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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 1698.PDF
•7 September 1951 271 Hawker P.1067 (Rolls-Royce Avon), showing the charac- teristic spine connecting the cockpit enclosure and the fin. Spotters will be quick to remark on the unusual size of the national markings on the swept wings of this shapely intercepter. ' (Above) An impression of the Mamba-powered Fairey Rotodyne. (Right) Installation of the Snarler rocket motor in the Hawker P.1072. The numbered components are: (1) accessory gearbox and pumps ; (2) nitrogen bottles (two); (3) air filter and drier; (4) nitrogen reducing valve; (5) pressure-operated switches; (6) so/enoid-of>erated air valve. (8e/ow) Take-off by the P.1072 (P.1040 development), powered with Arm- strong Siddeley Snarler liquid-rocket motor and Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet.
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