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1953
1953 - 1138.PDF
De Havillantl Chipmunk THIS is a design of de Havilland's Canadian subsidiary, and is already several years old. In service with the R.A.F.— in the United Kingdom and overseas—and with the air forces of many foreign nations it has proved itself a worthy successor to the Tiger Moth biplane. An all- metal, tandem two-seater monoplane with fixed undercarriage, powered by a Gipsy Major engine, it has flaps, V.H.F. radio, full blind-flying panel, two-stage amber equipment, a cartridge starter, and night-flying lights. Pilots who have converted to it from the "Tiger" have welcomed particularly the enclosed cockpit, greatly improved performince and superior handling qualities, and the increased scope of training thereby offered. Yet, despite its comprehensive equipment, the Chipmunk is delightful to handle, has an initial climb of over 1,000 ft/min, and main tains altitude during continuous aerobatics. A Canadian-built version has a clear-vision "bubble" cockpit canopy. The standard Chip munk T.10, as in service with the R.A.F., is fitted with a Gipsy Major 8 engine. BRITISH AIRCRAFT 1953 English Electric Canberra THE essential characteristics of the remarkable twin-jet multi purpose Canberra are now well known, not to the technician and en thusiast alone, but, by reason of the numerous record-breaking flights accomplished during the past three years, to the layman also. There are five basic marks—the B.l, the original two-seat light bomber; the B.2, which is the most common version and is a three-seat bomber (it is now in production at four factories in Great Britain); the photographic recon naissance P.R.3; the dual-control T.4 trainer; and the B.5 target-marker. All these variants have Rolls-Royce Avon turbojets, as has the Australian- built B.20 bomber. For the American B-57A night-intruder development licence-built Armstrong Sjddeley Sapphires are specified; the Canberra is also flying in Great Britain with an experimental Sapphire installation and another Canberra flying test-bed has been flown with advanced versions of the Rolls-Royce Avon. One machine, with Bristol Olympus turbojets, achieved the world record height of 63,668ft on May 4th this year. The design "stretch" of the Canberra has not yet reached its limit. a Rollt-Royce Avon* 64ft Power plant Span Length 65ft 6in <CAJ|D1_ (Drawing show* Canberra B.a; photograph is of T.4) g
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