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1955
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FLIGHT, 24 June 1955 "Flight" photographs andsketches. 869 These S.N.C.A.S.O. Djinns were part of a busy circus of five. Transmission and rotor head of the S.E3130 Alouette II turbine-powered helicopter. An American in Paris—a Piasecki HUP-2, of the French Novy. The recently modified S.N.C.A.N. Gerfaut 1402B delta. The S.E. Alouette II gives a lift to a 2 c.v. Citroen van. only civil transport licensed to carry over 100 passengers, theBreguet Deux Ponts set down 110, after a very short reverse- pitch landing. The pilot was Bruneau who, as a family man, isonly one or two down on Lecarme. In our own estimation the three Avro Canada CF-lOOs of theR.C.A.F. provided one of the most welcome spectacles of all. An earnest of NATO squadrons yet to come, these heavy, butdistinctly agile, all-weather two-seaters rushed thunderously through the sodden air, precipitating and streaming water. Derryturns, fast rolls and lengthy inversions they took in their stride. On Saturday a Vulcan and a Victor swept over in their respec-tive styles, and on Sunday, when gaps began to yawn (together with at least one spectator), an Air France Super Constellationand a U.A.T. DC-6B contributed yet more dignity to the occasion. The Alouette II helicopter made excellent use of its 360 c.v.Artouste to whisk a 2 c.v. van pendulously around; five Djinns chugged busily about, whistling while they worked; and thosestalwart British rotarians, the Bristol 171 and 173, the Saunders- Roe Skeeter and a French Navy Piasecki HUP-2 all contributedworthily. The internationally respected house of Marcel Dassault was.represented in formidable strength. In the elegance and pre- cision of their manoeuvres the four Ouragans of the PatrouilleAcrobatique de Franc, rivalled the peerless Skyblazers of the U.S.A.F. A Mystere II, with jet-deviation Atar, showed thatBristol have not been mistaken in securing their licence for the brilliantly conceived S.N.E.C.M.A. deviator; Mystere IVs flownby Lacolle and Morel (Morel's machine had an Atar 101F, with reheat) gave of their excellent best; and Commandant Boudierdemonstrated the truly terrific performance, in terms of speed, acceleration and rate of roll, of the Super Mystere. Nor wasthis all, for on Saturday the all-weather two-seater fighter Marcel Dassault Mystere IVN two-seat all-weather fighter. (Above) The Payen delta consorts with the Si pa 300 trainer. (Below) S£. Aquilon, a French-built version of the D.H. Sea Venom.
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