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1953
1953 - 0813.PDF
FLIGHT, 26 June 1953 807 four types of British aircraft to be seen in the air and/or on the ground at Le Bourget: (Reading down) Avro 707A, Supermarine Swift, English Electric Canberra T.4 and Bristol Sycamore (Type 171). BRITAIN at PARIS Aircraft, Engines and Components on Show THOUGH relatively few actual aircraft and engines of British make will be exhibited and/or demonstrated at the Paris Salon (only six aircraft types are probable, exclusive of those built under licence or scheduled for the international displays), a substantial showing on the part of accessory and equipment manufacturers is assured. The notes which follow were up-to-date as we went to press. Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. A Bristol Sycamore (Type 171) helicopter, powered with an Alvis Leonides engine, will participate in the civil and military flying displays. In the static show there will be 1/24th scale models of the Type 170 Mk 31, Type 171 Mk 4, Type 173 Mk 3, and Type 175 Mk 300. Additionally there will be an Olympus turbojet, a sectioned Proteus turboprop, a sectioned Centaurus 661, and a Hercules 758. Contrary to French reports, the Britannia turboprop airliner will not appear "in person." de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd. A Ghost turbojet of 5,000 lb static thrust will be the key exhibit on the de Havilland stand. Four such units are installed in the Comets now used by the Union Aeromaritime de Transport, Air France and B.O.A.C. During the first year of Comet operation with B.O.A.C., Ghosts have flown 14 million engine miles. A military version powers the Sea Venom, adopted by the French Naval Air Service. Additionally, there will be a de Havilland airscrew for the Vickers Viscount—an advanced design of constant-speed reversing type suitable for turboprops of up to 1,800 h.p. It incorporates constant-speed governing, two-second feathering, rapid and closely controlled rate of pitch-change and hydraulic emergency pitch-locking. Also on view will bz scale models of Comet iAs in the liveries of Air France and U.A.T. (this version carries 44 passengers at 490 m.p.h. at 40,000ft); a Heron Series 2 (the Series 1 is now in service with U.A.T.); a Sea Venom; and a Vampire 5, as built by S.N.C.A.S.E. and now in service in considerable numbers in the French Air Force. English Electric Co., Ltd. A really unusual model—a half- scale reproduction of the Canberra with a wing span of 32ft 7m (a photograph was published in Flight last week)—will dominate the English Electric stand. Around it a series of panels will tell the story of the bomber's already long list of achievements, and a selection of the electrical equipment manufactured by the company will also be on view. A Canberra T.4, the only bomber- trainer in the world with side-by-side seating, will be on show in the open-air static display, whilst the prototype B.5 (the actual machine which made the double Atlantic crossing) is scheduled to take part in the flying demonstrations. Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd. The main Fairey exhibit will be a full-scale V.T.O. (vertical take-off) model as fired at Woomera, with an automatic pilot from one of these aircraft as a separate display. Additionally, the company will be showing three or fouf of the "all-ways" adjustable chair, developed by Fairey technicians in conjunction with scientists of the Medical Research Council Unit for Research on Climate and Working Efficiency, Oxford University. A range of these seats is now being produced for the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Supply and for industry, by Fairey Marine, Ltd. Hawker Siddeley Group. Full-scale examples of the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet, Double Mamba turboprop and Snarler liquid-fuel rocket unit will dominate this stand. There will also be models of the Avro Vulcan jet bomber, Avro Atlantic jet transport, Hawker Hunter interceptor, Hawker Sea Hawk naval deck-landing fighter, Gloster Javelin night and all-weather fighter, Avro Canada CF-100 night and all-weather fighter, and Armstrong Whitworth (Gloster) Meteor N.F.11 night fighter. From Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Ltd., will come a specimen machined wing. Avro participation is noted separately in the following paragraph. A. V. Roe and Co., Ltd. Flying demonstrations will be given by an Avro Shackleton M.R.2 and by the Avro 707B. The Shackleton is a long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti submarine aircraft, powered with four Rolls-Royce Griffon piston engines, and the 707B is a delta-wing research aircraft propelled by a Rolls-Royce Derwent turbojet. Models of Avro aircraft are referred to under "Hawker Siddeley Group." Short Brothers and Harland, Ltd. The theme of the Short Brothers and Harland display will be the high standard of work manship produced and an illustration of the very extensive production facilities available at Belfast. The main exhibit will be a full-scale wing section with folding mechanism which will be actually operated. A photographic display will feature the Belfast works, which has close on 1,500,000 sq ft of production floor-space, and models will illustrate the firm's research testing rig and various aircraft types. On the flying days a Sealand amphibian will be on view in the aircraft park. Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. In addition to an actual example of a Supermarine Swift Mk 4 fighter, powered with a reheat version of the Rolls-Royce Avon, there will be a one-eighth scale model of an aircraft of the same type. Also displayed will be
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