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1956
1956 - 0391.PDF
FLIGHT, 6 April 1956 389 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE Great Britain Handley Page Herald (Military Version).In the projected military version of the Herald the floor is reinforced to carry con-centrated loads and there are changes in the size and position of doors. Provisionis also made for the fitting of paratroop static lines. Weight increase is 800 lb.The starboard emergency exit is replaced by a paratroop door 6ft high and 3ft wide,and the main loading hatchway on the port side of the rear fuselage is increased in size.Still-air radius of action (no allowances) with 40 paratroops is 265 miles, or with32 paratroops 525 miles. Twenty 350 lb panniers, or their equivalent in 500 lb con-tainers, can be carried. The containers are dropped by means of a roller conveyor.Typical loads are a jeep or Land Rover and trailer; a 25-pounder gun and am-munition; two aero engines; or one aero engine with equipment, tools and servicingcrew. In the trooping r61e 44 troops with equipment and baggage could be carriedover a still-air range (no allowances) of 500 miles. • ... . U.S.A. Douglas B-66. The first B-66 tacticalbomber, with two Allison J71 turbojets, has been delivered to the 17th Bomb Wingof Tactical Air Command's Ninth Air Force at Hurlburt A.F.B., Florida. Boeing B-52 Stratofor tress. Accordingto Aviation Week, pilots of B-52A and B and RB-52B aircraft at Castle Air ForceBase have taken their machines well over 50,000ft by pushing the Pratt and WhitneyJ57 turbojets to the limits. Abcve those altitudes it is reported a compressor stallproblem arises. Pilots report that the B-52 is more stable, more controllable and moreresponsive for air-refuelling than the B-47, notwithstanding the fact that the refuellingintake is above and behind the pilot. At light weight (i.e., returning from a sortie)the B-52 can fly die traffic pattern at the same speeds as the DC-6 or DC-7. Chance Vought FSU Crusader. Deliver-ies of this 1,000-m.p.h. fighter should be made to the U.S. Navy during 1957.Initially the type will have no all-weather capability, but this should be providedlater with some sacrifice in performance. France Marcel Dassault Production. Thoughthe production of 150 Mystere 2 (S.N.E.CM.A. Atar) fighters is now nearlycomplete, the Mystere 4 line is in full swing, and the type will go into servicewith several French squadrons this year. Additionally, five pre-production SuperMystere B.2s (S.N.E.C.M.A. Atar with afterburner) will be completed this year,and the production of several hundred B.2s will begin early in 1957. The proto- type Super Mystere B.I, powered with anafterburning Rolls-Royce Avon engine, is being flown regularly by CommandantBoudier and has recently attained 900 m.p.h. in a dive. As already recorded in "Flight', a de Hmil- land Vampire Trainer has been demonstrated in Japan by George Errington It is seen at the Air Self-Defense Force's Hamamatsu base. Czechoslovakia Aero 145. This new prototype is a 4/5-seater and represents a big improvement on the Aero 45 and has two 160 h.p.engines. Top speed is 186 m.p.h. Australian Negotiations. The Czech air-craft industry is hoping to sell a consider- able number of light aircraft in Australia.The Zlin 126 Trener and the new Aero 145 will be shown at an engineering exhibi-tion in Sydney next June, and it is reported that negotiations have already been openedwith an unnamed Australian firm for a large batch of these aircraft, provided theysatisfy specified conditions. TUPOLEV Tu-IM (Two axial-flow turbojats) Span 120ft (approx.) Langth 126ft (approx.)
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