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1954
1954 - 1902.PDF
FLIGHT, 25 June 1954 863 Auster A.0.P.9 (Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier). Military Aircraft 1954 SPOTTING AND OBSERVATION Although certain aircraft dealt with under this heading are officially classed as "liaison" machines, we have included under our own Liaison heading, on the following page, only such types as are not normally employed on artillery spotting and observa tion, reserving for the present section those which would be known in Great Britain as air observation posts. By their very nature these are highly versatile, and the following assignments are typical: spotting, observation, reconnaissance, rescue, patrol, photography, supply of ground forces, wire-laying, liaison, message pick-up and dropping, casualty evacuation, and the direction of attack aircraft to enemy strongpoints. GREAT BRITAIN Auster A.O.P.9. Latest addition to the Auster A.O.P. range, this machine is powered by a Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier and has a fuselage 46in wide, an unusually strong undercarriage and very effective flaps and drooping ailerons. There are three seats and stowage for full military radio. Span, 36ft 5in; length, 23ft 8^in; weight empty, 1,461 lb; gross weight, 2,050 lb; take-off distance to 50ft, less than 260 yd; rate of climb at sea level, 930 ft/min; operational range, 214 nautical miles. DENMARK KZ-A.O.P. Powered with a Continental C-145-2 engine, with Aeromatic automatically variable-pitch airscrew, this two-seater weighs 1,900 lb all-up, takes off from grass in about 400ft, and lands in about 160ft. FRANCE Nord N.C.856A. A development of a civil type, the N.C.856A is now in production for the French Army. A two-seater, it has a Regnier 4L-04 engine, and weighs just under 2,000 lb all-up. In the A.O.P. role endurance is 1 hr, but this can be extended to three hours for liaison. Span, 41ft; length, 25ft 4in. U.S.A. American Helicopter XH-26. Known as the Jet Jeep, this experimental single-seater is powered with pulsejets and weighs only 300 lb empty, though the designed gross weight is 900 lb. It can be collapsed into a 5ft x 5ft x 14ft container and be dropped by parachute. Having been unpacked, it can be in the air within 20 min on an observation or reconnaissance mission. Top speed is about 80 m.p.h. and endurance 1$ hr. Cessna L-19A Bird Dog, XL-19B, OE-1 and OE-2. These military Cessnas are distinguished by the following charac teristics : L.19A—a two-seater very largely used by the U.S. Army Field Forces, powered by a Continental 0-470-11 flat-six and weighing 1,498 lb empty and 2,430 lb all-up, stalling speed, 54 m.p.h., initial rate of climb, 1,490 ft/min. XL-19B—an experi mental development of the basic L-19 with a 210 h.p. Boeing 502-H turboprop, holder of the world's light-aircraft altitude record of 37,063ft. OE-1—U.S. Marine Corps version of the L-19A. OE-2—for the U.S. Navy, having redesigned tail, revised cowling, and die more powerful Continental SO-470 supercharged engine of 260 h.p., driving a constant-speed airscrew. (Toft left) Cessna L-19A (Continental O-470-11). (Top right) American Helicopter XH-26. (Bottom left) KZ-A.O.P. (Continental C-145-2). (Bottom right) Nord N.C.856A (Regnier 41-04).
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