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1953
1953 - 1252.PDF
408 FLIGHT 18 September 1953 10 Round the _ /"\NE of the most rewarding sections of the Farn- ^^ borough Show is the static park, where the aircraft to be demonstrated in the afternoon, are ranged during the morning, and where visitors are allowed to inspect them at moderately close quarters. The Flight photographs on this page show some of the noteworthy details to be seen there last week. Various items of equipment often give a hint as to the eventual application of par ticular prototypes as, for instance, in photograph No. 3, which shows a carrier rack fitted under the wing of the Beaver Series 2; or, in picture 4, the new Saunders-Roe lifeboat fitted to the bomb- bay of the Shackleton 2. Picture 8 shows further the nose configuration of this aircraft, with wind screen wiper and de-icing spray-bar on the bomb aimer's panel, the neat housing of the two 20 mm 3 cannon, and the gunner's sighting position. Also to be seen in the static park were examples of the new generation of fighters, the de Havilland 110—shown in Picture 1, with the observer's access hatch open—and the Hawker Hunter F.2, reveal ing for the first time the gun pack in the under fuselage. The gas-ejection pipes for the two star board cannon can be seen under the engine intake, where panels have been removed. Photographs 9 and 12 give some idea of the impressive proportions of the two new all-weather fighters, the Javelin and D.H. 110. On the Javelin, the position of the land ing lights on the main undercarriage legs and the large gun-ports half-way out along the leading edge, as well as the very large dielectric nose-cone housing the radar search equipment, give a sobering 4 6
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