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1950
1950 - 0997.PDF
PLIGHT, 25 May 1950 HERE AND THERE-: ami employed towards the end of the war in Eurorje, but the Swedish fuse is claimed to be completely original. Keen Types IN honour of Marshal Tito's birthday onMay 18th, Lt. Milivoye Boras of the Yugoslav Air FoTce is reported to have made 75 parachute jumps in 15! hours. The jumps, which are claimed to consti- tute a world's record, were made over Leskovac Airport at an average height of oooft. At the same time, two Yugo- slavian girl parachutists set out to leap at record low altitudes. Both, sur- prisingly enough, survived this curious birthday celebration, though one jumped at 270ft, the other at 360ft. ..--4$ More Airways Armorials IN Flight of April 27th we describedand illustrated B.E.A.'s new coat of arms, and here we show that of B.O.A.C., which, though granted nine years ago, is scarcely ever used; instead, the Corpora- tion's aircraft carry the fa speedbird badge de- signed by Lee-Elliot in 1932. In the language of heraldry, the coat of arms consists of '' Azure, a lion's face winged, with the wings enfiled with an astral crown or CREST, on a mount vert, a winged lion passant or collared of the first, the tips of the wings enveloped in clouds proper. SUPPORTERS, Dexter, a winged lion, sinister, a winged sea lion both or, gorged vert." 635 BIGGER BIRD : Geoffrey Pike, who flew the first D.H. Dove four-and-a-half years ago, was again in charge when the new, larger, Heron feederliner made its maiden trip at Hatfield recently. Evident in this view are the fixed undercarriage and four-engine installation which facilitate quick distinction between the types. R-wcket Record A MARTIN VIKING rocket launched **• from the Norton Sound, a fanner seaplane tender, on May nth, reached a height of 106.4 miles. The flight cul- minated the tests, made in mid-Pacific, referred to in these columns last week. It represents a new altitude record for an American-built single-stage rocket. Power for the YF-96A THE new Republic YF-96A fighterillustrated on this page is powered by a new mark of Allison J-35 turbojet which gives 5,200 lb static thrust—a six per cent increase on the output given by J-35-17 units installed in F-84 Thunder- jets. Since the first J-35 was produced in 1947, turbojets of this type have accumulated some 100,000 flying hours; •their overhaul period stands at present at 300 hours. This is probably the long- est overhaul period for any axial-flow turbojet, although the centrifugal D.H. Goblin 2 is permitted 600 hours between overhauls. Viking- Pilot Honoured /^APTAIN Ian Richard Harvey, pilot V-> of the B.E.A. Viking damaged by an explosion over the Channel on April 13th, has been awarded the George Medal. The aircraft was flying from Lon- don to Paris when the explo- sion— apparently caused by a mali- ciously placed delayed - action bomb— occurred in the tail, blast- ing away much of the structure and seriously re- ducing the pilot's control over the machine. Capt. Harvey Capt. tan narvey, G.M. succeeded in turning back and landing at Northolt. " Loss of the aircraft," says the citation, " was avoidad only as a result Of his courage, high skill and presence of mind." NEWS IN BRIEF SOME 300 instructionalfilms, covering a wide variety of technical subjects, have been made available by the Admiralty for non-Service showing. Particulars may be obtained from the Director of Stores (5B). Admiralty, Whitehall, London, S.W.i. * * * Mr. C. \V. Sharp, manag- ing director of Electro-Hy- draulics, Ltd., accompanied by Mr. Mallinson, the com- pany's electrical engineer at Warrington, is visiting Canada in connection with the marketing of aircraft undercarriage and hydraulic equipment, and "Convey- ancer " fork trucks. * • * The British Standards Insti- tution has published a British SWEEP BACK, STEP FOR- WARD : Acquiring new wing and taii configuration, al- though retaining the basic fuselage form of its straight- winged predecessor, the Republic YF-96A fighter has been developed from the F-84 Thunderjet. Flight trials of the new fighter are imminent Standard for the material, dimensions and finish of light alloy miniature lubri- cating nipples for aircraft use. Copies may be obtained from the B.S.I, sales department, at 24, Victoria Street, Lon- don, S.W.i, price is post free. * * * At the request of the Science Museum authorities, apprentices of the Marconi Training Centre have made a replica of the fuel tank ot the Museum's JOIO An- - toinette monoplane, the original tank of which has become badly corroded. The machine, incidentally, has a steam ; cooled, direct-fuel-ignition engine. * * * " G.E.C. equipment in use on the D.H. Comet development flights includes the first installation on a British aircraft of fluorescent lighting to illuminate instru- ments for photographic recording. The Comet's mass balances, incidentally, are of G.E.C. " heavy allow" .. . ;•.. * * * , • . Valuable awards which will enable them to take courses in aircraft design and production at institutions and fac- tories in the United States have been won by E. G. U. Band and L. F. Crab- tree, students at the apprentices school of Saunders-Roe, Ltd., East Cowes, Isle of Wight. The awards are made by the American Economic Co-operation Ad- ministration and are intended principally to produce men qualified as executives.
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