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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 0661.PDF
ew Horizons INTO the back of beyond, over jungle, among cloud-swathed mountains, into precipitously perched grass clearings and out again, fly the Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer demonstrators. Day by day the possibilities of these sturdy, roomy STOLs from Prmst- wick are brought more and more to the notice of operators and local authorities. Pilots appreciate the Alvis Leonides engines— dependable, light for their power, and two in number; and they enthuse about handling. "The stall is rather a joke", wrote the Editor in one of his "In the Air" series ("Flight," November 25, 1955). "With take-off flap and no power, the Pioneer gets slower and slower and slower. Finally, with wheel on the back stop, It gives a slight shrug as If to say 'Since you insist', and then gently bows in submission, with wings level, and continues in its glide with the nose a few degrees lower." From recent tours and demonstrations come these pictures. Above, an idyllic scene at Long Atir, Sarawak. Left, the Shah of Persia at Teheran. Below, almost among the clouds at Santa Rita, Colombia. f. w*
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