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1956
1956 - 0805.PDF
22 June 1956 807 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE U.SJL Convair B-5S Hustler. It is reported by Aviation Week that one mission of this supersonic bomber will be to act as a mother ship for pilotless intercepted, two types of which will bear the names Duck and Goose. McDonnell F-101B Voodoo. This intercepter version of the Voodoo will carry a radar operator in additio to the pilot. The nose will be correspondingly lengthened. Ryan Vertiplane. The Ryan "Verti- plane", illustrated in Flight last weekj will be developed with the aid of a research machine having a single Lycoming XT53-L-1 turboprop rated at 825 s.h.p. Full-span double flaps will achieve 90-deg slipstream deflection. Piper PA-24 Comanche. Illustrated in our previous issue was this new single- engined, four-seat all-metal business air- craft. The first flight was on May 23 and preliminary tests give hope of a cruising speed of about 160 m.p.h. Large-scale production is planned for the spring of 1957. The high-aspect wing uses a N.A.C.A. laminar-flow aerofoil section. France S.E..210 Caravelle. In the course of route-proving trials the Caravelle was recently flown from Paris to Algiers. The outward flight was made with both Rolls- Royce Avons working and took 2 hr 7 min. The return flight—of 3 hr 13 min duration —was made with one Avon shut down, at a height of 19,700ft. During single-engine take-off trials at Toulouse, at an all-up weight of 33 metric tons, the Caravelle left the ground after a run of less than 6,560ft. Wassmer 20 Javelot. The Javelot is a new glider which is now being assembled for demonstration during the world gliding championships at St. Yan from June 29 to July 13. Hurel-Dubois Progress. On completion ofthe Flight Test Centre trials of the H.D.321, the three prototypes had accumulated atotal of 1,200 flying hours within the scheduled period. As a result of specialtests the National Geographical Institute has expressed its intention to place an order Seen at Bovingdon some weeks ago was a Bristol Freighter Mk. 31 (left) of the Royal Iraqi Air Force. It had come over to Leaves- den for a load of spares. Formerly it was registered G-AMRO. The helicopter is a Kaman HOK-1 with the new "bear-paw" landing gear, developed for operations in- volving landing on, or taking off from, snow, mud or sand. for six. Production of the H.D.321 is wellunder way and the first should be delivered in February 1957. S.O.1221 Djinn. The first Djinn heli-copters built entirely in the S.N.C.A.S.O. plant at Rochefort were test-flown onJune 4. (The 28 pre-production machines now flying were built at the Courbevoieworks.) Production rate at Rochefort will increase rapidly in order to satisfy thepriority orders on behalf of the French Army in North Africa as well as a numberof contracts placed by foreign governments. Poland L.W.D. Zuraw. Intended for operationfrom unprepared ground, the Zuraw I made its first flight in May, 1951. A high-wing, strut-braced, 2'3-seat cabin mono- plane, it was of composite construction,the fuselage being of welded steel tubes. The engine was a 160 h.p. Russian M-l 1FRair-cooled five-cylinder radial, but with this it was underpowered and no productionresulted. The Zuraw I was the last design of Lotnicze Warsztaty Doswiadczalne(Aircraft Construction Research Centre) before its liquidation. After a so-called"reorganization of the aircraft industry" interest in the type has been revived anddesign work is now in progress on a new version—the Zuraw II—intended forglider towing and having a 300 h.p. engine. Maximum speed should be 164 m.p.h. NORTHROP SM-M SNARK (Allison J71-A-J) Span 42ft Length 74fe
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