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Aviation History
1951
1951 - 2108.PDF
PLIGHT, 19 Octobtt 1951 509 SECOND TIME UP TTHIS splendid study of the D.H.no night and all- weather fighter (2 Rolls-Royce Avons) was secured from a Dove while John Cunningham was making the second flight of the new fighter after sunset on September 28th. Little can be said concerning the no, but it is officially stated that it was designed to meet "the special needs of the R.A.F.", to have "a very high performance" and to carry "modern electronic navigation and combat aids". Points to note are the offset cockpit enclosure (the radar operator's cabin is to starboard), the boundary-layer intake bleeds and "fences", and the turbo-jet installation. Dimensionally the no is very much larger than previous D.H. jet fighters (the pilot's head gives scale).
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