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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 0206.PDF
% FLIGHT, 22 January 1954 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE J?& SEA AIR: Top) A McDonnell F3H-1N Demon of the U.S. Navy leaving the deck of the carrier "Coral Sea" during evaluation tests. Note leading-edge slats, and auxiliary intake approximately in line with the wing-root leading edge. The lower picture shows the S.E.5000 Baroudeur on the beach at La baule just before Christmas. Tail modifications are visible. Great Britain Short Seamew—Development Potential. Though classed as a "light" anti-submarine aircraft, the Seamew is evidently capable of being developed to carry a heavy ex ternal load in addition to its internally stowed stores. The primary requirement is increased power. This is likely to be met in the first instance by an up-rated Arm strong Siddeley Mamba. France Max Holste 1521 Broussard. Discussing the commercial aspect of this "French Beaver", the designer, Max Holste, said that the first examples will be for the Government. Later machines will be delivered commercially (from April this year) at about £14,000 apiece. The schedule is one aircraft per month until June, when two per month are due. United States Martin XP6M-1 Seamaster. The mock- up of this four-jet minelaying flying-boat, believed to be capable of speeds well in excess of 600 m.p.h., should be completed in June. First flight of the prototype is certainly more than a year away. Convair JR3 Y-2. This U.S. Navy designa tion has been allocated to a development of the R3Y-1 Tradewind long-range transport turboprop flying-boat, to have bow-open ing doors somewhat similar to those of the Douglas C-124, and to seat more than a hundred. North American TF-86F. This two-seat tandem trainer version of the Sabre, illus trated last week, is designed to provide pilot-training in high-speed flight, gunnery and dive-bombing. The fuselage has been extended 63in between the nose and wing roots, and the wings have been moved forward 8in. Armament is two 0.5in machine guns. Unlike the F-86 fighter/ bomber, the TF-86F uses the leading-edge slats of earlier Sabres. The power unit is a General Electric J47-GE-27. Equipment includes a special intercom, system, an omni-directional range receiver and I.L.S. In both front and rear cockpits the instru ment panels are lower and broader than those of the single-seat F-86F. There are separate ejection controls for the clamshell- type cockpit canopy. North American F-S6D. Details of "vor tex generators" on this all-weather single- seater are given by Aviation Week. They are in the form of tiny aerofoils and their purpose is to create a vortex pattern down stream of their location, thus re-energizing the boundary layer air and delaying separa tion of the flow from the surface. The only previous application announced was on the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. Ahead of the N.A.C.A. flush intakes in the sides of the fuselage, aft of the wing, the generators are either simple angle clips or T-section extru sions, riveted through the detachable panels in the vicinity of the intake. On the under side of the horizontal tail surfaces, and on the sides of the fuselage, in the same vicinity, the generators are cut from sheet and welded to a strip which is in turn either riveted or screwed to the skin panel. Apparently these modifications have |so far applied only to the F-86D, and rot to other Sabre variants.
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