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1954
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July 1954 131 'R/MARr AND BASIC flying training— md even a portion of thgjtyttffbus now :overed by advanced jet trainers—are •xpected to come within the scope of he Hunting Percival Jet Provost, seen iere in its R.A.F. markings. Span is 35ft. Sin., length 31ft. 11 in. and height 12ft. 8in. ource. Ji with "trailing bomb" static sour^€ July 22nd, 3 hr 33 min: Full stall investigated; "cold soak^test (involving study of all pans jf the aircraft under low-tpfnperature conditions) performed at high altitude; brief check made of the 707's ability to "formate" «th the B-52, as in aerial refuelling. French Supersonics ON July 17th the second prototype of the S.E.5000 Baroudeur trolley-launched, skid-landing, attack fighter was dived at upersonic speed by Pierre Maulandi. Tests during the past few nonths have shown that this aircraft can use fields of less than ,000 metres in extent, and that it can be operated from the most liverse terrains; thus it was flown from pebbles at Crau, un- ultivated fields near Toulouse, the beach at La Baule, and muddy nd frozen ground at Villaroche. Two days after the Baroudeur made its supersonic dive the rtarcel Dassault Mystere IVN (reheat Rolls-Royce Avon) made :s first flight, piloted by M. Muselli, and on its third flight, on le following day, likewise achieved supersonic speed in a dive. 'he Mystere IVN resembles the IVB but has a radar nose with beard" intake, & la F-86D. inland Buys Migs rHE Finnish Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the Finnish 1 Government has recently negotiated the purchase of "t*vo or hree" Russian Mig fighters, and it is understood that the U.S. .. likelyjtha lission Avilltie sent to train Finnish pilots. fj.S. officials point ut that the Finnish Air Force will be the only one among the free nations"to receive Soviet aircraft. A spokesman at the Finnish Legation in Washington has re- iarke<f that last-.year the Finnish Air Force acquired some jet •ainir^ aircraft from Britain and "apparency had difficulty in btairpng any mole." It ffc presumed that thejkircraft to which he ;ferred were de Havilland Vamoire single-seaters. While it is nown that de jftavillands are willing—indeed eager—to supply iy quantity of additional machines which might be ordered, egotiatiOns may have been influenced by currency difficulties. )tter versus Helicopter JNDER the code -name "Skydrop II," evaluations of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft for supply and liaison duties have Jcendy been made by the Canadian Armyy/One of the aircraft 'king part in these competitive trials wa&jTae Havilland Canada |tter, flown from the company's Toranto plant by S/L. D. J. wens. It is claimed that the Otte^can carry 2,700 lb of cargo '14 passengers over a speed raafe of 40 m.p.h. to 138 m.p.h., w that it can be quickly cqptferted to carry six stretchers and tee sitting patients. Its low speed is claimed to make it ideal "precision parachute.•dropping. Jhe Otter is alrea<Jf in service with the R.C.A.F. on liaison id rescue duties^-Tf is also in service with the Royal Norwegian J u°rce anc* -""k various civil companies in many parts of the °rld. Following the example of the Beaver (which in U.S.A.F. j?rs, the designation L-20), the Otter can be fitted with either •teei, float or ski undercarriage, and is designed for operation i undeveloped country and from "unimproved" air-strips. he Commons Discuss Aircraft Noise DESCRIPTION by Mr. Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Minister of -ransport and Civil Aviation, of further steps to deal with Problem of aircraft noise represented the substantial outcome a .ouse of Commons debate last week on the Order which ^:Jts manufacturing aerodromes from lawsuits in respect of •J^, case made out followed much the same line of WTtent as that pursued during a recent discussion of the same T*m the House of Lords. ™s. LENNOX-BOYD, replying to the debate, said that he could V imagine no more useful sphere of activity for scientists and others than to find in the field of aircraft development something which could tfe done about noise—one of the great problems of the modern age. Manufacturers depended upon the goodwill of the districts where they recruited their labour and had their works, and they also depended upon their own technical staffs working in as much calm and comfort as was possible. What was happen ing to people living near to an aerodrome might be even more dis turbing for those whose task was the working out of complicated matters concerning aircraft manufacture. Mr. Lennox-Boyd reminded the House that the Order had nothing whatever to do withlthe noise from engines which were not in an aircraft—e.g. an engine on the test-bed. In that case the ordinary law prevailed, and any aggrieved person could take any action he liked. The Order was solely concerned with the various incidents of taking off, or landing, or moving on the ground, or aircraft operation for certain specific purposes. After discussing the possible courses open to him in relation to the recent Hawker action, the Minister went on to describe what was being done by the Government to provide an alterna tive remedy to people who had undoubtedly lost certain of their Common Law rights. The Minister of Supply, he said, had asked aircraft manufac turers for information as to the steps which they were taking to reduce noise. The reports from the aerodromes concerned would be carefully examined and, in the light of their replies, he would not hesitate to prescribe regulations for individual airfields. The Government had recently been in close touch with the United States and elsewhere on the problem and had assisted, and would continue to assist, research institutions at home, both to minimize the noise actually made by the engines and to reduce the disturbance that thd noise caused to the public. Rolls-Royce, Ltd., and others had already produced results relating to the former aspect which were encouraging. Experiments were also being carried out in the use of acoustic walls and screens, and suggested that these would produce a significant reduction of from four to six decibels in front of the wall for jet aircraft and more for piston-engined types. In addition, progress had been made with prototype "splitters" for fixing to the front of jet engines to lessen the high frequency noise, and prototype mufflers for fixing to the rear of jet engines to reduce the noise from the\jet itself. These would be ready for trial in a few months' time. The Order would apply to about 22 unlicensed aerodromes and about five small grass unlicensed ones which might con ceivably be used for manufacture and repair. The protection of the Town and Country Planning Act, existed in respect of entirely new aerodromes. Questioned about the situation at Burtonwood, Mr. Lennox- Boyd said that the Americans had no manufacturing units. If American aircraft were being tested at a licensed or State aero drome they were covered by the regulations made by the previous Government. If American aircraft were being tested at one of the 22 unlicensed aerodromes, they would be covered by that. Belated Honour AT Australia House, London, last week the Oswald Watt L Medal for 1946 was presented by the Australian High Com missioner, Sir Thomas White, to A#V-M. D. C. T. Bennett. The Oswald Watt Medal is aprtfrded by the Aero Club Federa tion of Australia each year fp^the most outstanding performance by an Australian pilot durifig the year. The medal for 1946 was awarded to A.V-M. Qmnett for his survey flight (in the Lan castrian Starlight) ojp'the South American route for British South American Airwaj^T but could not be presented at the time because the dj0ffof the orginal medal had been lost and had to be replaced. A.V-M-^Bennett, who was born in Brisbane and served in the R.A.AJC before transferring to the R.A.F., was founder and A.O.C. of the Bomber Command's Pathfinder Force during the war. He was chief executive of British South American Airways from 1945 to 1948. ,(Tz? t-T>
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