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1951
1951 - 1037.PDF
FLIGHT, i June 1951 Republic XF-91 turbojet-cum-rocket intercepter, showing rocket installation above and below the jet tailpipe. The incidence of the inverse tapered wing is variable. ., \elow) Launching and loading ramps proposed by Mr. Howard ft. Moles for the rocket-powered in- tercepter fighter advocated by him and described in the accompanying article. THE ROCKET-POWERED INTERCEPTER . . . depending upon the point at which it was desired to inter- cept. It might be desirable to climb well above the approach- ing aircraft and level out to direct the warheads. The speed of the intercepter would be ample for the warheads, and it would only be necessary to supply enough additional pro- pellant to accelerate them sufficiently for them to leave the aircraft. The intercepter's margin of performance over the approaching conventional aircraft would be so great that many new tactics would be possible. On the question of fuel consumption, Mr. Moles admitted that the thought of using an aircraft with an even more voracious appetite had deterred many people from even con- sidering rocket power. This attitude, however, he considered to be superficial, for the rocket intercepter must not be com- pared on a time basis but rather on a "per mission" basis. It would be dispatched only when interception was possible and proper tactical usage might actually permit a consider- able reduction in support requirements. Comparison with LOADING RAMP other types must be made on a fundamental basis—i.e. cost to the operator versus cost to the enemy, including all phases of the operation from factory to the final consequences of combat. For example, the comparison on the basis of gross weight would be completely misleading. Initial cost, one of the major elements of the total cost, was most accurately based on empty weight. Many tactical uses of new weapons were conceived by the forces in the field rather than by those responsible for the initial development., and rocket-powered aircraft possessed such unusual characteristics that service tests might reveal uses not yet foreseeable. R.Ae.C. COMMITTEES NAMES of members of the main and subsidiary committees of STEWARDS OF THE CLUB the Royal Aero Club for 1951-52, as announced recently by Lord Brabazon of Tara, M.C., P.C., Air Marshal Sir Roderick Carr, the Club, are given below. Also included are the names of officials K.B.E., C.B., D.F.C., A.F.C., Lord Gorell, C.B.E., M.C., Sir Francis for sporting events, and the F.A.I, representatives. £uM£Rf "'V ^F£\ HA\ H>^?OI& M?J?- ALPeFC) DSO- MC> * The Duke of Sutherland, Kt., P.C., Frank Woodhead. THE COMMITTEE Vi^P^rid-tf-^?,bmZOnsirf rSfcii'S"' PH^n,nH K, r R F Timekeep«rt.-Maj. J. W. Barber, A. L. Ebblewhite, A. J. Gibbons, A.RC," ^SSffSSS^&L%^^&S^l&& A$J& **«• Gen" " H" ^borough, C.B., O.B.E., L. H. Lumby, P. B. Sir, Frederick Handley Page, C.B.E., The Duke of Sutherland, Kt., M^iica _p. Rowarth (Senior Handicaps), C. M. Brit- 'Chairman—Whitney W. Straight, C.B.E., M.C., D.F.C. ^f' *• J. Charnley Miss I J. Ferguson W. S. Johwon, D. J. Lyons, Vice-Chairman.—S. Kenneth Davies, C.B.E. S/L- R F' Martm» D.F.C., D. R. Murnn, L. R. Wilson. Committee.—Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, Cant. H. S. Broad, M.B.E., F.A.I. REPRESENTATIVES A.F.C.J, Air Marshal Sir Roderick Carr, K.BjB., C.B^ D.F.C., A.F.C., Q, t K j G Bartlett (Vice-President), A. F. Houlberg (Models John Cunningham, D.S.CX, D.F.C., Col. W. C. Devereux, CB.E, Commission), Maj. R. H. Mayo, O.B.E. (Sporting Commission), Col. M.v« O^F °°H % W' S&Avr ^rtAjFJ*' n'^'' M C' R L" Prest°"> CBE (** TourinJf Commiiifcn), Iiid Ventry (Balloons M!TVA ^w n'A £?r' M^' ?ir Z n'l^i ?" £' Commission), P. A. WiUs, C.B.E. (Gliding Commission , Sir Harold *ZL T rr^T-'vS;SM S^'TL^:7c?h$ Fth "PSS Whittingham, K.C.B., K.B.E., Ll.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.d.S. (Medical iwan, J. C C Taylor, M.B.E., C. F. Uwins, O.B.E., A.fr.C, Frank Commission)woodhead. " OTHER COMMITTEESFinance.—Capt. K. J. G. Bartlett, S. Kenneth Davies, C.B.E., THF AT)ASTRAT PT AYFRS Col. W. C. Devereux, C B.E., E. S. Greenwood, O.B.E., Maj. R. H. 1MIL AUAS1KAL n.A**,K& Mayo, O.B.E., G/C. C. S. Morice, D.S.O., M.C., Maj. J. Stewart, |j ECENTLY the Adastral Players gave three performances of O.B^.E.)Law^ceSv^,C.F.y^s,O.B.E^^F^.,Fr«ikWoodhcad. JV j B Priestley's two-act play, The Linden Tree. The acting M^MT^^l^n^^^n^i^^J^^h nfv,?;' ^s worthy of the high standard this company of Air Ministry andMG?^E^r^fiSy^Sa^^c^i&^B^SK Mc,iA-enth™fc«*r*«**>*&**p-t. casting TO.B.E. exceUent, and W. G. Clements, in the principal part of the Records, Racing and Competitions.—Capt. H. S. Broad, M.B.E., stubborn but wise Professor Linden, received well-deserved rounds A.F.C., E. C. Bowyer, John Cunningham, D.S.O., D.F.C., Cdr. A. of personal applause. Goodfellow, E. S. Greenwood, O.B.E., G/C. J. Jeffs, M.V.O., O.B.E., jt would be invidious to single out all those in the cast OHJK L5)PVP'FB*^2S& £% R« S' II^R S'BME'«:LK- ^r' who P^yed ** other members of the Linden family, but Dorothy H J WUs^n CBE AFC* Scott'Ha11' CB> J- N" Somers> G/C- Henzell as Mrs. Linden, and Dorothy Ledamun, as the youngest Private Flyiig' and Air Touring.—C. E. Berens, J. G. Crammond, daughter, were particularly assured. Comic relief was introduced E. S. Davis, A. D. Duncan, R. G. Kent, H. W. H. Moore, Maj. H. A. by the Cockney housekeeper, played with bravura by Sheila Petre, D.S.O., M.C., W. Guy Robson, H. M. Samuelson, O. J. Tapper, Buchanan. The play, pervaded as it is with Mr. Priestley's par- J. C. C. Taylor, M.B.E., D. Ward-Campbell. ticular brand of aggressive nostalgia, requires considerable skill ^ R5Sf AeiS 9u^GT*ze"e-^<:LD?fmfn> A- ?; P^"?' S61- A- o° the part of all the members of the cast, but more than anything Goodfellow, E. H. W. Lucas, H. W. H. Moore, Col. R. L. Preston, ?lse j demands complete understanding from the producer, and 'Londonderry Hou« Maintenance.-Miss N. Collins, A. S. C. £ this «sk Ardiur Beckess did not fail. The orchestra of theLumsden, G/C C. S. Morice, D.S.O., M.C., D. S. Scoffham, D.F.C., Central Band of the Royal Air Force, conducted by W/C. A. E. Lawrence Swan. Sims, provided incidental music.
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