7I46 Naval fighter. (Right) Possible plan-form of a Supermorine fighter (Attacker development). (Below) Alternative external stores handled by the de Havilland Vampire 5 fighter-bomber. (Lower right) Ghost-Vampire "TG 278," holder of the world's height record.
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