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Aviation History
1952
1952 - 1955.PDF
18 July 1952 *7 PUKKA SAAB: Rocket-laden and wing-tanked, a Saab J-29 (de Havilland Ghost turbojet) gets under way with benefit ofjato. These excellent fighters are now coming off the line at a heartening rate for Swedish Air Force re-equipment. tion, Cdr. C. J. W. Simpson, R.N., and several other members. It will fly to Reykjavik, Iceland, to rendezvous with the Tottan. Thereafter the flying-boat will make such ice reconnaissance flights as may be necessary to locate a clear passage to Young Sound for the vessel. The remain ing four Sunderlands, under the command of F/L. C. M. Stavert, will leave Pembroke Dock when the Tottan has reached Young Sound, which is expected to be about July 26th. Old Soldiers BRITISH readers who followed the for tunes of the Republic Thunderbolts during the war will be pleased to hear that the type is by no means extinct. We hear from the Temco Aircraft Corporation that more jfcr. than 200 of these big single-seaters are to be overhauled by them under a U.S.A.F. contract—the second continuation of the original contract received in May, 1951. The company has previously "rehabilitated'' Thunderbolts for Nationalist China, Col ombia and Venezuela, as well as for the U.S.A.F. The Kindly Albatross A GRUMMAN Albatross of the U.S.A.F. flew 120 miles from Mansion on July 8th to rescue the pilot of a Sabre which had come down in the sea off Hunstanton, Norfolk. The Albatross (U.S.A.F. designa tion SA-16A) is larger than other Grum man amphibians, having a span of 80ft and a gross weight of about 27,000 lb. It is capable of cruising at speeds as high as 225 m.p.h. and takes off, in wind less conditions, in as little as 300 yards. Freedom of Grantham THE ceremony of conferring on R.A.F. Station, Spitalgate, the freedom of the Borough of Gran tham (Lines.) which carries the privilege, honour and distinction of marching through the streets of the borough with colours flying, took place on July 10th. The "freedom of entry" was for mally presented to the station commander, G/C. S. S. Murray, O.B.E., by the Mayor, Council or S. Foster, M.B.E., J.P. The R.A.F. Central Band was in attendance, and, as the parade presented arms in the general salute, jet aircraft flew from north to south down the length of BELLYFLOPTER: Seen in passage between the Bell Model AID and the waters of Svendborg harbour is Mr. Thomas Christiansen, a member of the Danish Olympic Games Diving Team. the town. Finally, th- parade exercised its newly conferred right by marching through the main streets of the town bearing the Queen's Colour of the R.A.F. in the United Kingdom. News of the Hughes EIGHT new Pratt and Whitney R4360-4 engines are to be installed in the 300,000 lb Hughes HK-i flying-boat, which, reports Aviation Week, "definitely will be flown" as soon as the new power plant has been installed and tested. No flying is expected until late this year. U.S.A.F. in Cyprus THE island of Nicosia, Cyprus, which has been serving as a refuelling and distribut ing station of the U.S.A.F. for some time past, is now receiving new amenities in the form of two large hangars, which will be used as depots for the Military Air Trans port Service. Sometimes as many as ten C-54 Skymasters are bringing in and taking out supplies at this airfield. A New Zealand Requirement NEW ZEALAND'S Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. A. E. Gibson, has told the Air Services Licensing Authority in Wellington that there has been a pro nounced decline in the number of accidents involving aircraft engaged in top-dressing during the past few years. Mr. Gibson said that the Tiger Moth was not the best air craft for the job, but investigations over seas for a suitable replacement had not so far been successful. It appeared that a machine would have to be specially designed to suit New Zealand conditions. Aero Commanders for U.S.A.F. THREE Aero Commander twin-engined light tmisports have been ordered by the U.S.A.F. for field testing and evaluation. The Aero Commander is a high-wing, all- metal monoplane with two Lycoming GO-435-C2 engines, which ,give it a cruising speed of 197 m.p.h. on 70 per cent power, and a range of 1,150 miles with 30 minutes' reserve. It is claimed that the machine can take off and land, at its full gross weight of 5,400 lb, from fields less than 1,000ft long. Initial rate of climb is i,8ooft/min. IN BRIEF T. Kendell and Sons, Ltd., Norfolk Iron Works, French Place, Shoreditch, London, E.i, have issued a catalogue giving the essential details of their cutting machines—of the shear, guillotine and rotary varieties—punching machines, and edge tools. * * * Iberia, the Spanish airline, are to have 500 Dutilopillo seat-cushions and squabs. Dunlop have sent a further donation of £25 to the Air League of the British Empire. * * * Mr. W. M. Widgery, F.R.Ae.S., who has been chief engineer of Normalair, Ltd., since 1946. and who was in charge of the early development of cabin-pressure con trol equipment by the parent company (Westland Aircraft, Ltd.) in the days before Normalair was formed, has been appointed technical director. Mr. N. H. Payne, B.Sc, M.I.Mech.E., is joining the company as chief engineer.
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