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1957
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I 29 March 1957 397 UKRAINA: Named after the Russian province in which it was designed and built, Antonov's AN-10 is a 120,000 Ib machine de- signed for operation from short, unprepared strips. It is powered by four 4,000 h.p. turboprops and uses a wing similar to that of the twin-engined AN-8. The "Flight" three-view draw- ing is provisional; a de- scription appears on p. 425. triplane, Perch naval trainer, Pike deck-landing bomber/recon-naissance aircraft, Peto submarine-borne reconnaissance machine, Plover fleet fighter, Pixie light aircraft, two types of autogiro, andthe Imp private-owner biplane. Such was the outlook for the British aircraft industry inNovember 1929 that Mr. Chaplin left Parnall to join Bolas in the U.S.A. The move, however, coincided with the Wall Street sub-sidence, and in April 1930 he returned to join the Fairey company as senior draughtsman. He worked on the Firefly intercepterbiplane, the S.9/30, the G.4/31, the Battle, the Albacore and the Firefly naval monoplane. When the Firefly I was completed, in1943, he was given charge of a project design team. He produced several ideas in connection with full-span flaps and investigatedthe problems of building laminar-flow wings. His, likewise, was a scheme for fitting two engines in tandem, with shaft drive toindependent halves of co-axial propellers—an idea that materialized in the Armstrong Siddeley Double Mamba for the Gannet. In1947 the Navy's "mat-landing" scheme prompted him to propose the vertical launching of a twin-Avon fighter. Although the AirMinistry were interested, they were concerned at the cost, and Mr. Chaplin then proposed a "pilot" project, using a single Nene.This idea eventually materialized as the F.D.I, with a Derwent. Thereafter Fairey were asked to study supersonic flight, and Mr.Chaplin was a leading member of the team which produced the record-holding F.D.2. New Djinn Record LAST Friday, March 22, a Sud-Aviation Djinn helicopter' (Turbomeca Palouste turbine), flown by Jean Dabos with Jean Castagne as engineer, reached 8,482 m (27,829ft)—subject to offi-cial homologation, a world record for rotary-wing machines. The previous best figure was 26,744ft by an Alouette. Hunting's Royal Visitor ON March 12 Prince Philip visited the Hunting Group's threesurvey and development companies at Elstree. Accompanied by his equerry, S/L. H. M. Chinnery, he was welcomed at noon bythe group chairman, Mr. P. LI. Hunting, the chairman, Mr. C. P. M. Hunting, and the managing director, Mr. F. L. Wills.Prince Philip toured the laboratories of Hunting Aerosurveys and examined a display of airborne mineral survey equipmentused by Hunting Geophysics and Hunting Technical Services. This included the magnetometer for sub-surface geological struc-ture mapping; the electromagnetic detector, employed for the direct detection of conducting sulphide ore bodies; and the scin-tillation counter, used in surveys for radioactive ores. He then inspected the newly opened laboratories and watched work inprogress (including photogeological interpretation, and the reduc- tion and interpretation of airborne geophysical data). AN-10: Estimated dimensions: span, 141ft: length, 119ft: height to fin top on ground, 37ft 6in; track between main legs, 16ft 6in. Approximate gross weight, 120,000 Ib. Avro Canada Acquire P.S.C. SIMULTANEOUS announcements in London and Toronto on" Thursday of last week gave the news that PSC Applied Research, Ltd., of Toronto, have been acquired from the HuntingCanadian Group by A. V. Roe, Canada. PSC, specialists in electrical and mechanical instrumentsprimarily of aeronautical application, were founded some six years ago and have two factories in Toronto. Apart from such air-survey equipment as cameras, magnetometers and airborne profile- recorders, and a variety of missile equipment, perhaps their bestknown product is the R-Theta computer now in quantity produc- tion for the R.C.A.F. More Indian Austers A FURTHER quantity of Auster A.O.P.9 light observation air-**• craft is to be supplied to the Indian Government. The order, which, including spares, exceeds £250,000, follows the supply lastyear of ten similar machines. The new A.O.P.9s will serve both with the Indian Air Force and Army. Burtonwood|Not Closing CONTRARY to a report from Washington (Flight, March 1)the U.S. Air Force is not going to close down its Northern Air Materiel Area depot at Burtonwood, Lanes. All that is happen-ing is that administrative and field supervisory responsibilities for Europe are being concentrated at Central A.M.A., Chateauroux,France. This is a "paper" change only. Miles HDM.107 ALTHOUGH F. G. Miles, Ltd., of Shoreham Airport, have•**• made no announcement regarding the HDM.107, certain details of this promising project have leaked out in America. Basically the 107 is an advanced, higher-performance derivativeof the HDM.106, with a slight increase in dimensions and weights. Powered by two Lycoming T53 turboprops, each rated at 808s.h.p., the 107 is intended to lift 15 passengers or 3,000 lb. of freight out of modest fields. It is currently being evaluated bythe U.S. Army as an assault transport. The published data include the following: span, 80ft; length,38ft 6in; height, 16ft; freight volume, 563 cu ft; empty weight, 4,940 lb; gross weight, 9,500 lb; fuel capacity, 360 U.S. gal (300Imp. gal); sea-level climb, 4,170ft/min (or l,490ft/min with one engine out); level cruise at 54 per cent rated power, 173 m.p.h. ELECTRONIC METERING: A. Cdre. N. A. Tait, O.B.E., Director of Aircraft Engineering, Air Ministry, is seen (right) with Mr. Stanley Goss, general sales manager of Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., on a recent visit to the company's Treforest works. The air commodore inspected the new Simmonds electronic flowmeter, specified for the Sea Vixen and Scimitar and for retrospective installation in Sea Venoms and a number of other aircraft.
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