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1955
1955 - 0518.PDF
518 FLIGHT, 22 April 1955 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE Great Britain Hunting Percival Jet Provost. The pre-sent batch of these aircraft are officially designated Jet Provost T.I, and have thecompany designation P.84. Several have now flown, and modifications introducedsince the first machine was built include: a revised fuel system; provision for wing-tip fuel tanks at customer request (this installation was tested on a Provost); arevised jet-pipe nozzle and rear fuselage shape; and additional area added to thewing in the form of swept-forward leading- edge roots. Provision is also made for twonose-mounted 0.303in guns and under- wing stores. Flight trials, both from Lutonand Boscombe Down, are reported to have been very encouraging. Canada Avro CF-105. The twin Super OrendaPS-113 turbojets of this forthcoming all- weather, delta-winged intercepter will beup-rated from about 18,000 to 25,000 lb each, by the addition of specially developedMarquardt lightweight afterburners (quote from Aviation Week). D.H.C. Twin-engined transport. The Canadian journal Aircraft has reported that de Havilland Canada are considering the development of a twin-engined "bush transport," in the class of the Twin Pioneer. The French Aviation Magazine calls it a "Twin Beaver," but it will probably be a good deal larger than the Beaver. The upper photograph, taken at Schiphol, shows a Schelde-built Saab Safir used by Luft- hansa for general pilot-training. The U.S. Navy fighter is a Douglas F4D-1 Skyray (Pratt and Whitney J57 with afterburner), of which a squadron is now forming at a shore base. U.S.A. Lockheed F-104. One more fact aboutthis missile-like fighter has emerged in the American Press: it has a "T-tail," i.e. thehorizontal tail surface is mounted on top of the fin. The afterburning J65 Sapphireturbojet showed up well recently when, during air-firing trials with the second(armed) YF-104, a shell link struck the inside of one intake wall. The link wentthrough the wall and punctured a fuselage tank, causing neat fuel to pour into theengine, but the Sapphire kept running. Several developments of the F-104 are atpresent projected, including: the TF-104, a tandem-seat dual-control trainer; an all-weather version with "capability of carry- ing two-man crew"; and a Mach 2-plusmachine powered by the 15,000 lb-thrust G.E. J79 turbojet. Piasecki H-16. The second prototypeH-16 Transporter is designated YH-16A, and is powered with two Allison T38 tur-bines of some 2,450 s.h.p. each. This engine never went into production. Ifordered in quantity, the turbine-driven H-16 would be powered by 3,400 s.h.p.engines based on the T56 or (commercial) Model 501. Designation would be H-16B. Republic XF-103. It is reported that thisadvanced aircraft will incorporate a peri- scope to enable the pilot to obtain adequatevision from his flush-hooded cockpit. The F-103 is a delta-winged intercepter, andwas reported in 1952 to be designed for a Mach number considerably greater thantwo. The power is reported to come from a Wright J67 (Olympus development)turbojet and a ramjet, both fed from a common intake system fitted with doorsto pass air to the turbojet during take-off and to the ramjet at supersonic speed. 11-14 (1,840 h.p. ASh-82 radial.; Span about 101 It Length ... ,„ about 70ft
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