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68 , FLIGHT, IS January 1957 HERE AND THERE Royal Visit THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburghare to visit the R.A.F. Fighter Command station at Leuchars, Fife, on June 4* Mirage Flies with Rocket IT is now disclosed that before Christmas—on December 17, 1956—the Marcel Dassault Mirage I delta-wing interceptermade its first flight with its SEPR rocket in operation. A similar rocket had alreadybeen tested under the fuselage of a Mystere. H.P. on Tour LAST Saturday, January 12, Sir FrederickHandley Page left for.New York aboard the Queen Mary on the first stage of a seven-week tour of the United States, New Zea- land and Australia, during which he willhave discussions with military authorities and airline operators. Silent Frontier TWO sailplanes, a Slingsby Sky piloted byClaudio J. Don and a tailless Horten with H. Scheid as pilot, took off recently fromSan Carlos de Bariloche in the Argentine and crossed the Tronador range at over9,000ft, landing in Chile some three hours later. This is believed to be the first timethe Andes have been crossed by sailplane. Model Championship Changes AS a result of recent decisions by the F.A.I,model aeroplane committee, the four world model championships have been groupedinto pairs and will be held in alternate years. The glider and speed events are to bein Czechoslovakia from August 15-21, and Britain is to have the option of running theWakefield and power contests in 1958. With no world championships in Britain thisyear,- the Northern Gala meeting has been brought forward to August Bank Holidayand centralized. TRIAL BY DEMONS: A flight-refuelling trial, using McDonnell Demons, as described in a paragraph on this page. It appears that the probe of the receiver aircraft is intended to retract into a horizontal fairing. Ubiquitous 500 AN announcement by English Electric,Ltd., says that 500 Canberras have now been built. In addition to being manufac-tured under licence in Australia and (as the Martin B-57) the U.S.A., the Canberra hasbeen ordered by the air forces of Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela. Lord Caldecote,a director of English Electric, said that there were substantial existing orders which, withothers now in prospect, would keep Can- berra production going for "several years." Whirlwind Nigeria-bound A THIRD Westland Whirlwind is due tobe delivered in April to Fison-Airwork, Ltd., and it will go straight out to Nigeriato join the company's two Whirlwinds and two Hiller 360s already operating there oncharter to the Shell-B.P. Petroleum Ex- ploration Co. Fison-Airwork have alsotaken an option on a fourth Whirlwind. Fighter-to-Fighter Refuelling THE heading photograph shows twoMcDonnell Demon fighters testing a new flight-refuelling system developed byBeech. The tanker is carrying a new re- fuelling store, designated Model 102-G, FALCON GAR-ID is the designation of this newest develop- ment of the Hughes Falcon air-to-air mis- sile. The picture is also notable for show- ing—for the first time—the open mis- sile bay of a Convair F-102A intercepter, designed to carry the new Falcon. which is a 22ft-long tank equipped withan hydraulic system capable of delivering fuel at 200 U.S. gal/min. The steel hoseis flexible enough to wrap round a reel inside the tank. Capacity of the store ismore than 300 U.S. gallons, and refuelling is possible at speeds of more than 350 ktand at altitudes up to 40,000ft. For Private Pilots AN informal discussion on private-aircrafttopics, organized by the Royal Aero Club, will take place at Londonderry House at2.30 p.m. on February 15. Representatives of the M.T.C.A., A.R.B. and other bodieswill be present; all private-aircraft owners are invited to attend. Sabre Schoolmasters THREE West German Air Force trainingofficers, two of them ex-Luftwaffe pilots, have arrived in Canada to study R.C.A.F.methods of training Sabre crews. They will be followed by 360 German airmenwho are to be taught by the R.C.A.F. to fly Canadian-produced Sabres. This tuitionforms part of the agreement under which West Germany is to purchase 225 Sabresfrom Canadair, Ltd. ONE-MAN BAND: Recalling a sight not unfamiliar in London streets is this new single-seat Marine Corps helicopter by Hiller, the XROE-1, designed to be col- lapsed into a pack- age for easytransport or parachute drop- ping. Weighing less than 250 Ib, it is seen here assembled and dismantled. The en- gine is a tour-cylinder Nelson opposed two- stroke.
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