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1950
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584 de Havilland Venom N.F.2 two-seater, radar-equipped, night fighter (de Havilland Ghost turbojet), a carrier- borne development of which will be quantity-produced for the Royal Navy in succession to the piston-engined Sea Hornet N.F.21 now in service. THE YIELD OF THE YEAR . , . wealth can boast a type without superior in this vitally important class, while in recent Venom and Meteor adapta- tions Britain has jet night fighters capable of rendering excellent service until more specialized all-weather machines (already taking shape in her factories) become available. For work at extreme heights the Venom is unexcelled. In the bomber class, it is true, this country can still show only one jet-propelled example—the English Electric Can- berra; but what an example this is, with its fighter-like performance and superlative handling qualities! Moreover, the months ahead should yield at least two other jet bombers, heavier and larger than the Canberra, and, it may confidendy be predicted, generally more effective than any comparable types now flying in America or elsewhere. Symptomatic of Britain's resolve to strengthen her posi- tion in the military transport field is the Blackburn and General Aircraft G.A.L.60; but, regrettably, no announce- ment of a military flying-boat to rival or surpass the new Convair XP5Y-1 is forthcoming. Our newest machines for Naval use—fighters, anti-sub- marine and strike aircraft alike—are unexcelled, though it must be admitted that, as in certain other fields of air equipment, design often antedates production and operation by a regrettably long period. Technically, the Fairey, Blackburn and Short turbine-powered, deck-landing, anti- submarine machines are especially meritorious. NOTABLE Aircraft Avro Canada Canuck ... Percival P.56Viekers Tay-Viscount ... Handler Page (Reading) de Haviliand HeronA. W. (Gloster) Meteor N.F. 11Hawker P. 1081 Blackburn and General G.A.L.60Blackburn Y.B.I de Havilland VenomN.F.2 Vickers-Supermarine535 Vickers Viscount 700 ... Avro Ash ton ... Avro707B BoultonPaulP.il! FIRST FLIGHTS OF 1950 Pilot AirfieldFirstFlight Jan. 19th Feb. 23rdMar. 15th Apr. 24th May I Oth May 31st June 20th June 20th July 19thAug. 22nd Aug. 23rd Aug. 28th S/L. W. A. Waterton, MaltonA.F.C. (Canada) R. Wheldon Luton G. R. Bryce WisleyF/L. D. J. Broomfield, Woodier D.F.M.G. H. Pike Hatfield S/L. E. G. Franklin, Big in tonD.F.C.. A.F.C. S/L. T.S. Wade, D.F.C. FarnboroughA.F.C. F/L. H. Wood ... Brough P. G. Lawrence, M.B.E. Brough J. Wilson Hatfield Lt. Cdr. M. J. Lithgow Chilbolton Capt. J. Summers, BrooklandsO.B.E. Sept. 1st J. H. Orrell Woodford Sept. 6th... W./C. R. J. Falk, A.F.C. Boccombe Down Oct. 6th ... S/L. R. H. Smythe ... BoscombeDown In trainer production the year has been a fruitful one. In the Handley Page H.P.R.2 and Percival P.56 we have piston-engined machines of the highest promise; the Vam- pire Trainer bids fair to eliminate threatened Dutch and- Italian competition, while die Wesdand Wyvem T.3 meets a need for a fast Nayal turboprop trainer. Especially gratifying among the year's first flights was Hawker P. 1081 fighter Rolls-Royce Nene with afterburner), developed from the P. 1052. Production of the P. 1081 is well under way in Australia.
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