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1956
1956 - 0773.PDF
FLIGHT, 15 June 1956 773 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE U.S.A. Beech L-25 Twin Bonanza. A number of these aircraft are being equipped by the U.S. Army with radar reflectors to allow calibration of the low-level accuracy of the radar used by Nike missile units. Chance Vought FSU-l Crusader. In- cluded in a new 20 million dollar contract for F8U-ls will be fighter and photo- graphic versions. Orders in hand now total 250 million dollars. Northrop N-109 Fang. It is now learned that this projected delta-wing high- altitude fighter never progressed beyond the mock-up stage. It was to have either a J65 or J79 turbojet and could be armed with any of eight armament installations, including, apparently, Project Vulcan. Weight would have been between 15,000 and 18,000 lb, and, with the J79, a Mach number of 2 should have been attained. It is expected that a number of Fang features will be introduced in the forth- coming Northrop supersonic trainer. Aero Commander. Two European firms have been appointed distributors for the Aero Commander twin-engined executive aircraft. The franchise for France and several French possessions goes to Babb, SARL of Paris. Hary von Rautenkranz of Celle-Hanover, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland, will distribute in West Germany, Switzerland and Luxemburg. France Potez 75. After three years of tests and demonstrations this piston-engined attack aircraft has now been ordered into produc- tion on behalf of the French Army. The order calls for 15 pre-series machines and a production run of 100. The first will be delivered during the next ten months. Marcel Dassault Super Mystere B.2. On its first flight (on May 15th at Melun- Villaroche) this new Dassault prototype exceeded Mach 1 without using the after- burner of its S.N.E.C.M.A. Atar 101G engine. Quantity production is under way. The forward fuselage is manufactured at Dassault's Argenteuil plant and other components are produced by several fac- tories. The airframes will be assembled in the Dassault plants at Bordeaux-Merignac, where the Mystere Us and IVs are already coming through. Netherlands Kolibrie Helicopter. Holland's first home- built helicopter, the Kolibrie has been under test for a considerable time. It is a small two-seater, powered by ramjets which can be changed in ten minutes. A second prototype will soon be ready to fly, and production is foreseen at the Netherlands Helicopter Industry (N.H.I.) factory, to be built on the site of a new airfield near Rotterdam. The ramjets will be con-structed by the Kromhout Engine Works, fuselages by Aviolanda, and the metalrotor blades by Fokker. A high factor of safety is claimed by virtue of the fact thatflight is possible on only one of the two ramjets. Rotor diameter, at about 33ft, isrelatively large. Part of the aircraft fleet of the College of Aeronautics, the history and work of which is reviewed in this issue: Auster Autocrats, a Dove, an Avro XIX, an Anson and a research Lancaster, on loan from the M.o.S. U.S.S.R. New Light Helicopter. Described as the smallest in Russia, a new type of light helicopter has recently been completed. The engine is said to be "no larger than that of the Pobeda car"; speed is given as 75 m.p.h. and ceiling as 7,500ft. Three gallons of petrol suffice for a range of about 65 miles. It is said that the machine will be used for such tasks as "seaching for fish and checking high-tension cables." Chile Chincol Primary Trainer. An order for 50 Chincol primary training aircraft has been placed on behalf of the Chilean Air Force. Somewhat resembling the Chip- munk, this machine has a 215 h.p. Con- tinental engine and is of mixed construc- tion. Production is under way at the Fabrica Nacional de Aeronaves, Santiago. DOUGLAS ND-t SKYRAY (Pratt and Whitney JS7-P-8) Span 33ft 6in Length 45fc 8in
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