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1953
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534 FLIGHT, 16 October 1953 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE France Dassault Progress. One of the most impor tant manufacturers in the French industry, Marcel Dassault (Marcel Bloch before 1945) is by no means resting on the laurels of big production contracts for Ouragans and Mysteres. (First Ouragan squadrons are now complete.) For the Aeronavale a Mystere 4 development has been prepared, with hydrauhcally folding wings and a deck hook and catapult spools. This will be a single-seat day fighter, the French Navy having Sea Venoms for all-weather work. Further off is an enlarged Mystere be lieved to be armed entirely by missiles. This type will be supersonic and may be powered by the Vulcain; it bears the same relation to the Mystere as does the F-100 to the F-86. The most novel project, of which a prototype is under construction, is a delta fighter weighing no more than 4,400 lb. It will be powered by two Viper turbojets, for which Dassault hold a manu facturing licence. Italy Rolla Project. The Italian Air Force is sponsoring the construction of a model, to FOR ENSIGNS AND LEATHERNECKS: The Temco Plebe (top) is a contender for the U.S. Navy trainer competition. Below it is a draw ing of the Sikorsky HR2S assault transport of the U.S. Marine Corps. Both types are referred to on this page. be tested at the Guidonia wind tunnels, which is hoped will support the theories of Sr. Rolla, a civilian engineer. To fly at a modest3,100 m.p.h., the aircraft has a cigar- shaped fuselage, the top of which acts as a funnel to admit air. This air is then exhausted through a "jet fuse" controlled by a special device, which permits hovering and vertical landings. There is no landing gear, and only an embryonic wing and tail. The design will not, according to Sr. Rolla, crack the sound barrier; instead it will "gradually penetrate into the air, gently and without danger to its structure." United States Sikorsky HR2S. Illustrated on this page, the HR2S is the U.S. Marine Corps version of the S-56 helicopter, and is intended as an assault transport. Like its civilian 50- passenger counterpart, it is powered by two 1,800 h.p. Double Wasps. These are mounted in outrigger nacelles into which the main landing gear retracts; the drive is taken through shafts to the single five-bladed rotor, which is designed to function even with one blade shot away. The fuselage has large nose doors and the crew is pro tected by flak curtains. Cruising speed will be over 150 m.p.h. and a later model with two T56 turbines should be capable of 200 m.p.h. The XHR2S will fly very soon. Temco Plebe. Illustrated on this page is a new American trainer with this engaging designation. Otherwise known as the Model 33, it was designed and built to a U.S. Navy specification in 75 days. The engine is a 225 h.p. Continental, giving a cruising speed of 171 m.p.h. at 8,000ft and at the full gross weight of 2,500 lb the rate of climb is 1,350 ft/min. We may add, for the edification of those as intrigued as were we ourselves by the name of this machine, that a Plebe is a member of the lowest class of the Military Academy at West Point. PERCIVAL PEMBROKE CI (Two Alvis Leonides) Span ... ... 64ft 6in Length 46ft
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