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1957
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FLIGHT, 15 March 1957 335 AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE Great Britain Hawker Hunter F.6. Almost alone among modern fighters, the Hawker Hunter has not suffered from obvious redesign of the wing. Not a change has hitherto been introduced which is superficially obvious, but current F.6 Hunters from Kingston have a kinked, or dog-tooth, leading edge. The modification is not vital to the effi- ciency of the aircraft and it is most unlikely that it will be retroactively applied to machines already built. U.SJV. Convair F-102A. In this supersonic inter- cepter the braking parachute is housed in a box whose doors, when open, act as air brakes. Since the beginning of the year a new design of door has been used, rather larger than previously, and extending well aft of the rudder trailing edge. The 102 has no official name, but "Lancer" was sub- mitted for consideration by the Depart- ment of the Air Force in Washington following a name-finding contest at George A.F.B. Mixed-power Fighters. Some of the latesttypes of U.S. Navy fighter have such high speed that their zoom ceiling—tradingkinetic energy for altitude—is well above the height limit to which their engines canfunction; in fact, machines like the F8U and F11F-1F (the latter has flown level at72,000ft) can reach altitudes considerably above their engine flame-out limits. Roc-ket motors are the obvious answer, and an F8U Crusader and an FJ-4 Fury are nowboth flying from Patuxent River with con- trollable rocket motors. This might be afield for the British de Havilland Spectre. Canada Avro Aircraft CF-100 Mk 6. This desig- nation identifies the latest Avro CF-100 long-range all-weather fighter. It incor- porates the increased-span wings and horizontal tail introduced on the Mk 5 and has provision for carrying four Canadian- built Sperry Sparrow II air-to-air missiles. The latter missile was adopted when Canada's own Velvet Glove programme was discontinued. France Hurel Dubois HD.34. The first HD.34 intended for the Institut Geographique National made its first flight at Villacoublay on February 26. Fitted with two 1,500 h.p. Wright Cyclone engines it differs from the HD.32 transport in having a closed obser- vation station in the nose, a retractable nose undercarriage unit and special provision for photographic equipment. Eight of these aircraft are on order, and the first should be delivered during the second half of this year—several months ahead of schedule. S.E.210 Caravelle. The following pro- gress report on the Caravelle has been received from a French source: "Having completed its test flights at the CEV, on January 18, the S.E.210 Caravelle 02 hassince this date been in the hands of the decorators who are busy preparing it for itspresentation trip to America. The cabin is fitted out with grey carpets and its lightgrey ceiling will be lighted by two fluores- cent galleries. The 52 seats are separatedinto thirteen rows, four across, and are the The Polish BZ-4 Zuk four-seat helicopter, powered with a 320 h.p. WN-4 engine. Work on this machine began in 1953 and four pro- duction variants are now foreseen. colour of Provence tile. Each row of seatswill be provided with a loudspeaker placed next to the aeration orifices, behind a giltgrid. The soundproof and exceptional accoustical qualities of the Caravelle will beexploited to the maximum, since the music of Mozart will be played during the voyages.The separation panels between the cabin, the front hold and the washrooms andwardrobes, will provide excellent surfaces for masterpieces of art to be hung on eachside of the doors. Some of these canvases will depict France and others the countriesvisited. Thus, the Caravelle, which is a representative of French technique inforeign lands, will also be a symbol of good taste and art. The completely equippedplane will resume its flights on March 11 and will arrive at Orly around March 20." CANADAIR CL-2S ARGUS (Four WrightTurbo-Compound R-3350-MW) Span 142ft 4in Length 128ft 3in
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