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1949
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580 FLIGHT MAY 19TH, 1949 fields was made in April, 1911. The machin% was a Bleriot monoplane with 80 h.p. Gnome rotary engine, and the pilot was M. Pierre Prier. Starting from Hen- don he landed at Issy 3I1 56mm later. Curiously enough, he too found the French capital shrouded in mist, and to such an extent that even the top of the Eiffel Tower could not be seen. Prier's average speed was about 64 m.p.h. Other worthwhile records were set up by Mr. N. Duke on a Hawker Fury, when he flew from London to Rome in 2 hours 31 minutes 51 seconds, and from London to Karachi in 15 hours 24 minutes. Enthusiasm for our new jet fighters should not blind us to the fact that British piston-engined fighters can still give, a good account of themselves, and that they can, should the need arise, be flown to distant parts of the world in a very short time, and in long non-stop stages. The Bristol-Hawker com- bination has done as well in its own class as the new Hawker-Rolls-Royce in the more modern category. The Evidence at OrlyS OME eighteen months ago, following inspection of a number of factories and research establishments in France, we published a short series of articles on the revival of the French aircraft industry ; and the views which we expressed concerning that industry's progress and potential were regarded by some people as optimistic. No one could "continue to hold that opinion after having watched the Orly display which marked the culmination of the two-week International Paris Ex- hibition. It is, in fact, high time that this country realized that France has again become a first-line power in the world of aircraft construction, and one capable of offering formidable competition in all markets. Such is the complexity of the modern aircraft nnd the organ- CONTENTS The Outlook ------ Orly Hawker Hat-Trick - - - Change of Editorship Here and There Televiewed Traffic-Control Tribute from the Turtle - Marathons on the Way - Assembly of Aeronauts - Les Planeurs Civil Aviation News - Canadair Northrops Correspondence - - - - Service Aviation ------ Forthcoming Events page 604 - 579 - 581 - 584 - 585 - 586 - 588 - 590 - 591 - 596 - 598 - 599 - 603 - 604 - 605 ^ ization required to design, build, test and produce it that very few nations can now hope to build up the necessary specialized industrial capacity. The French industry jsS comprehensive, vital and self-supporting. t; France's achievement at Orly can be justly described as a modest triumph. Aircraft that for the past many months have been little more than figures and numbers in British minds (France was ever slow to provide air photographs) have now been demonstrated as advanced and purposeful prototypes and production aircraft. In particular, a long-range airliner of a size between Con- stellation and Brabazon has taken the air; a half-scale model of France's S.R.45 counterpart is building up much air experience; several advanced jet-prototypes are flying and a series of small and medium-sized passen- ger aircraft hold out great promise. Moreover, the French show signs of leading the world in the construc- tion of very large freighters. FOR LIGHTNING RAIDS: Britain's first jet bomber—the English Electric A.I, with two Rolls-Royce Avons—made its maiden flight, in the hands ofWjC. R. f. Beamont, D.S.O., D.F.C., on Friday, May 13th. These official photographs—the only two released—indicate a very clean design, with wing and tail surfaces of unusually low aspect ratio. B 4
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