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1956
1956 - 0134.PDF
134 FLIGHT, 3 February 1956 "Flight" photograph GOOD OPENING FOR FARMER'S BOY: Revised arrangement of the rear door on the Edgar Perciyal P.9 agricultural aircraft (see below). NOISE-REDUCING NOZZLE fitted to the starboard inner 157 turbojet of the prototype Boeing 707 and tried in static and fast-taxying trials. HERE AND THERE The 1,000 m.p.h. Voodoo IT is unofficially reported in Washingtonthat a McDonnell F-101A twin-jet long- range fighter/bomber has flown at over1,050 m.p.h. on half a dozen occasions and •at over 1,100 m.p.h. at least once. An I.A.S. Honour MR. PETER MASEFIELD, managingdirector of Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., has been elected an honorary Fellow of the Instituteof the Aeronautical Sciences. P.9 Progress DURING January, a complete range offlight trials at full normal-category load was completed on the prototype EdgarPercival P.9 based at Stapleford Tawney. Over 20 flights, amounting to some sevenhours, had been logged by Friday of last week. For reasons of simplicity, theclamshell rear doors have been joined together and hinged on the starboard sideonly, as illustrated above. On production machines, it is stated, the one-piecestructure will also give a saving in weight. More Matadors THE U.S.A.F. has placed additional ordersfor a substantial quantity of Martin TM-61 Matador tactical guided missiles. Newmanufacturing techniques, it is claimed, have resulted in the Matador having thelowest cost in dollars per airframe-lb of any airframe now in production for theU.S.A.F. The powerplant is an Allison J33-A-37, which gives a speed of over 650m.p.h. (the final dive on to the target is at supersonic speed) and an operating heightof over 35,000ft. Fang Prang THE most original tell-me-another storywe have heard for some time comes from Tower, Minnesota, U.S.A. A few daysago, it is reported, Jack Burgess and Richard Lilya were flying in the area whenthey spotted a pack of wolves on frozen Putnam Lake. They went down to havea closer look, and were skimming the ice when a wolf took exception to the intru-sion and attacked the aircraft, hitting one of its skis. The subsequent crash resultedin complete demolition of the aircraft (type unrecorded), although both occu-pants were uninjured. Super Sabres for Europe THE United States Air Force announcesthe assignment to Europe and North Africa of North American F-100 SuperSabre fighter/bombers. The first arrivals will go to the 45th Fighter BomberSquadron at Sidi Slimane, in French Morocco. This unit was chosen as atraining squadron because of the excellent North African weather. Most deliverieswill be made to Europe from Warner Robbins Air Materiel Base, in Georgia,via Labrador and Iceland. Instruments on Show NEXT Thursday, February 9th, theScientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association opens its permanent exhibitionat 20 Queen Anne Street, London, W.I. Gas-turbine Specialist Honoured THE 1955 James Clayton Prize of theInstitution of Mechanical Engineers has been awarded to Dr. E. A. Watson, O.B.E.,for "his outstanding contributions in the last 15 years to the progress of the aircraftgas turbine, particularly in the fields of combustion and fuel control"; these latterformed the subjects of his James Clayton lecture last December. Dr. Watson is adirector of Joseph Lucas Ltd. V.T.O. in France OFFICIALS of the S.N.E.C.M.A.organization told reporters recently that a military V.T.O. aircraft using the com-pany's system could be ready by 1960, and that the first passengers to take offvertically in a jet airliner might do so in a civil version by 1965. For Sopwith Old-timers THE Sopwith Apprentices Association,formed in 1916, is to hold its first annual reunion dinner at London Airport onFebruary 8th. Sopwith apprentices, 1912-18, are asked to communicate withthe original hon. secretary, V. W. Derring- ton, 159-161 London Road, Kingston-on-Thames (Kingston 5621). INBOARD PROFILE: Particularly appropriate, in view of the leading article in this issue, is this longitudinal section of the Chance Vought F8U Crusader carrier-based intercepter. Based on a drawing published in Japan, it reveals the disposition of ducting, armament, fuel and the Pratt and Whitney afterburning J57 turbojet. The variable-incidence wing is mounted high.
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