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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 0992.PDF
The Attacker and Valetta at Chilbolton before the start. ATTACKER and VALETTA on tour Vickers-Armstrongs Enterprise in Middle East and Europe : A Strenuous Month GOOD wishes go with the team of the Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers-Supermarine and Rolls-Roycepersonnel now engaged on a demonstration tour with an Attacker jet fighter (Rolls-Royce Nene) and a Valetta military transport (two Bristol Hercules); the trip will last until June 18th. The Attacker is the " TS 409 " prototype, trimly finished in Naval colours and carrying a massive 250-gallon ventral tank to supplement its internal capacity of 293 gallons of fuel. The Valetta is a standard R.A.F. production aircraft. Managing the tour is Mr. J. K. Quill, O.B.E., A.F.C. The Valetta's captain is W/C. A. D. McN. Boyd, D.S.O., D.F.C., and the pilot of the Attacker is M. J. Lithgow, than whom there is no greater exponent of this 580-m.p.h. fighter's capabilities. Other personnel are G. Garrett and E. L. Hutchins (Attacker engineers), L. Shinwell (Rolls- Royce engineer), and S. J. Da vies (Valetta engineer). The itinerary of the tour, which started on May 18th from The flying view of the Attacker, above, illus- trates the exceptional aerodynamic cleanness of this 590-m.p.h. Nene- powered fighter. Photographed from a similar angle, the Valetta military trans- port is seen to have a roomy, fuselage. The gross stowage space for freight is, in fact, 1,563 cu ft. At Chilbolton, prior to going on tour are (left to right): G. Garrett. M. J. Lithgow, E. L. Hutchins, J. K. Quill. W/C. A. D. McN. Boyd, S. J. Davies, L Shinwell and D. A. Hubbard The duties of these personnel are men- tioned in the text.
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