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1956
1956 - 0382.PDF
380 FLIGHT, 6 April 1956 "Flight" photograph FAST AND LOW at Woodley, the Somers-Kendall S.K.I, powered by one Turbomeca Palas turbojet, is being groomed for its racing debut this season. Designed—and here flown—by Hugh Kendall, the clean new racer features a vee tail and full-span ailerons. Canberras for I.A.F. A DECISION "in principle" to equip the Indian Air Force with English Electric Can- berras was announced in Delhi last week- end. The aircraft are believed to have been chosen in preference to Russian Il-28s. Aer Lingus Orders Friendships AS we forecast three weeks ago, AerLingus has ordered Fokker Friendships to replace its DC-3s. Deliveries are for late1958 and early 1959. Repeat Order ONE of Japan's largest industrial electricityundertakings has ordered a Westland Dragonfly helicopter. It has already beenusing a Dragonfly, since 1952, for power- line inspection. Cranes Jib A RECENT Notice to Airmen issued bythe Canadian Transport Department warns pilots to keep above 2,000ft over the WoodBuffalo National Park in the Northwest Territories. It seems that a rare bird, thefast-vanishing whooping crane, has been seriously disturbed by low-flying aircraft. Sea-god A MARINE version of the Proteus turbo-prop is being developed by Bristol Aero- Engines, Ltd., in collaboration with theAdmiralty, to power high-speed patrol boats. A test engine, running on Admiraltygas oil, has already completed over 500 HERE AND THERE hours, a period which has included saltwater spray tests. Weighing 3,000 lb, the marine Proteus develops 3,500 s.h.p. West Germans in U.S.A. A LARGE group—first of several to come—of West German Air Force groundcrew trainees arrived in the U.S.A. recently fora period of training in air traffic control. They were led by a well-known ex-fighterpilot, Capt. Dietrich Ortmann. Cranfield Successes FOUR students at present in the secondyear of their courses at the College of Aeronautics have been awarded KingGeorge VI Memorial Fellowships offered by the English Speaking Union. Threeof the students are specializing in aircraft economics and production and one in air-craft design. The Fellowships provide them with opportunities for post-graduate studyin the U.S.A. The four successful students are : D. P. Hunt, G. E. Smith, J. B. Taber- nacle and J. Thwaite. .: Delayed Action ? "SUPERSONIC bangs were heard yester-day in the Bognor Regis area, where three weeks ago a Fairey Delta aircraft set up anew world air speed record."—Daily Telegraph. Helmet to Mitre THE new Bishop of Durham, the Rt. Rev. Maurice Harland, served as a fighter pilot in the R.F.C. during the First World War. Flygmotor Board Changes GUNNAR ENGELLAU, managing direc-tor of Svenska Flygmotor, the Swedish engine manufacturers, has left his post inorder to become managing director of AB. Volvo, Gothenburg, Flygmotor's largestshareholders; he will remain on the Flyg- motor Board. Erland Forslund, presentdeputy managing director, succeeds him. Sycamore Century THE manufacturers recently announcedthat nearly 100 Bristol Sycamore helicop- ters have been built and delivered. Air-craft of this type have logged about 20,000 hours in a dozen different countries ofwidely varying climate. The overhaul period for the Alvis Leonides engine andtransmission, at present 400 hours, may soon be substantially increased. LOW AND FAST at Shoreham, the Miles Sparrowjet (two Palas turbojets) is also a most likely contender in this year's National Air Races. Here flown by Ian Forbes of F. G. Miles, Ltd., the Sparrowjet is owned and raced by Fred Dunkerley. "Flight" photograph
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