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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1490.PDF
600 FLIGHT; CIVIL AVIATION . . . BREVITIES ACCORDING to a report from Nairobi last week, three of• B.O.A.C.'s Argonauts will be made available to East African Airways next spring. They will be used for services to Centraland South Africa, Portuguese East Africa and—in coUaboration with B.O.A.C.—to London. It is also reported that Britanniaservices to Johannesburg, due to be inaugurated next April, will be routed via Entebbe in wet weather until completion of the newNairobi Airport at Embakasi. Seventeen ab initio candidates have been chosen by Lufthansafor training as airline pilots. Pupils will be trained by the German airline's own flying school. The full course of instruction isexpected to take between two-and-a-half and three years. A tapered fin, not unlike that of the Viscount, is shown in this new artist's impression of the Lockheed Electro. The colours are those o? Eastern Air Lines, who last week announced an order for 40 of these 66/91-seat turboprop airliners and an option on a further 30. Record transatlantic freight traffic is reported by Pan Americanfor August. During the month the company's aircraft carried 240 tons of cargo between the United States and Europe, 44 percent more than in August 1954. The company is now operating ten all-freight return services weekly across the North Atlantic. In commemoration of the first flight to the Belgian Congomade 30 years ago by a Handley Page Hamilton, Sabena have struck bronze medallions depicting die Congo route. One ofthe medallions was presented recently to Sir Frederick Handley Page. Plans for a seasonal car-ferry service between Ferryfield andBasle are announced by Silver City Airways. The 400-mile route will be flown in two hours 40 min by Superfreighters, eachcarrying up to three cars and 15 passengers. Services will begin on December 16th and will operate on Fridays, Saturdays andSundays until March 31st. The new ferry is designed primarily to cater for winter sports travellers. An order for three L.1049G Super Constellations is announcedby Air-India International Ltd. The first aircraft, for delivery in May 1956, was bought as a replacement for the Constellation749 Kashmir Princess, lost last April in the South China Seas as a result of sabotage. The two remaining aircraft will follow in 1957. MORE ABOUT THE FRYE F-l MORE information is now available on the Frye F-l projectfor a DC-3 replacement, first details of which were givenin Flight for September 23rd. The model illustrated in that issue was based on a design study which has now been super-seded, and the accompanying illustrations show the project at its latest stage. The company responsible for the F-l, the Frye Corporation,was formed about six months ago in Fort Worth, Texas, by Mr. Jack Frye, a former president of T.W.A. His associates includeMr. Kurt Weil, designer of the Ju 52; Capt. D. W. Tomlinson, a former vice-president, engineering, for T.W.A. and deputy com-mander of the Berlin air lift; and Mr. G. W. Vaughn, a former president of the Curtiss Wright Corporation. The companyintends to concentrate on engineering and development of the F-l, but has no plans for producing it. Negotiations are reportedto be in progress with manufacturers in North America and in two European countries. The possibility of production in LatinAmerica has also been mentioned. Design of the F-l is not yet completely finalized. It is statedthat three manufacturers are evolving undercarriage designs on a competitive basis. Wind-tunnel tests are being conducted at theUniversity of Wichita to determine the optimum nose configuration. Construction of a prototype is due to begin next year. It isintended to equip the prototype and, possibly, first production aircraft with four 600 h.p. P. and W. Wasp piston engines.Eventually, however, these might be replaced by four 850 h.p. turboprops, of a tyoe not yet specified, which will increase thecruising speed by 20 m.p.h. and reduce the take-off distance by perhaps 100 yd. Simplicity of production, assembly and maintenance have been Span 95ft Length 86.7ft Height 34.4ft An artist's impression of the Frye project (Wasp-powered version). emphasized in the design of the F-l. All major structures arestated to have been designed to operate without replacement for 50,000 flying hours and 15 years. Approximate price is quotedas $350,000 (£125,000). The Frye Corporation is reported to have received inquiriesfrom several short-haul airlines, including five American local ser- vice operators. The first order is expected to be placed by a FarEastern airline. According to our contemporary, Aviation Week, the sponsors of the F-l stress that it is not intended to be com-petitive with the "more sophisticated" Handley Page Herald. Mr. Frye is quoted as saying: "In fact, we have told somepotential customers that they would be better off if they took a look'at the Herald, because we feel it will suit them better thanthe F-l." Span, length and height of the F-l are included in the three-view drawing (left). Other data are as follows:— Wing area, 1,350 sq ft; cargo-door loading height, 4ft 4in; nose cargo-doordimensions, 7ft x lift; side cargo-door dimensions, 7ft x 7ft; normal gross weight, 30,000 lb; wing loading, 22 lb/sq ft; pas-senger capacity, 50 to 70; interior dimensions, 40ft x 10ft x 6.5ft; max speed, 170 m.p.h.; cruising speed, 150 m.p.h.; minimumspeed, 55 m.p.h.; take-off distance to 50ft (whether with one engine inoperative is not stated), 900ft. These figures apply to thepiston-engined version with four 600 h.p. Pratt and Whitney S1H1-G Wasps.
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