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1950 - 1032.PDF
658 HERE and THERE Exports and Imports T^XPORTS of British aircraft, engines -*-' and accessories during April showed a slight drop in comparison with March; they totalled £3,319,187, as against £3,429,985. Import figures also fell, from £2,188,388 in March to £1,380,934 in April. Neptune's New Power Units TNCREASED endurance, more power •*- and less engine noise are stated to result from the installation of Wright Cyclone 18 "compound" engines in the Lockheed P2V-4 Neptune anti-submarine aircraft. The first Neptune to have the new engines is now being flight-tested. The Wright compound engine employs three turbines to convert energy from the exhaust gases and feed back power t"> the crankshaft. The unit is based on the Wright R-3350 engine and gives an output of 3,250 h.p Mr. F. A. Tichenor WE much regret to learn of the deathof Frank A. Tichenor, Editor and publisher of Aero Digest (New York). Mr. Tichenor, in his seventieth year, passed away suddenly at Greenwich, Conn. S.B.A.C. Race Entries '"PHE 100-km closed-circuit record may -*- well be broken in this year's S.B.A.C. Race (Leeds, July 22nd), for which entries are as follows: — Bill Waterton, Meteor; Mike Lithgow, Attacker I; John Derry, Venom; Trevor Wade, Hawker jet fighter. Three of the four pilots have held the 100-km record since the war. Twenty Centuries WHEN he -set down a Seafire 17 onthe deck of H.M.S. Illustrious on May 24th (as seen below), Lt. Cdr.J. S. Bailey, O.B.E., R.N., created what is thought to constitute a world's recordfor deck-landings. Lt. Cdr. Bailey joined the Fleet Air Arm in 1938, and began DRESS REHEARSAL : One of the most successful items in iast year's Royal Tourna- ment was the R.A.F. demonstration of parachute training. It will be repeated in this year's Tournament—to be held at Earls Court from June 7th-24th. Practice is seen in progress from the " ceiling " of one of the Cardington airship hangars. his operational career flying Albacores over the English Channel in 1941. His present appointment is Lt. Cdr. (Air) at Culham. THIS ISSUE OF "FLIGHT" rpHE withdrawal of overtime 1 working by a section of the printing industry which necessi- tated a slight reduction in the number of pages in Flight last week still operates. We regret, therefore, that to-day's issue is similarly affected. Minister replied that there was such atechnical committee, on which the Ser- vices were fully represented. He addedthat care was taken not to give away information which was likely to be ofvalue to a potential enemy. It should be stressed, lest any criti-cism be inferred, that Flight's editorial policy is one of strict adherence to offi-cial security regulations. , Flying the Skyrocket Security and the Press IN the House of Commons on May 22nd,Sir Peter Macdonald (Cons., Isle of Wight) asked the Minister of Supply(Mr. G. R. Strauss) whether there was any body or committee to scrutinize"the question of security in the issuing of information to technical papers suchas Flight," on types of aircraft which have not yet been produced The MAY, the 47-year-old testvJ pilot (and grandfather) who has for two years been in charge of the experi-mental Douglas Skyrocket flight-test programme, is reported to have loggedover an hour's flying at speeds in excess of 800 m.p.h. On take-off, the Skyrocket's wing-loading is 93 lb/sq ft; on landing, this is reduced to about 60 lb/sq ft. Theaircraft lands at 160 m.p.h., and "in the pattern " it orbits at 300 m.p.h. At40,000ft and above, the Skyrocket stalls at a true air-speed of 400 m.p.h. " WhenI get up to sonic speed," says May, "I lose the sound of the engine and rockets NAVAL OCCASION : As re- ported on tftis page, Lt. Cdr. J. S. Bailef (above) has made his 2,OQ0ih deck-landing ; on the le£f, his Seafire is shown aboycto touch down on H.M.S. Illustrious. He has deck-landed if types of aircraft. /
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