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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1716.PDF
rfll "Flight" photograph AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE FLIGHT, 2 December 1955 High out of the water is a Short Sunderland 5 of No. 230 Squadron, Coastal Command, and low in the water is the first prototype Martin XP6M-1 Sea Master These pictures represent two eras of flying-boat design and are especially appropriate in an issue containing the first instalment of J. M. Bruce's story of the historic "F" boats (pages 842-846). cations suggested by experience, hedeclared his company's intention of putting 12 additional machines of the type intoservice. Morane Saulnier M.S. 760 Parts.Having been shipped back to France after its New World tour, the Paris should nowbe flying again. During its 138 days of travelling and demonstrating the machinemade 859 nights, amounting to 447 flying hours. Only 324 maintenance hours wererequired. Demonstrations were given in 40 different cities in 27 States, and thetotal of passengers carried was 2,139. Not a single demonstration had to be cancelled. B.T.Z. Coleopter Drone. ProfessorZborowski, of the Bureau Technique Zborowski, is working on the design of acoleopter target drone to be powered by a Rolls-Royce Soar turbojet. U.S.A. Tanker Markings. The tails of the BoeingKC-97 tankers of Strategic Air Command are being marked with lights of differentcolours so that each B-47 bomber can hook up at night with the appropriate tanker.The object Aviation Week reports) is avoidance of mid-air collisions similar tothat which occurred over the Gulf of Mexico, when two B-47s closed in on thesame red-lighted tanker and collided. One of the B-47s was lost. Douglas DC-1. According to R. A. Dunlap,an aerodynamicist of Douglas Aircraft's Santa Monica division, the DC-7 would be55 miles an hour slower if its level of aero- dynamic cleanness were the same as that ofthe DC-3. Its range, moreover, would be 640 miles shorter and it would earn$380,000 a year less. Lockheed F-\0AA. There is reason tobelieve that this highly supersonic straight- wing fighter will first be "unveiled"—i.e.,pictures released—next February, when the first production machine is due off the line. France S.E3130 Alouette II. Bearing the num-ber 03, the first pre-production Alouette II helicopter was delivered to the FrenchNavy a few days ago. Operational trials will be carried out at St. Raphael. Thesecond pre-production machine is ready and the third should fly this month. Thefirst production model will be delivered in March next year. Nord 856N. Having successfully com-pleted 90 hours of aero-towing tests, the four-seater all-purpose Nord 856N hasundergone a series of modifications con- cerning, in particular, its cabin layout.Four people and 176 lb of freight, or two people and three parachutists or threestretcher cases can be taken. Loading is facilitated by a triangular door measuring3ft 4in x 2ft 8in on the port side. Nord 2501 Noratlas. At a recent con-ference M. Combard, director of U.A.T. and president of the Association of Inde-pendent Airline Operators, expressed his satisfaction with the Nord 2501 freighteras now in service on U.A.T.'s overseas routes. Having described certain modifi- VICKERS-SUPERMARINE SWIFT F.R.S (Rolls-Royce Avon) Span 32ft 4in Length 42ft 3in
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