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Aviation History
1949
1949 - 0848.PDF
'.IAY I2TH, 1949 FLIGHT of the Czech Aero 145, a good-looking five- .p.h cruising speed. The engines ore Walter a combined output of 320 h.p. with a ness is used for the remarkably smooth ai.ci.uie wmascreen.ing this screen, is a brilliant pieceThe cockpit roof, of work in Perspex. Data are: span 29.79ft, length 32.5ft, wing area 193.6sq ft, equipped weight 8,465 lb, pilot 200 lb, fuel 1,430 lb, ANTI-G VALVE OFF! SUIT DEFLATED VALVE OPENS AT 2G AND COMMENCES TO INFLATE SUIT SUFT INFLATED. VALVE MAINTAINS PRESSURE PROPORTIONAL TO G Diagram based on a Ministry of Supply exhibit illustrating operation of the R.A.E. anti-C inflatable suit. test equipment 265 lb, all-up weight 10,360 lb. Arsenal 0-101 Research Aircraft.—This avion laboratoire, exhibited by the Arsenal de l'Aeronautique, appears at first sight to be a single-seater, with the cockpit very far aft, but examination discloses that an observer is housed in a tiny flush-roofed cabin ahead of the pilot. The machine has a Renault 12S engine, a fixed undercarriage, and is small in the .„ „ iliu luunei ior c tests. By means of strain gauges, the loads on varioussets of wings may be measured in flight. The all-up weight is 3,050 lb, and fuel for a two-hour endurance is carried.The Arsenal V.G.70 high-speed research aircraft, with raked wing and tail surfaces, displayed in the previousSalon, has been flying with the Jumo 004 turbojet, but a Derwent 5 maylater be installed. GAS TURBINES In the space available for last weeks- review of the outstanding show ex- hibits only a few salient features ofeach power unit could be mentioned. Considerable progress has been madewith ga» turbines in France, and.some additional information about them cannow be given. The Rolls-Royce Nene built under licence by Hispano-Suizeremains the most important turbojet in France and it is the one whichpowers all important jet aircraft. S.N.E.C.M.A.— Within this organ-ization are two turbine-building sub- divisions, Voisin and Rateau. Theformer, under the supervision of H. Oestrich, have produced a turbojet•:•/•.. .7-'-.^'>'»:-.-".' known as the Atar 101.B. Bench tests—and, later, flying tests—are to be carried out at thenew test establishment at Villaroche. The intention has been to produce a unit in the 5,ooolb- thrust class with the minimum diameter. The compressor is of the seven-stage axral type and the airflow is straight through the engine. The compressor drum comprises a series of alloy discs, and both rotor and stator blades are SUiT DEFLATES THROUS- VALVE EXHAUST ove is the cloud and collision warning equipment—another 'tern on the M. of S. stand. (Right) bowty steerable nose wheel (> undercarriage assembly for the Brabazon.
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