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1950
1950 - 0198.PDF
II _ a * n e r. latest Avro Anson twin-engined trainers in service concede little in efficiency to machines of much later date, and allow numerous variations of equipment. R.A.F. versions are laid out for navigational and radio training. A recently completed Dutch prototype, the Fokker S.13, though more powerful, is intended for similar duties. The roomy, high- wing Percival Prince, as adopted by the Royal Navy, is another thoroughly modern nose-wheel type for which the makers offer installations appropriate to bombing, free gun- nery (Boulton Paul powered turret) and photography. Largest of all British trainers, the Vickers-Armstrongs Var- sity, is best described as a crew trainer. This one aircraft, without conversion, affords facilities for training in naviga- tion, bomb aiming, piloting, and the operation of the latest radio and radar gear. There is an underslung nacelle for the bombing instructor and his pupil. In many respects a counterpart of the Varsity, and likewise developed from an airliner, the American Convair T-29 can have separate Miscellaneous Duties i (Above) Short Sturgeon T.T.2 target-towing and -simulating aircraft. THE modern air force requires*a diversity of second-lineaircraft for vital (though, in some instances, uninspir- ing) tasks. Among these, target-towing, air / sea rescue and arctic rescue have greatly increased in importance during recent years. British target-towers are represented on this page by the Short Sturgeon, Fairey Firefly, and D.H. Mosquito (the Tempest and Beaufighter have been similarly adapted), while the Martin PBM-5A, also depicted, is an eminently suitable type for rescue, as well as for patrol. Vickers Supermarine Sea Otter amphibious biplanes and various Grumman types are also rendering excellent " A.S.R." service. Meteorological reconnaissance falls to the lot of adapted first-line types. Helicopters are particularly valuable for "special" operations (e.g., secret service work, radar calibration and observation of torpedo trials), and for some of the more difficult rescue tasks. Together with fixed-wing A.O.P.s they serve admirably as communications aircraft, supported by such types as the de Havilland Devon (military version of the Dove), Avro XIX and larger V.I.P. transport machines, exemplified by the Vikings of the King's Flight. FLIGHT, 26 January 1950 seats, desks and radio and radar installations for sixteen pupils. Student navigators take celestial sights through four astrodomes. A similar instance of parallel development is afforded by the jet-propelled Meteor 7, already mentioned, and the Lockheed T-33 (formerly TF-80C). Unlike the Meteor, the T-33 is pressurized, has ejector seats, two 0.5m guns and a remote hit recorder in the rear cockpit; like the Meteor it is suitable for the training of tactical reconnaissance pilots in the correction of artillery fire. The first aircraft to be planned specifically with jet train- , ing in mind was the Nene-powered S.O.6ooo, now considered as a research aircraft and unlikely to pass into production. _; In common with this French type, the Dutch Fokker S.14, the prototype of which should take the air this summer, has side-by-side ejector seats. Here, however, the resemblance ends, for the Fokker should prove a much more docile instrument of instruction than the formidable, highly loaded French .machine. The power unit of the S.14 is a Rolls- Royce Derwent with nose intake, and there are large fuselage-mounted dive-brakes. Westland-Sikorsky S.5I general purpose helicopter. The Bristol 171 helicopter, suitable for a variety of tasks. icDonnell XHJF-I twin-rotor helicopter of the U.s!»Navy. U.S.A.F. airborne lifeooat oeinz positioned under a B-29. Martin PBM-5A—the world's largest amphibian. Mosquito T.T.39, adapted for target-towing. Fairey Firefly target-tower, showing drogue winch.
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