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1957
1957 - 1009.PDF
GUN PORTS in England's wooden walls bespoke our seo-power in the brave old days. Even now the Royal Navy is not without them, as witness this new picture of the Vickers-Supermarine Scimitar carrier-borne fighter/bomber (two Rolls-Royce Avon), wherein the blast channels and ports for the four 30 mm Aden guns are much in evidence. Formidable combinations of armament stores and tanks can be carried externally. tions were given. It was taken next to Algiers and there examinedand demonstrated for three days, some 48 people being given flights in one hectic two-hour period, when the aircraft wasoperating from a 200 yd x 80 yd parking area. With full tanks and the pilot and five passengers the E.P.9 took off consistently in105 yd and landed in about 60 yd. From Algiers the aircraft went to Bone, where it was demon-strated at two airfields (during all this time cruising at 11 gal/hr); it was next taken to Tunis and then to Cagliari, Sardinia, for anight-stop before returning to England via Lyons. Transcontinental CrusaderO N July 16 a U.S. Navy Crusader piloted by Maj. John Glennof the Marine Corps flew from Los Alamitos in California to Floyd Bennett Field, New York—a distance of 2,460 miles—in3 hr 23 min 8.4 sec, an average speed of 726 m.p.h. This time was 21 minutes less than the transcontinental record set up byLt-Col. Robert Scott on March 10,1955, when he flew a Republic F-84F Thunderstreak from Los Angeles to New York in3 hr 44 min 53 sec—later confirmed as a record by the National Aeronautic Association. Maj. Glenn's aircraft (one of two Crusaders which set out, theother having to land at Albuquerque, New Mexico owing to in-flight refuelling difficulties) was refuelled three times duringthe flight, which was carried out mainly at 35,000ft and at a top speed of "a little over 1,000 m.p.h." Rockets and Satellites LAST week's three-day symposium on high-altitude and satellite' rockets, held jointly by the Royal Aeronautical Society, the British Interplanetary Society and the College of Aeronautics atCranfield, attracted some 150 specialists, from nine countries, interested in various aspects of the field. Ten papers were pre-sented, and an exhibition, to which the public was admitted, was held concurrently with the symposium. Among the contributions which attracted wide interest were adescription by Mr. W. H. Stephens (R.A.E., Farnborough) of the Skylark rocket sponsored by the I.G.Y. Gassiot Committee anddesigned and developed by the R.A.E.; details, given by Mr. Milton Rosen (U.S. Naval Research Laboratoiy) of the three-stagevehicles constructed to lift the 20in, 20 lb Vanguard satellites into their orbits; and opinions on future developments in propulsion, byDr. R. L. Shepherd (A.E.R.E., Harwell). Prof. Boris Petrov, of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, described the Russian I.G.Y.programme, saying that both sounding rockets and satellite vehicles would be used. The rockets would be fired from twozones in the U.S.S.R. and from Antarctica, to a total number of 125 during 1957-58; and the satellites would be launched at a smallangle to the meridian so that in due course they would pass over the entire surface of the Earth, except for the central polar regions. Papers dealing with the various aspects of the problem of bring-ing vehicles back to the Earth's surface also caused considerable interest, Dr. W. G. Hilton (Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft) speak-ing of gliders which, with high induced drag and negative lift, would fly "upside-down" with respect to the surface and skip inand out of the atmosphere. We hope to publish summaries of a number of the papers, andnotes on the exhibition, in next week's issue. In Australia, the Department of Supply is currently holding anI.G.Y. exhibition, and among the exhibits is Skylark, the 100-mile rocket, and the HARP rockoon. The latter, which is to be liftedto about nine miles by a 12,000 cu ft plastic balloon and fired by remote control to reach about 60 miles, has a body made of glass-reinforced plastic by the special projects division of the Australian Fairey Company. Helicopter Association Presidency """THE Helicopter Association announces the election of Col. J. W.•*• Richardson as chairman in succession to Dr. G. S. Hislop, who now becomes vice-chairman. Dr. H. Roberts succeeds Col.Richardson as hon. secretary. Flying Training Command Entertains GARDEN PARTIES, aeronautical and otherwise, are still verymuch a part of the traditional English scene—and still at the mercy of traditional English weather. When the A.O.C-in-C. andofficers of Flying Training Command H.Q. gave their annual gar- den party at Shinfield Park, near Reading, last Saturday, the daywas beset by terrific and frequent rainstorms; but fortunately a clear patch not only made the function possible but also allowedAir Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley to receive his guests on the lawn; it even permitted the customary cricket and tennis matches.A new feature of the party this year was the beating of the retreat by the apprentices' pipe band (commanded by W/O. F. E. W.Bailey) from No. 1 School of Technical Training, Halton. Aerobatics at Croydon "DRILLIANCE in aerobatics was demonstrated by the Czecho--" slovak team at Croydon on Sunday, July 14, following their success at the Baginton meeting on the previous two days. Theoccasion was an At Home organized by the Surrey Flying Club and the Association of British Aero Clubs, and the stars of the daywere undoubtedly Vilem Krysta, Miloslav Prikryl and Karel Krenc in their trim Zlin Akrobats. In between the rain-showers, the air traffic controllers inCroydon tower looked down on the bellies of each of the Akrobats in turn as, inverted, the agile Czechs cavorted past the terminalbuilding. Outside loops, outside turns and outside circuits were included in a sparkling performance. Each pilot was superb. Indi-vidual demonstrations by each of the three were followed by a double-act by Prikryl and Krenc, ending in an exhilarating acro-batic tailchase. The Czechoslovak contribution also included a stylish display by Jiri Blaha in the Super Aero. The afternoon's programme contained items by the TigerClub; C. A. Nepean Bishop and P. Langstone (solo Tiger aero- batics); the Airways Aero Club (Chipmunk formation display);Surrey Flying Club; an E.P.9 flown by Edgar Percival, and a four-seat Jackaroo flown by Lt-Cdr. C. P. Shea-Simonds. -..•....;'•.- jr..: •-..
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