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1956
1956 - 1396.PDF
548 FLIGHT Points oi interest in the "Flight" photograph of the Fairey F.D.2 (left) are the rear-fuselage air brakes and the small intakes atop the fuselage. The Sabre in the picture above is referred to in the paragraph headed "Canadair Sabre FA." AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE U.S.A. North American F-107. This advancedversion ofthe F-100 Super Sabre made its first flight recently from Edwards A.F.B.The 35-minute flight was deemed "very satisfactory," but the drag parachute failedon landing and the machine rolled from the 5,000-yd runway at Edwards on to thebed of Rogers Dry Lake, where the nose undercarriage assembly collapsed on strikinga ditch. Damage was slight. Formerly designated F-100B, the F-107 has a "solid"nose and a bifurcated air intake on top of, and behind, the cockpit. The ppwerplantis a Pratt and Whitney J75 with after- burner. Turboprop Observation Project. The U.S.Navy is seeking proposals for a two-seater 300 kt turboprop observation aircraft whichwould be used by the Army and Marine Corps also. The Avco Lycoming T53 orGeneral Electric T58 is specified. The Army has already announced that it needs amachine capable of operating from a 500ft field over a 50ft obstacle. No armament isrequired, nor will there be any armour protection, except, perhaps, flak curtains. Canada Canadair Sabre FA. A photograph onthis page shows a Sabre F.4 with a some- what curious history. Although bearingU.S. A.F. markings, it is, in fact, a Canadair- built machine and was supplied to theR.A.F. with the number XB833. With other Sabres it became surplus to R.A.F.requirements and was overhauled by West- land Aircraft, Ltd., and had U.S.A.F.markings painted on prior to delivery to a NATO air force. The serial number 19687is its original R.C.A.F. serial. France Marcel Dassault Etendard IV. In testsat Merignac this "multi-purpose fighter" with a single Atar turbojet is reported tohave displayed exceptional qualities. The claim is advanced that it "takes off andlands within a smaller space than has yet been achieved by any jet plane." (TheEtendard II is a light ground-support fighter with two Turbomeca Gabizo turbo-jets, and the Orpheus-powered Etendard VI is intended for the NATO competition.) Hurel-Dubois HD-32. Following an order for four HD-32s by the Institut Geographique National some months ago, the second order for the same number of machines has now been placed. Both HD-32 prototypes have now been re- engined with Wright 1,500 h.p. units and are now called HD-321.01 and 321.02. The prototype HD-31 is now in the hands of the Aero Navale, and one HD-32 is with the French Air Force, undergoing utilisa- tion trials. S.O. Djinn. Military observers partici- pating in recent tests near Chamonix have concluded that for mountain operations the Djinn helicopter does the work of 25 mules. Sweden Saab-9l Safir. The Royal Norwegian Air Force recently signed a contract for the supply of twenty-five Saab-aiB2 Safir trainersj to be built at Linkoping. The Norwegian Air Force is the third to adopt the Safir as its standard trainer: previously Sweden and Ethiopia had adopted the type. In civilian schools Safirs are used in Holland, Belgium, France, Western Ger- many and Indonesia. East Germany National Markings. The East German authorities announce that aircraft of the new East German Air Force will carry the territory's national colours—black, red and gold—in a square on the wings of its aircraft. Egypt Training Equipment. The semi-official Egyptian Middle East News Agency reports that henceforth the Egyptian Air Force will use only Russian Yak training aircraft. Harvards will not be employed after the next academic year at the Bilbeis school. EDGAR PERCIVAL E.P.V (Lycoming GO-4M-B1B) Span 43ft 6in Length 30ft
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