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1949
1949 - 0092.PDF
62 FLIGHT JANUARY 2OTH, 1949 be considered as a production line of Brabazon bombers will not escape the British taxpayer. That short-range fighters and miscellaneous " utility " types should be sacrificed to expedite the delivery and improve the quality of the bombers which would strike America's first retaliatory blows, is neither surprising nor alarming. Helicopter OperationV ICIOUS circles are not unknown in aviation and the helicopter field is no exception. The main technical features and problems are fairly well understood by now, but the question arises: how and where are we going to use helicopters ? Until some answer is provided designers are at a loss to know the type of craft which will be most likely to fill the bill. On Saturday next, at the R.Ae.S., Mr. N. E. Rowe will attempt to forecast the sort of organization which 13 likely to achieve the fullest utilization of the benefits which this class of aircraft can bestow. As Controller of Research and Long-term Development in the British European Airways Corporation he has studied the sub- ject alongside that of fixed-wing aircraft operation, and in his paper one finds many features in common between the two types. One point stressed in the paper is the proportionally greater effect of winds on schedule-keeping, owing to the lower cruising speed of the helicopter. This also affects annual utilization and therefore the economics of helicopter services. Maintenance has been something of a bugbear hitherto, chiefly because of the need, until CONTENTS Outlook - - ....... 61 A Shocking Problem Derby Remembers .... Meteoric Climbs Here and There Sound Investments - - - Naval Jet ..... Soarable Air Civil Aviation News - - - - Background to Operation - - - ' Conscription and the R.A.F. - - - Correspondence - Service Aviation 63 66 68 69 71 72 74 79 83 - - 85 • - 86 88 Forthcoming Events page 67 more experience is available, for inspections at frequent intervals to see if everything is in order. Mr. Lowe makes the suggestion that this system should be abandoned, and that we should aim at one of sealed servicing, in which components should not be touched until they have completed their service life, when they should be replaced by new parts. This would cut unserviceability from 9! to 3 days during a 200-hour periodic inspection. Mr. Rowe goes into the subject of location of "rotor- stations" in relation to towns, and puts in a plea for planning elevated rotorstations now, so that the struc- tural requirements of the associated buildings may be met during the planning stage. For point-to-point navi- gation he comes out as a strong advocate of the Decca track guide system. SPEEDBIRD'S NEST : Preparing to fit a new undercarriage" assembly on a Lockheed Constellation in B.OA.C.'s new maintenance hall at Filton. Until recently, 8.O.A.C. transatlantic airliners were serviced at Dorval, Canada.
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