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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 0303.PDF
FLIGHT, 15 February 1951 193 HIM KS1S: llllllli Boeing Six-jet Swept-wing Bombers in Series Production for the U.S.AJ-. : Gloster Meteor 4 Intercepter Fighters in Netherlands Service : American Piston-engin^d and Twin-jet Night Fighters for Naval Use : Air-to-Air Rockets AS the American production machine speeds up, scenes such as that on the left, depicting, Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers in production at the Boeing Company's Wichita plant, becomeincreasingly common. The Stratojet is powered by six General Electric J-47 axial-flow turbo- jets, each of 5,200 Ib static thrust, and is claimed to. be capable of 600 m.p.h. or more. The thin slotted wing is swept-back 35 deg. At each end of the bomb-bay, the extent of which is clearly visible in the photograph, is a twin-wheel main undercarriage unit. Outrigger wheels retract into the inboard nacelles. At lower right is a light and airy glimpse of Dutch Meteor 4 intercepter fighters exercising for Western Union defence. The piston-engined fighter seen in flight is a Chance Vought F4U-5N Corsair single-seater carrier-borne night fighter, apparently armed with small-calibre, air-to-air rocket projectiles in addition to its four 20 mm guns. Succeeding the Corsair in U.S. Naval service are jet-propelled night fighters such as the Douglas F3D-I Skyknight, a recent ground view of which is reproduced. The particular example illustrated is the first pro- duction machine. Compared with the prototype, this has larger nacelles, with boundary-layer bleed ducts. Westinghouse J-34-WE-38 axial-flow turbo jets, of 3,600 Ib static thrust, are being in- stalled initially, but more powerful units (probably likewise of Westinghouse make) are in prospect AND DAY lES&&&.vi ^^^^^^iW^-j
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