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6oo EVOLUTION OF THE GUIDED MISSILE ... approaches to the design of rocket intercepters. Although an ad-vanced conception, the first was purely a rocket-powered aircraft with conventional armament, taking-off and landing horizontally.The second was so great a departure from normal aircraft practice, that it is better defined as a "piloted missile"; carrying in its nosea cluster of rocket projectiles, it took off vertically, but was impossi- ble to control after the rockets had fired, because of the displacede.g., and the pilot was forced to bale out. For various reasons, neither of these projects can be regarded assatisfactory. It is not the intention here to discuss the design of rocket intercepters, but the features one would consider mostdesirable in machines of this,type are probably the following: (a) vertical launching; (b) high rate of climb, say between 30,000and 35,oooft/min; (c) reasonable duration under power; (d) ground-monitored radar control; (e) heavy armament—if possible,guided missiles; (f) ability to glide and land, and (g) emergency breakaway cabin. Good all-round manoeuvrability is, of course,accepted. The magnitude of the problems involved in meeting thisspecification will be realized directly by everyone connected with fighter development and especially by those who have also haddealings with rocket power units. Improving the radius of action at combat height is one difficulty arising from the rocket's prodi-gious fuel consumption. In the case of both the German projects, a smaller combustion chamber was later provided beneath themain motor for economical cruising which with careful pilotage, was one method of improvement. Fig. 14. Suggested design for a vertically-launched rocket intercepter with missile armament stowed internally amidships. Another problem is the provision of missile armament. If auseful R.P. load is to be carried, the weight-loss upon firing (as in the case of the 63349) wiU severely affect the machine's trim ifthe launching racks are not disposed in the region of the e.g. Therefore, if rocket missiles are required in an aircraft which iscapable of operating fundamentally as the Mei63 after a vertical take-off, we are left with the choice of fitting long launching tubesextending from the e.g. region through the nose of the aircraft, or of arranging tubes around the fuselage at its maximum section,of the two, the latter prospect seems the more suitable; it is out- lined in Fig. 14 above. (To be continued) R.Ae.C. AVIATORS' CERTIFICATES BELOW is a further list of R.Ae.C. Aviators' Certificates,covering the period from March 5th, 1951, to April 12th, 1951. The previous list appeared in Flight of March 30th. No. No. 27,041 27,042 27,043 27.044 27,045 27,046 27.047 27,048 27,049 27,050 27,051 27,052 27,053 27,054 27.055 27,056 27.057 27.058 27.059 27,060 27,061 27.062 27.063 27.064 27,065 27.066 27.067 Name Club or School Leslie Peter Stuart Wilson Alexander MacConnachie John Elsworth Scott Vincent James Gatward Donald Arthur Morton ... Eric Snowdon Donald Pow John Wilson Thomas John Charles Tysoe Ian Stuart Searle Gerald Last William Arthur Newton Ronald Arthur Edward Dunn ... Walter Ronald Farrer James Barry Jamieson Denys Selwyn Martyn Austin Stanley Foulkes John Henry Augustin Riseley- Prichard James Matthew Banks Roy Raymond Waller ... Derek Frank Wright Laurence Raymond Vandome ... William Desmond Victor Robinson Sachindra Narain Rai Deb Barma Mirian Gilbert Frank Edgar Miller Albert Thomas Morland Herts and Essex A.C. Strathtay Aero Club London Aeroplane Club Fair Oaks Flying Club Blackpool and Flyde A.C. Herts and Essex A.C. Strathtay Aero Club London Aeroplane Club Derby Aero Club East Riding Flying Club East Riding Flying Club Qualified Service pilot Rochester Flying Club Newcastle-on-Tyne A.C. Woolsington Airport Cardiff Aero Club Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Current private licence Strachtay Flying Club Qualified Service pilot R.A.E. Farnborough Service Pilot u/t Wiltshire Flying Club U.L.A.A. Experimental Gp Southend Municipal F.C. Denham Flying Club Date 27,068 27,069 27,070 27,071 27,072 5.3.515.3.51 6.3.51 7.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 8.3.51 12.3.51 12.3.51 12.3.51 13.3.51 13.3.51 15.3.51 15.3.51 19.3.51 19.3.5119.3.51 19.3.51 19.3.51 20.3.51 21.3.51 22.3.51 27.3.51 27,07327,074 27,075 27,076 27,077 27.078 27,079 27.080 27,081 27.082 27,083 27.084 27,085 27,086 27.087 27,088 27,08927,090 27,091 27,09227,093 27,094 27,095 27,096 27,097 27,098 27,099 Name John Joyner ... Fouad Michael Sitto Alfred Harold Jelly Ranveer Singh Vijay David William Hird Donald Michael Howdle Maurice James Perry Stuart Edmund Lucas Sturgeon John Cruickshanks Mackey Nelson John Michel Le Gras Robert Pierce Williams Brian Lewis Cross Donald Leslie Clarke Reginald Graham Bailey Reginald Keith Warren David William Thompson Peter George Pudney Henson ... Douglas Henry Cheadle John Lawrence Williams Trevor Henry Wilden ... John Alexander Sargent Robert Stewart Mclnnes John Graham Q'uinn Alan Arthur Butler Albert Dunn Roy Keeble Hawkins John Furness Walker William Hugh Taylor Jack Percival George Rogers ... Benjamin Harris ... Edward Peter Wildy Peter Morris Harvey Club or School Blackpool and Fylde A.C. Air Service Training Rearsby Flying School Wiltshire Flying School Qualified Service pilot Wolverhampton A.C. Qualified Service pilot Airways Aero Club Strathtay Aero Club Portsmouth Aero Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Liverpool Flying Club Marshall*' Flying School London Aeroplane Club Qualified Service pilot Wolverhampton A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Herts and Essex A.C. Strathtay Aero Club Strathtay Aero Club Wolverhampton A.C. Qualified Service pilot Airways Aero Club Blackpool and Fylde A.C. Strathtay Aero Club Bristol and Wessex A.C. Wolverhampton A.C. Qualified Service pilot Qualified Service pilot Date 29.3.51 29.3.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.51 2.4.SI 5.4.51 5.4.51 5.4.51 5.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 6.4.51 9.4.51 9.4.51 10.4.51 12.4.51 12.4.51 12.4.51 12.4.51 12.4.51 12.4.51 BREWING-UP: SPECTACULAR TEST-DROP OF NAPALM TANK BY A THUNDER JET Eglin Mr Force Rase, Florida, is the scene of this napalm-drop by an F-84 £ Thunderjet. Napalm has proved highly effective in Korea.
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