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Aviation History
1950
1950 - 1758.PDF
Grouped exhibits of Smiths; Kelvin and Hughes STATIC SHOW IN PICTURE (Illustrated Mainly with "Flight" Photographs) K..LG. B.T-H. exhibits. Among various electrical items are, on the right, the electronic ignition tester for multi-cylinder engines and the new halogen vapour leak detector for checking pneumatic systems. Standard Mazda lamps for aircraft lighting can be seen at the rear. Working model of the Electro-Hydraulics bogie undercarriage, illustrating the trailing action, whereby spin-up drag is halved. (Below) Flight Refuelling equipment being studied : This was not strictly a " static " exhibit for on three of the days the Lincoln and Meteor demonstrated this all-British system in the air. .2 Latest version of the Martin-Baker flat-feed for 20mm cannon Display panel featuring examples of Dowty electrical equipment. Airborne components of the Ekco cloud and collision warning search radar equipment. (Below) The R.F.D. Portobel trainer is a continuously-inflated rubberized-fabric dome, housing ground-to-air gunnery training equipment. Films of attacking aircraft are pro- jected on to the interior of the dome, and the gunner sits in the centre ; sound effects—even to the fall of bombs—are laid on.r V V \ n
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