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Aviation History
1953
1953 - 1658.PDF
812 FLIGHT, 18 December 1953 Admiralty official photographs, Crown copyright. TRIALS I AS we reported on November 20th, a significant series of trials **-took place during October and November aboard the fleet carrier H.M.S. Eagle. Each of the aircraft types involved is illustrated here. The first production Fairey Gannet AS 1, at 1 and 4, carried out a full series of deck trials both by day and by night, and proved itself an eminently usable machine. Similar trials were completed by a D.H. Sea Venom FAW 20, seen at 2, folding its wings while running forward from the arrester land ing area. The work of the Bristol 173 Mk 1, now serialled XF 785, was described last week; at 3 it is evidently proving of interest to the deck crews. Pictures 5 and 6 show the Super-marine 529 twin-Avon fighter, which is solving many of the problems which are anticipated with its all-swept successor. The 529 (it differs but little from the earlier 508) weighs more than any previous naval fighter; nevertheless it was catapulted without difficulty (5). The Westland Wyvern S 4 (7) was success-
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