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1956
1956 - 0159.PDF
PLIGHT, 10 Ftbruary 1956 157 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE U.S.A. Boeing B-52 Stratqfortress. The U.S.A.F.announced in Washington that it would begin this April to replace Convair B-36sof Strategic Air Command with Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses. Some 400 B-36swere built and 500 B-52s will have been completed by the end of 1958, accordingto present schedules. A speed of 650 m.p.h. has been mentioned for the B-52. Lockheed C-130. One of these new turbo-prop transports has been delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, for testing atsub-zero temperatures in a special giant hangar, wherein it will remain for severalmonths. The purpose of the tests is to determine the effects of extreme cold on thefunctional and operational components and systems. Another item of Hercules news isthat Aeroproducts airscrews have been selected for the type. Beech XKDB-l. This is a new targetdrone, powered by a supercharged piston engine, having a straight wing with tip-mounted tanks, and a "butterfly" tail. It is designed to float to facilitate recovery. Canada Canadair CL-2S. By the end of the yearthis maritime-reconnaissance development of the Bristol Britannia should be ready forflight. The initial R.C.A.F. order calls for 13 machines. Doman-Fleet LZ-5. Production will soonbegin at Fort Erie, Ontario, of the LZ-5 seven-passenger helicopter. An approvedtype certificate should by now have been received by the Federal Transport Depart-ment. Thus, Doman-Fleet will become the first Canadian company to manufacturehelicopters in quantity. France S.N.C.A.S.O. Trident II. After a flightat Istres on January 5th, one of the Tri- dent II prototypes was forced to land,apparently without power, off the runway. The aircraft was damaged but the pilot,Jacques Guignard, was uninjured. S.N.CA.S.O. 4050 Vautour. Arma-ment and auxiliary-tank loads of the Vau- tour have just been disclosed as: two large,external, jettisonable, under-wing tanks, replaceable by "honeycomb" rocket laun-chers in the outboard positions; two honey- comb rocket launchers with 38 rockets eachinboard under the wings; a "pack" of four 30 mm guns with 400 rounds, or 240rockets in a magazine. The total number of Vautours now on order is 140, includingground attack, all-weather fighter and light bomber versions. Max Holste M.H.1521 Broussard. Suc- cess in the civil and military markets has prompted Avions Max Holste to expandits programme for production of the six-passenger Broussard. The type isnow in full production at Rheims, and certain components are being built by theS.I.P.A. and S.E.C.A. companies. Rate of output is at present two aircraft monthly, Provision is made on the Temco Mode/ 56 trainer tor the external loads shown, though they are not carried simultaneously. The loads are: two napalm tanks, two 100 Ib G.P. bombs and sixteen 8cm rockets. Built-in armament is two O.Sin or 0.3in machine guns. but this will increase to ten monthly bythe end of the year. In all, ?15 military and civil Broussards are on order. It haslately been disclosed that the President of the Argentine Republic has signed anorder for ten of these machines to be operated by the Argentine Ministry ofAgriculture. They will go into action against the grasshoppers. U.S.S.R. Tu-104. The designation Tu-104 has beenmentioned by General Nikita A. Sakharov, Russia's Director of Civil Aviation, for thenew Soviet twin-jet transport shortly to be introduced into service. The generalcredited the aircraft with a speed of 500 m.p.h. at heights exceeding 36,000 ft. MARTIN MATADOR TM-*1 (Alliion J33-A-37) Span 28ft Sin 39ft 7in
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