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1949
1949 - 0948.PDF
MAY ;5TH, 1949 FLIGHT 6x3 HERE AND THERE from other machines. Its name, Alexander the Swoose, was taken from a jingle about a bird that was half-swan, ' half-goose: On the nose of the Swuose are painted the flags of 35 countries it has visited. 307 Jolly Sailormen A RECORD load of jor passengers—U.S. Navy personnel^-and a crew "of seven has been carried by the Martin flying boat Caroline Mars from San Francisco to San Diego. Chairs were removed and duffle bags served as seats. Largest Floatplane DEFORE the war, Italian constructors -U —notably the "Cant." organiza- I tion—favoured large floatplane transport W aircraft, the most ambitious being the Cant. Z.511 of approximately 36 metric tons. The Breda company now an- nounces a version of its four-Centaurus B.Z.308 long-range airliner span 138ft with float undercarriage. The floats will be pressurized and accessible in flight and will be utilized for stowage. And Another! : vT HE latest American fighter to be revealed is in the "penetration" class. Described by its makers, the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, as a heavyweight edition of the F-80 Shooting Star, the new XF-90 is shown by a photograph (reproduced on p. 612) to be a larger and more advanced design than the earlier aircraft, although there are traces of a family likeness. Wing and tail surfaces are raked, and there are large side intakes for two fuse- lage-installed turbojets. A long "needle- nose" is embodied. Exceptionally large for a single-seater, the XF-90 is said to be about the same weight as the Dakota (some 25,000 lb at take-off). The new fighter was seen by the public for the first time at Burbank, California, on Tuesday of last week. Flight tests are to be made soon at Muroc, California. " Fliyltt " photograph. TURTLE THRUST: Holder of the world's long-distance record of 11,23b miles in the Lockheed P2V " The Turtle", Lt. Cdr. Tom Davies, U.S.N. looks on at Orly while Aerojet J.A.T.O. rockets are attached to " The Turtle" for demonstration. A " Flight " representa- tive who fh.v in the aircraft reports smooth, progressive acceleration from the rockets. Walrus Pearl-spottersA N ex-R.A.A.F. pilot, Mr. Eric Mcllree, has equipped two Walruses lor spotting beds of pearl shell off the North-West Coast of Australia. Before the war the beds were worked by Japanese, and their locations are unknown to Australian pearlers. Each aircraft will .carry an experienced diver and diving equipment, and special fuel dumps will permit continuous operation. Evidence of the presence of pearl beds —dugong grass on the ocean floor—is, of course, detected from the air more easily than from surface vessels, although these will also be engaged. It is learned that the Commonwealth Government is so anxious to discover the beds that pearlers using their luggers in the search will be exempted from income tax until 1950. Luggers and amphibians will have two- way radio for inter-communicatfons. FLACE DES INVAUDES? For a 140 h.f>. light aircraft, the Mfc. 2 ambulance version of the popular French Norecrin has a particularly neat stretcher installation. The rearward-facing attendant's seat allows auick access to the patient. "Wooden Horse" Film '"THE book oi the Wooden Horse, by-*- Eric Williams, M.C., is to be adapted for the screen. If a suitableprisoner-of-war camp is available it will be used when production begins in Ger-many later this year; otherwise a recon- struction of Stalag Luft III, which is inthe Russian Zone, will be made. The cast has not yet been finallyselected, and Air Mail (the official journal of the Royal Air Forces Association)reports that Mr. Jack Lee, the director, of Wessex Film Productions, Ltd., Pine-wood Studios, Iver Heath, Bucks, is anxious to hear from ex-R.A.F. actorswho were prisoners of war, particularly those who were in Stalag Luft III. News in Brief FOR "skilful application of a newaviation technique," Major K. M. Zotov, of the Soviet Air Force, has beenawarded the Order of the Red Banner. * * # ''Fly by British Air Lines" is the slogan now being stamped on letters and postcards at a number of Post Offices. • * * Taking part in the international cam-paign against the Colorado Beetle in Normandy, a Sikorsky S-51 helicopter ofPest Control, Ltd., was due to begin operations last week-end in the Caen area. • • # Australia's first aircraft carrier, H.M.A.S. Sydney, arrived in Melbournelast week. This 14,000-ton light fleet carrier, of the Majestic class, wasformerly H.M.S. Terrible, before its transfer to the Royal Australian Navylast December. * * *At the British Industries F"air, Gas Turbines, Ltd., of New Zealand, placeda £2,000 order for air compressors and compressed air equipment with HymaticEngineering, Ltd. Incidentally, the technical manager of Hymatic, Mr.H. R Haerle, is to read a paper on "Aircraft Pneumatics" at the Anglo-Amrrican Aeronautical Conference in New York this month. R o
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