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1954
1954 - 1903.PDF
864 FLIGHT, 25 June 1954 Military Aircraft 1954 LIAISON GREAT BRITAIN Percival Sea Prince. Two versions of the Sea Prince—the C.l and C.2—are serving with the Royal Navy. They are similar, but the latter flies at a higher all-up weight and has a revised undercarriage, with dual main wheels. Percival Pembroke. A development of the Prince, adopted by the R.A.F., the Southern Rhodesian, Royal Swedish and Royal Belgian Air Forces and suitable for transport of supplies and equip ment, for ambulance work or supply-dropping. A feature which enabled R.A.F. requirements to be met with very little modifica tion to the existing configuration was the exceptionally roomy cabin, seating eight passengers in rearward-facing seats. Span, 64ft 6in; length 46ft; weight, 13,000 lb; max. speed, 220 m.p.h. Scottish Aviation Prestwick Pioneer II. Powered with an Alvis Leonides, this aircraft is used by the R.A.F. in Malaya. It can operate as a four-seater passenger transport, or as an ambulance, with pilot, patient, nurse and, if necessary, a doctor. Low-speed performance is obtained through the use of full-span slats together with Fowler-type flaps. Span, 52ft 9in; length, 34ft 7in; gross weight, 5,400 lb; take-off run to 50ft, 230 yd. CANADA de Havilland Canada Beaver. The Beaver was adopted in 1952 by the U.S. Army as a standard liaison aircraft under the designation L-20. It is essentially a commercial Beaver, with Wasp Junior engine, but modifications render it suitable for liaison, light transport, supply-dropping, photography, casualty evacua tion, visual reconnaissance, column control, wire-laying and spraying and dusting. Two 250 lb bombs or supply containers are under-wing loads. Take-off run, zero wind, 480ft. de Havilland Canada Otter. The Otter is in service with the R.C.A.F. as a general-purpose aircraft. Its duties include search, rescue, liaison, transport and supply-dropping. As an ambulance it carries from one to six stretchers, and as a transport, fourteen soldiers. Take-off and landing distance is less than 600ft. FRANCE Dassault M.D.316. A development of the M.D.315, which is extensively used as a liaison machine in the French Air Force, this aircraft has two S.N.E.C.M.A. 14X or Wright R-1300 engines, and carries six passengers or freight. Span, 67ft. U.S.A. Beechcraft L-23A. This U.S.A.F. version of the Twin-Bonanza carries six people at 190 m.p.h. on 65 per cent of the power of the Lycoming GO-435-C2 engines. Sea-level rate of climb is 1,500 ft/min and maximum range over 1,000 miles. Take-off run to 50ft (no wind) is 450 yd. Helio YL-24. A Lycoming-powered four-seater, the YL-24, takes off in only 220ft, in zero wind, at a weight of 2,800 lb, has a 600-mile range and a minimum speed (power on) of 30 m.p.h. Kaman HOK-1. Designed specifically for liaison work with the U.S. Navy, the HOK-1 helicopter carries four people, and is convertible to an ambulance, in which role it will take two stretcher patients and one sitting patient or an orderly, in addition to the pilot. The engine is a Continental R-975-40 and gross weight about 3,500 lb. Helio YL-24 (Lycoming). Scottish Aviation Prestwick Pioneer II (Alvis Leonides). Percival Pembroke C.1 (two Alvis Leonides). Piaggio P.136-L (two Lycoming GO-435-C2). Kaman HOK-1 (Continental R-975-40). (Above) de Havilland Canada Otter. (Below) Beaver floatplane.
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