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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 0100.PDF
FOR HIGH-MACH TUITION TO the pupil fighter-pilot about to enter the final stages of his training, anticipation is often alarming; realiza tion is hardly ever so. That this is the case is largely due to the viceless flying qualities of the Gloster Meteor T.7 and Lockheed T-33 shown in the upper left and upper right photographs respectively. Both have performed sterling service over the past few years, and are a long way from retirement. The T-33,m factj *s about to go into production at Canadair, powered by a Rolls-Royce Nene. Conversion of an aircraft from a fighter to a trainer has, however, been born of necessity, and must generally result in the trainer having shortcomings. One of the more obvious is the difficulty of providing side-by-side seating which, on this side of the Atlantic at least, is generally thought prefer able. De Havilland's have, however, managed to arrange such accommodation in the Vampire Trainer (centre right), now about to enter service with the R.A.F. and certain foreign air forces. This trainer has, in fact, a cockpit wider than that of the Mosquito, although performance has not suffered in consequence. Credit for this very neat conversion is due to the company's Airspeed division. The two lower photographs show, on the left, the Fiat G.80 Goblin-powered trainer from Turin, and on the right, the Fokker S.14, Derwent-powered, from Amsterdam. Apart from their power plants, both these aircraft use a great deal of British equipment. It will be remarked that, although both were designed as trainers from the outset, the Italian machine features tandem cockpits. Emphasis in their design has been placed upon economy of operation and easy handling, especially at low speeds. It may be remembered that a medium-powered design in the class of the Italian and Dutch trainers is projected by Boulton Paul Ltd., under the designation P. 119. An elaborate mock-up of this aircraft, complete with a real Derwent turbojet, was illustrated in Flight of August 31st, 1051. fa_ ,»*,
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