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832 tLIGHT, 17 June 1955 THE PARIS SHOW . . . A FIRST VIEW OF THE SCENE ILLUSTRATED by "FLIGHT" PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN our Elizabethan cleared the murk over Le Bourgeton Thursday the 9th, we saw that the aircraft park, whichabuts on the grand exhibition hall (now extended), was only sparsely occupied. Ant-like trickles of bedraggled figures were braving the downpour, bent on the final furnishing and furbishing of the great indoors. As the day teemed and drizzled towards late afternoon we saw Peter Hillwood bring in the Canberra T.4 and Ken Reed edged into place with the dogged little Skeeter 6. Next day, the 10th, President Coty made his opening declara- tion and honoured many of the stands by pausing in his perambu- lations. The story went that Mundy Peak was introduced as "Mr. Peace, President of Republic"; to which the President flashed back "Mon cher colleague". Slowly the aircraft park gathered in its vari-coloured comple- ment, and by Saturday morning all these were in place: Lock- heed P2V-6, Nord 2501 Noradas (No. 73), Sipa 300, Fouga 170R Magister (No. Oil), the altitude-record-breaking S.E.3130 Alouette II, and its piston-engined precursor the S.E.3120, Potez 75, North American F-86F, Republic F-84F, Fairchild C-119G Boxcar, Morane Saulnier M.S.733 Alcyon, English Electric Can- berra T.4, Short Seamew, Nord 1203 Norecrin II, S.E. Mistral (No. 142), Saunders-Roe Skeeter 6, Max Holste Broussard, Piasecki HUP-2, Bristol 171, Cessna 180, Dassault Mystere IVA (No. 28), S.O.1221 Djinn, Jodel-Wassmer D.120, Fokker S.14 Mach Trainer, Payen 40 Katy, two Bell 47s, Stampe and Renard S.R.7B Monitor, Ars 55O1B pilotless target, on ramp, crop-spray- ing Super Cub 150, Beechcraft Twin Bonanza, Beech Mentor, D.H. Beaver 2, D.H. Vampire Trainer, Breguet 761 Deux Ponts, Hurel Dubois H.D.32 and S.E. Armagnac. The sun was now beginning to make a day of it. The Breguet 965 came rushing and rumbling over, the Fiat G.82 whistled in and an S.E. Aquilon arrived with a tremendous flourish. Then, just before lunch the Leduc/Languedoc composite appeared overhead and caused the biggest stir of the morning. It made a fast landing, still a deux, to maintain its speed above the stalling speed of the Leduc. But the aeroplanes were only part of the outdoor scene. There were, too, the side-shows—tents, trailers and caravans, demonstra- tion rigs (notably that for the S.O. ejector seat) and radar, madly nodding and scanning. And there were the little tables .... Alas, came Sunday morning, and the little tables were awash. Drenched and dripping in the park an Air France Viscount, Super Constellation and DC-6B civilly gave shelter to the shivering few. Aeroplanes to remember, but weather to forget. Other newcomers were the Ambrosini F.7 Rondone, another Bell 47, an Ouragan and—tremendous interest here—the Leduc O21, which had been taken from its mother. But to the show in greater detail: TRANSPORTS Agusta A.Z.-8 and A.Z.-8L. A model of a four-engined airliner displayed on the Agusta stand indicates a project for a 20/22- passenger machine powered alternatively by four Potez 8D30 or four Alvis Leonidcs engines. Cruising speed at 9,600ft should be about 230 m.p.h. Hurel Dubois H.D.32 and 321 and 34. The H.D. 32-01, com- plete with its latest, and final, triple-fin tail configuration, is in the aircraft park, while some further details are available at the Hurel stand. S.N.C.A.S.E. is at present preparing to build fuse- lages and assemble complete aircraft with wings (probably by Nord) to produce about five aircraft by the end of 1956. A variant of the H.D.32 will be the 321, with Wright Cyclone 9HE 1,525 h.p. engines, which will allow the maximum take-off weight of 44,000 lb to be realized. The powerplants of the H.D.32 and H.D. 321 will be completely interchangeable, and the choice will rest with the operator. The H.D.34 photographic survey aircraft is almost certain to be used in small numbers by the French National Geographic Institute. Nord 2501 Noratlas. Production of the Noratlas is in full swing, with 170 ordered for the Air Force. Aircraft No. 73 is in the static park, and another, with Palas boosters at the wing-tips, has flown over. U.A.T. has two civil Noratlas, and Israel has ordered three; further civil orders can be expected. This machine has an excellent reputation. S.N.C.A.S.E. S.E.210 Caravelle. This aircraft was the subject of a complete description in Flight on May 13th and 20th. By Saturday the first prototype had made six flights, totalling 5 hr, 43 min, and the company is confident that it will complete ten hours' flying in time to demonstrate tomorrow (18th). It will not land at Le Bourget. Large mudguards have now been fitted behind the main bogies to prevent stones and grit getting into the Avon RA.26 intakes during the final part of the take-off run and at touch-down. LIGHT AIRCRAFT Nord N.C. 856 Norvigie. The military order for these is for 112 machines. There are as yet no large orders for the civil equivalents, the N.C. 856N or N.C.856H floatplane, although one of the latter has been presented to the King of Cambodia. The power unit is a S.N.C.A.S.E. Regnier 4L 08 of 160 h.p. Nord 1203 II Norecrin. Production of this well-known aircraft has been taken up again, and a considerable number have been ordered by Switzerland. The Norecrin carries four people, in- cluding pilot, cruising at 137 m.p.h. on its S.N.E.C.M.A. Regnier 4 LO, 135 h.p. engine. A higher-powered and more comprehen- sively equipped Norecrin III is in the design stage. SIPA 1000 Coccinelle. Quite outstanding as a cheap ultra- light design, and the latest of M. Max Gardan's projects, this side-by-side two-seater made its first four flights last Saturday evening, and was to be at Le Bourget by Tuesday. M. Launay, the company's chief test pilot, stated that it flew well and should have no trouble in completing ten hours' flying by that time. VI. Gardan's object in designing the Coccinelle was to provide a really cheap, safe and useful ultra-light two-seater, with a struc- For the first time at a Paris Salon M. Rene Leduc has been enabled to exhibit one of his ramjet aircraft. Here—last Sunday—the 021 is the centre of interest, with a Lockheed P2V-6 in the rear.
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