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1956
1956 - 0754.PDF
754 FLIGHT Auster A.O.P.9. (Right) Saunders-Roe Skeeter 6. SPOTTING and LIAISON "DICTURED on this page are some of the more recent and•* typical machines utilized for artillery spotting and observation and for liaison (communications) flying. An apparent intruder atthe bottom right-hand corner is the jet-propelled Cessna T-37, which, while it might more fittingly have been included under"Trainers," is given a place here because ten have been ordered for service-test by the U.S. Army as artillery observation(A.O.P.) machines. It is felt that light aircraft of this class must succeed present piston-engined types (typified by the CessnaL-19/OE-2 series) in the observing and adjusting of fire for the Honest John and Wac Corporal ground-to-ground rockets and280 mm atomic cannon, A British representative of particular interest is the Saunders-Roe Skeeter helicopter at the top of thepage, ordered as an air observation post for the Army instead of the Fairey Ultra-Light tip-jet helicopter which was beingdeveloped for the same role. The Morane-Saulnier Paris represents (with its twin jets, high speed and useful range andcapacity) a class of liaison aircraft which may eventually sup- plant such types as the Beechcraft L-23B, also illustrated. Morane-Saulnier M.S.760 Paris. • Beechcraft L-23B. Cessna OE-2. (Below) Cessna 7-37. (Below) Bell H-13H.
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