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1950
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FLIGHT, 22 June 1950 THE GENTLE GIANT: The Brabazon I prototype is seen on her first arrival at London Airport. On the following day (June 16th)she made three short demonstration flights round the Airport in the presence of Lord and Lady Brabazon, Mr. Strauss, Lord Balfour, Lord Addison, Lord Pakenham and numerous other visitors of note. It was learned on this occasion that the " Brab " has made cross-wind take-offs and landings in winds of 25 knots. Impact and standing loads are lower than those of the Boeing Stratocruiser. HERE and THERE • Dutch Defence Exercises REGULAR high-altitude interceptionexercises are now being undertaken over Dutch territory by Netherlands Meteors and U.S.A.F. Superfortresses based in Britain. Much of the pro- gramme of building up Holland's early- warning radar screen has now been com- pleted. New Bombing Target A NEW radio-controlled launch,designed as a fast sea-going bomb- ing target for the R.A.F., was success- fully demonstrated off the Isle of Wight last week. The craft is a 68-ft air-sea rescue launch, converted for its new duties by Vosper, Ltd., of Portsmouth. It has a cruising speed of 19 knots and a 19-hr, endurance. U.S. to Buy Canadian ? ACCORDING to the American journal•^i- Aviation Week, modification of the IO-33 " Buy American Act " will cause increased sales of Canadian aircraft andparts in the United States. Months ago, it is said, the U.S.A.F.'s expert on Arcticflying, Col. Bernt Balchen, recommended purchase of de Havilland Beaver bushtransports for Arctic rescue work, but a contract was prevented. Beaver salesare now thought to be certain. In addition, the Avro Canada CF-100all-weather fighter is considered a better military proposition than comparableAmerican prototypes, and might be adopted by the U.S.A.F. in some num-bers. The Chipmunk—being produced in Canada at the rate of ten a month—isalso mentioned as having a possible \ SKYSHAR.K: With wings folded, the Douglas XA2D Skyshark is seen after its recent first flight. The adjacent paragraph gives further news of this turboprop-powered strike aircraft, which has been developed from, and is designed to succeed, the Skyraider. market with the U.S.A.F. or U.S.N.,although the current trend of these ser- vices is towards heavier and fastertrainers. S.A.S. Chairman Honoured HIS MAJESTY THE KING hasgranted permission to Mr. Dennis H. Handover, chairman of ScandinavianAirlines System, for the wearing of the insignia of an Officer of the Order ofOrange Nassau, conferred on him by Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands. Douglas Skyshark THE first of three prototype DouglasXA2D Skysharks ordered by the U.S. Navy made a successful first flightearlier this month at Edwards Air Force Base, Muroc. The Skyshark, illustratedon this page, was designed as a single- seat attack bomber and anti-submarineaircraft to succeed the Douglas Sky- raider, but is also put forward as anideal tactical-support land aircraft. Power unit of the XA2D is the5,500 h.p. Allison T-40 twin turboprop, as fitted in the Convair XP5Y-1 flyingboat, the U.S. Navy's first turboprop- powered aircraft. With its paddle-bladed counter-rotating airscrews, the Skyshark's maximum speed is claimed tobe in the region of 550 m.p.h.; more optimistically, the makers expect thatimproved-type airscrews will make pos- sible speeds oi 600-700 m.p.h. Range,with tip-tanks, is quoted as 800 miles, and the all-up weight is about 17,0001b. Aeronautical Cavalcade NOW greatly enlarged and broughtup to date, the National Aero- nautical Collection at the ScienceMuseum, London, has been moved to a new site in the Western Galleries, and isto be reopened next Saturday. Progress is illustrated by full-scale andmodel aircraft, ranging from the original Lilienthal glider to the world's first suc-cessful jet aircraft, the Gloster E. 28/39, while propulsion development is shownin all stages, from Sir Hiram Maxim's steam engine to a Rolls-Royce Derwent5. One particularly interesting exhibit is a Japanese rocket-propelled Baka
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