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1951
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6 July 1951 A six-jet glider—the Emouchet Escopette, with S.N.E.C.M.A. pulsejets—is the target for skirmishing cameramen. Two of these intriguing little machines (the second example had four jets) opened the main flying programme on a noisy, but stimulating, note. Culmination of the Salon : Spectacle and Variety in Paris Illustrated with "FLIGHT" photographs OURGET FETE THAT the exhibits in the Grand Palais represented onlya small proportion of the offerings at the 19th Inter-national Aeronautical Salon, concluded in Paris last Sunday, has been remarked in our previous reports. The organizing authorities themselves were fully conscious of the deficiencies at the Palais, but answered criticism with promises of far richer fare at what they were pleased to style the Grande Fete Aerienne Internationale. This "manifestation"— at Le Bourget airport on Sunday, July 1st—was to mark the closing of the Salon and was designed not only to acquaint the French people with the newest products of their own aircraft industry, but to bring together individual aircraft and formations of several nations. The list of participants was an alluring one, both in scale and scope, and we took the opportunity of visiting Le Bourget on the preceding Saturday and on the Sunday morning to examine the parked aircraft at leisure. We were well rewarded, for most of the machines were already assembled under a blue sky in circum- stances which evoked the happiest recollections of Famborough and, at the same time, of popular sporting events in our own aeronautical calendar. A critical survey of design characteristics will be presented next week, but a few remarks will serve to introduce the more interesting types of aircraft before the flying demonstrations are described. The S.0.6021 Espadon fighter (No. 01) had a new, square- tipped fin. Closely scrutinized were the flush intakes in the fuse- lage sides, beneath the frighteningly small, swept wing; the ports for the six guns and the ammunition ejection chutes were faired over and the massive main wheels were gold-lettered "Dunlop." The ejection seat of Marcel Dassault's M.D.452 Mystere (like-wise No. 01) was a Martin-Baker, whereas that of the Espadon was an S.N.C.A.S.O. The Mystere was guarded by a white-overalledteam, each man having a "Mystere" insignia on his breast pocket. There appeared to be little or no taper on the back-swept wing ofthis fighter, the fuselage of-which bore a notice counselling would- be rescuers to "Break glass and pull knob to liberate pilot." A standard Republic F-84E fighter-bomber of the U.S.A.F. had 190-gallon tip tanks and bomb/tank supports beneath the inner wings. Curiously, the Americans are far more long-winded in their ejector-seat warnings than ourselves. A notice on the Thunderjet read "This airplane contains a seat ejector catapult containing an explosive charge. See [here follows the designation of the appro- priate order] for complete instructions." The British version reads "Danger, danger, danger—ejector seat." A Fairchild C-82 Packet presented by the 60th Troop Carrier Wing (M) based in Germany, was fully equipped for evacuation of sick and wounded. The Nord 2501, powered with two Bristol Hercules, was compared with this type, though perhaps somewhat unfairly, for the C-82 is already outdated by the more powerful C-i 19. A Vickers Valetta (which had brought over the Canberra's ground crew) together with a U.S.A.F. C-47, represented the older, side-door, military transport formula. An M.S.504 (Morane-built Fieseler Storch) was shown with a special Morane retractable ski-undercarriage. Trainers included the tandem-seat Sipa S.m (as used by theFrench Air Force Flying School at Salon) and a later, metal-con- structed, S.12. Both the Morane Saulnier M.S.733 and Nord 2800 Left) France's biggest—the S.E.20I0 Armagnac. Engines, four Wasp Majors; span, 159ft \in. (Right) Britain's biggest—the Bristol Brabazon. Engines, eight Centaurus; span, 230ft. Two Armagnacs took off and demonstrated before returning to their base at Toulouse.
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