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784 FLIGHT, 10 June 1955 HERE AND THERE France Entertains . . . FLIGHT demonstrations on June 18thand 19th at the Salon de 1'Aeronautique (which begins at Le Bourget today, June10th) will include aerobatics by four teams—Dassault Ouragans of the Patrou-ille de France; three Fouga CM.170 Magisters from Mont-de-Marsan; aBritish team on Hawker Hunters; and the U.S.A.F. Skyblazers, with their F-86DSabres. . . . . Lands High ... FLYING a Bell 47G, M. Jean Moine,accompanied by the guide Contamine, took off from Le Fayct airfield (1,905ft)on Monday and landed first on the Dome du Gouter (14,116ft) and, seven minuteslater, on the summit of Mont Blanc (15,782ft). On the same day S.N.C.A.S.E.claimed the world's helicopter height record when the Alouette II, powered by aTurbomeca Artouste, reached 27,100ft. The machine took off from Buc, nearParis, climbed for 42 min and landed at Montesson. The pilot was M. Jean Boulet. . . . Climbs Supersonically . . . IN a slight climb, France's S.0.9000Trident turbojet-cum-rocket fighter- research prototype has now attained 920m.p.h. Test pilot Charles Goujon, who made the flight from Melun, is said tohave used only two of the three barrels of the SEPR liquid-fuel rocket. The Tridentalso carries two Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojets mounted at the wing-tips.At full power it should attain 1,100 m.p.h. on the level. . . . and Flies Fast IT is reported that on May 31stJacqueline Auriol set up a new women's speed record by flying "an Avon-enginedMystere" (either the IVB or _ the IVN) over a 15-km course near Bretigny at amean speed of 708.362 m.p.h. The previ- ous women's record (674.187 m.p.h.) washeld by Jacqueline Cochran, of America, with a Sabre. THIS LITTLE PIGGY . . . There is some- thing of the farm- yard about this singularly strik- ing view of a U.S. Navy F7U-3 Cut- lass refuelling from a weather- worn AJ-2 Sav- age tanker near the Cutlass's base at Atlantic City, New Jersey. THE PARIS STORY THERE is every indication that theParis Aero Show will be one of unprecedented interest, moreespecially since the French aircraft industry has—as explained in anarticle in this issue—really got into its stride. Next week's issue ofFlight will provide a first-hand, fully illustrated report of the Show.The following week's issue, appear- ing on June 24th, will contain anappraisal of technical trends evident in Paris, together with a report ofthe big flying display with which the show will conclude. a Valiant conversion course. The chosenB.I will shortly leave the production line. The B-52 Fleet FIVE hundred Boeing B-52 heavy bom-bers should be in service with the U.S.A.F. by 1958, as the result of anincrease in production rate of 35 per cent. As intimated in a leading articlelast week there has been grave concern in some U.S. quarters that America is indanger of losing air supremacy to the Russians, and the stepped-up bomberproduction is directly attributable to this uneasiness. Output of supersonic fightersmay be increased next. The first B-52s will be going to operational units laterthis summer. Breaking the Bottleneck HELICOPTER deliveries ofengineering tools from Sheffield to Manchester, Birmingham andLondon were made last Friday by Firth Brown Tools, Ltd. Thefirm were determined that, despite the rail strike, thedeliveries should be on time, so a WS-51 was obtained fromWestland Aircraft, Ltd., at Yeovil and flown to Sheffield, bytest pilot Jack Fraser. Some 300 lb of tools were put onboard. A Valiant for Woomera A VALIANT B.I is shortly to fly to therocket range at Woomera for special bomb trials. So far, Lincolns and Can-berras have been used for bomb ballistic tests; the Valiant will, of course, be ableto carry out such trials at higher speeds and altitudes. It will also give theR.A.A.F. experience of operating aircraft of this type in local conditions. FiveR.A.A.F. officers (two pilots, two navi- gators and a signaller) are at present on ELAND ODYSSEY: Now on a world tour to bring facts about the Eland turboprop to the notice of airline operators is Mr.W.E.Hampton (right), Napiers' aviation expert representa- tive, fie is seen with "Mike" Randrup, chief test pilot, in front of the Eland-Varsity. WORKS MANAGER Twenty-four Hours at Speed MANY of our readers are, we know,intensely interested in motor racing; we accordingly remind them that next Friday's(June 17th) issue of The Autocar will con- tain a feature of exceptional interest—thedetailed illustrated report of the Le Mans 24-hour race. German Jet Training THE first men of Western Germany'sarmed forces to be called up will be about 200 pilots who will begin a NATO jetconversion course in Germany shortly. They will be followed by a number ofGerman staff officers who will complete a staff course at NATO H.Q. in Paris.The organization of the revived Luft- waffe was outlined in an article in Flightof May 20th last.
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