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1952
1952 - 0867.PDF
4 April 1952 381 the armament is believed to have been one 37 mm and one 20 mm gun, but some, at least, of the Mig-iss now in service have three guns, which, by reason of the extreme compactness of the fuselage, have had to be housed in "blister" fairings. The initial rate of climb is probably of the order of 8,oooft/min. In all essentials the design of the Mig-15 is nothing short of brilliant, and it must be admitted that this Russo-Germanic pro duct has proved almost as unpleasantly ,JOL I' ^ Below) D.H. Venom F.B.1 (Ghost) showing "combat" tanks. Gloster Meteor F.6 (two R-R. Derwents), with ventral tank in place. OPERATIONAL FIGHTERS Service and Type ROYAL AIR FORCE:— da Havilland Vampire F.B.5 and 5 da Havilland Venom F.B.1 Glottar Meteor F.8 NAVAL AVIATION:— Hawker Sea Hawk F.1 Supermarine Attacker F.1 U.S. AIR FORCE:— North American F-86E Sabre North American F-86D Sabre .. Republic F-84E Thunderjet U.S. NAVY:— Grumman F9F-5 Panther McDonnell F2H-2 Banthee ROYAL SWEDISH AIR FORCE:- SaabJ-29 SOVIET MILITARY AIR FLEET:- Mif-15 ROYAL AIR FORCE:— A.W. (Gloster) Meteor N.F.11 .. da Havilland Vampire N.F.10 ... NAVAL AVIATION:— da Havilland Sea Hornet N.F.21.. U.S. AIR FORCE:— Lockheed F-94 Northrop F-89 Scorpion ... Single-seaters Power Plant D.H. Goblin D.H. Ghott 2 R.-R. Derwent ... R.-R. Nene R.-R. Nene G.E. J-47 G.E. J-47 Allison J-35 P. & W. J-48 2 Westing house J-34 D.H. Ghost Late Nene or Tay equivalent TWM eaters 2 R.-R. Derwent ... D.H. Goblin 2 R.-R. Merlin ... P. & W. J-48 2 Allison J-35 Max. Speed Armament (m.p.h.) 531 Res. 592 600 app. 585 670+ Ret. 600 app. 600 + 600 app. 657 app. 660 app. Res. 537 464 600 + 600+ 4 x 20 mm 4 X 20 mm 4 X 20 mm 4 x 20 mm 4 x 20 mm 6 x O.Sin Res. 6 x O.Sin 4 X 20 mm 4 X 20 mm 4 x 20 mm 1x37+2x23 mm 4 X 20 mm 4 X 20 mm 4 x 20 mm Res. 6 X 20 mm Notaa: "Res." denotes "data restricted." Meteors are also standard equipment in the Air Forces of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Egypt and Holland. Vampires are used by Australia, Canada, Naw Zealand, Egypt, Franca, India, Italy, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and Venezuela. Thunderjets have been supplied to France, Belgium, Norway and Turkey. Sabres are used by Canada and are to be supplied to the R.A.F. Hawker Hunter (Rolls-Royce Avon), adopted, like the Swift depicted opposite, as standard R.A.F. equipment. Note canopy shape, and root intakes. formidable as did the Fokker monoplane of the First World War and the Fw 190 of the Second. Like the Fw 190, it is a model of compactness. The salvaged specimen now at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was a godsend indeed, and the reports of American technicians, which remain confidential, have given a new impetus to the development of U.S. and British single-seaters. A second type of Russian fighter, illus trated later, is of shoulder-wing layout; the main wheels retract into the fuselage instead of into the wing, as on the Mig. Concerning this machine there has been much conjecture and ill-founded rumour, but the fact is that little useful comment can be made, except that the design is bold in concept and, like the Mig, betrays strong German influence. The table on this page shows the R.A.F. Vampires to be slower than the Mig-15 by some 130 m.p.h.—an unsatisfactory state of affairs when the two types are serving as the standard defensive single-seaters of their respective Services in Germany, where into the bargain the Vampires have a heavy ground-attack commitment. It Continued after double page of plan-view drawings overleaf.)
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