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Aviation History
1953
1953 - 1042.PDF
196 FLIGHT, 14 August 195J AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE : — "Flight" photograph TRIM TRANSPORT: Observers at the international display at Le Bourget the other week were impressed by the lively performance of the Marcel Dassault M.D.316 light transport, a development of the M.D.315 but with SNECMA 14X engines and a single fin and rudder. Canada De Havilland Canada Types. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army are displaying marked interest in the de Havilland Canada Otter 14-passenger, single-engined, high-wing monoplane. Mr. Russ Bannock, military sales manager of the company, is now in Washington for conferences at the Pentagon; meanwhile, the R.C.A.F. has ordered 12 Otters for search and rescue work, and the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests has ordered three. The basic cost of an Otter landplane is $75,000. If current negotiations in Washington are successfully concluded, the Air Force and Army would purchase four machines apiece for evaluation in various roles. Fore runner of the Otter—the Beaver—is still in quantity production both for the U.S.A.F. and U.S. Army. Over 500 Beavers have been built and scores of them have seen service in Korea as light trans ports, supply droppers and ambulances. The U.S. Government recently agreed to- provide 25 to the Republic of Korea Army. U.S.A. Convairjet Transport. It appears that the projected subsonic jet transport, which has been the subject of discussion between Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and the Convair organization, will have a swept wing rather than a delta wing, like the Convair Hustler supersonic bomber. Martin-built Canberra.Thefirst Martin- built version of the English Electric Can berra, designated B-57A, was airtested on July 20th. These machines are being powered in the main with Wright J65 (Sapphire licence) turbojets, built by the Buick Division of the General Motors Corporation. First production aircraft are classed as night intruder bombers, but later machines will be ar ranged for training, photographic recon naissance or radar search. Production is reported to be ahead of schedule. Holland Republic RF-84G. A Dutch correspond ent reports that a photo-reconnaissance Thunderjet will shortly be delivered to the Royal Netherlands Navy. A variant of the M.D.A.P. straight-wing F-84G, it will have two cameras in the nose, presumably mounted between the bifurcated intake ducts. Four drop tanks will be fitted. In these respects the machine parallels the RF-84F Thunderstreak, which will begin to be supplied to at least five NATO nations in about three months' time. Sipa 200 Minijet Licence. A licence to build the French Sipa 200 Minijet at Rotterdam has been secured by the former Koolhoven Company, which is now part of the Van Driel and Van Ommeren Machine Factory. In the same works the Dutch T-10 glider is being produced, and a licence for a second French aircraft may later be procured. CHANCE VOUGHT F4U-5NL CORSAIR (Pratt and Whitney R-2800-83WA Double Wasp) Span 40ft11|in Length 34ft 6^in Height 14ft 9*in
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