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1954
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i 142 FLIGHT, 30 July 1954 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE Great Britain De Havilland Heron. We recently saw at Hatfield one of the smartest Herons ever made—the first Service machine"* of that type, to be used by the,.British Joint- Services Mission in WilsWhgton. A Series 2 with retractable undercarriage, it has an executive interio^with grey finish and eight red seats arranged in two sets of four. The exterior k^similar to that of Transport Commarta V.I.P. machines: polished metal exceptor a wide blue cheat-line and white top and fin. The serial is XG603. Gloster Javelin. The cost of a Javelin (presumably from tlje-#tst batch of Mk Is) has been estimated"'in America as between £129,000 anjHTl 50,000—in our opinion, a very low gtiess. Hawker Hunter. It is being said—un officially—that the Hunter sub/type which is to be built for the Royal-Swedish Air Force will probably be.^p'owered by the Rolls-Royce Avon RA*>ri type turbojet. At present the only Htinters officially known to exist are ,«e F.l (Avon) and F.2 (Sapphire); neither of these aircraft has been stated to have an afterburner, al though a reheat Avon was fitted to the first prototype for record-breaking purposes. It also seems likely thaf other marks of Hunter are being^AJveloped with side-by- side seats for gaining and camera-bearing noses for photo-reconnaissance. U.S.A. Convair YB-60. Two of these swept-wing turbojet developments of the B-36 were built for the U.S.A.F., at a cost reported as SSI4m (£5m). The type was unsuccessful in competition with the Boeing YB-52, and the two prototypes have>iince been used as test-beds for various'* engines, electronic gear and other devices, including a unique Convair "diaalond-form" undercarriage (picture, Fjight, October 30th last, p. 583). Now it is learned that both machines are being broken up for scrap at Carswell Air Force Base. Douglas Transports. Frojjrthe C-124 Globemaster, the DougtaS" company are developing a new „ high-wing, turbine- powered transport for the U.S.A.F. with the designation C-133. According to Aviation^Week, the type will have "large fairings on lower portions of fuselage into NORTH WIND: This is the first air-ta-ait- photograph of a production S.N.C.A.S.E. Aquilon, or French Sea Venom. Taken over the Rhone valley, it shows one of the first batch of two-secters closely similar to the Fleet Air Arm's F.A.W.20 (described in our last issue). Later Aquilons may be single-seaters, with sliding canopies. which landing gear will retract." The power units will probably be four Praj8»3nd Whitney T34s, of the type nowJ»emg test- flown in the experimental YP*T24B. There is also to be a very im*ffi]arger U.S.A.F. transport, with a design payload of at least 100,000 lb. J^signated C-132, the new machine will have "at least" four Pratt and Whitney T57 turboprops (two-spool units of some 15,000 h.p. each). France Dassault Mystere 28. According to an Italian journal, the Dassault company are developing a new version of the Mystere (which already exjwi in nearly a dozen forms) styled.,|»lystere 28. It is stated to have a heptlry" swept wing, a T-tail, lateral intakes and a pointed nose. The report considers it a possible contender for the NATO light ground-attack specification. Pasotti Airone F.6 The famous wood working firm of Pasotti are entering the Italian aircraft industry. Licences are held for the French Jodel and the former Ambrosini Rondone F.4 and thjafe-seat Rondone F.7, examples of all of wjdch have been built by Pasotti. The chief product, however, will be a new .^win-engined executive-type machine, j^fhich will be available in numbers next spring. Styled Pasotti Airone F.6, j£ can have either 90 h.p. Continentalsjar 140 h.p. Lycomings; the undercarriage resembles that of the Vampire, and tikfe 4/5-seat cabin is very large and fulb/equipped. The prototype first flew on^th July. GRUMMAN AF-2W GUARDIAN (One Pratt and Whitney R-2800-48W) Span 60ft 8in Length 43ft 4in
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