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1957 - 1060.PDF
150 FORETASTE of a most important series of "Flight" articles on Soviet civil aviation is this picture of their author—Mr. Clive Jenkins—at the Kiev Voroshilov Civil Aviation College, where Soviet engineers are trained to degree standard. Mr. Jenkins is seen with the mighty turbojet which powers the Tu-104. He was the leader of a recently returned delegation from the Airways Section of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians. The thrust of the engine was quoted to Mr. Jenkins as 19,300 Ib and the overhaul life as 300 hr, though this last figure is "about to be sharply increased." In size, the unit compares with the de Havilland Gyron (pages 163-168 of this issue). FROM ALL QUARTERS ... imagine how it can be effective unless additional orders are placedfor aircraft to move the troops and especially their equipment, for which purpose the Beverley and its successors seem particularlysuitable. For financial reasons it is almost inevitable that R.A.F. Transport Command will be too small to deal with all the emer-gencies it may be called upon to meet, and it is therefore essential mat the Government should take steps to encourage commercialoperators, here at home, to use aircraft suitable for military purposes. "It should, however, be realized that military transport aircraft,if they are to be effective, must be suitable for dropping paratroops and heavy equipment and be able to operate from secondary air-fields as well as carry worthwhile payloads for long ranges. The present fleets of either the State corporations or the independentoperators cannot meet these requirements. "For these reasons, and because of the impending creation ofa Central Reserve, we have again put forward to the Service departments our proposals for the design and manufacture of aversion of the Beverley powered by four Rolls-Royce Tyne engines which could be in service by 1962, by which date conscriptionwill have ended and the need for mobility of the Central Reserve have become imperative." In a reference to the N.A.39 carrier-borne strike aircraft, Mr.Turner quotes the allusion in the recent Navy Estimates to "this formidable addition to the striking power of the Royal Navy,"and adds: "We have great hopes that it will become a most suc- cessful aircraft, and, moreover, it seems suitable for use with theRoyal Air Force, NATO and Commonwealth countries as either a land or ship-based bomber. We believe that in its class it willprove to be better than anything else in the world, and it is not without interest that as part of defence aid the United StatesGovernment is bearing some of the cost of development of the aircraft and will also provide a large amount of equipment, of atype not available in this country, to assist rapid and effective flight testing." The financial section of the chairman's statement shows thatafter all charges other than taxation the company's profit (to March 31, 1957) has passed the million-pound mark for the firsttime. After provision for income tax and profits tax the net figure is £514,356, as against £382,062 for the previous year.Growth of profits during the post-war period, the increasing net dividends paid, and the increasing sums retained annually"to finance the growth and diversification" of the company's activities, are lucidly illustrated by a graph—one of several in anattractively presented and well illustrated report. Anglo-French Radar Co-operation ' AN agreement has been announced by which the Compagnie•'*• Francaise Thomson-Houston (C.F.T.H.) and Decca Radar, Ltd., are to co-operate in the design and production of radarequipment for NATO air defence. The agreement also covers co-operation between Decca Radar and the C.F.T.H. subsidiarySociety Nouvelle d'Electronique in aerial systems developed by Societe R.B.V. Radio-Industrie. The result will be the com-bination of British radars with French aerial systems to produce high-performance equipment for both military defence and civilsurveillance. The electronic branch of C.F.T.H. now employs 6,000 people and is well known for both original design and efficient quantityproduction. Both at the recent Salon in Paris and two years ago, R.B.V.Radio-Industrie showed a feeder-horn system for a radar scanner which produced in effect a three-dimensional scan. This was pre-sented on two tubes in the form of plan-position and height- indicating displays. W indfinding Radar for Argentina FROM Decca Radar, Ltd., also comes news that the first ofa series of Decca windfinding radars for the Argentine National Meteorological Service has been received in BuenosAires. Designed for upper-air windfinding, these are claimed to be the only equipments of their type available in the world today.Those ordered 6y Argentina will be used to form a network of upper air windfinding stations able to provide data from heightsup to 100,000ft. Radio on Show AT their New Southgate, London, factory Standard Telephonesand Cables, Ltd., recently staged a private exhibition of their products, both aeronautical and general. Among importantair radio exhibits were the new V.O.R. high-precision ground beacon which will considerably increase the present accuracy(±5 deg) of normal V.O.R. systems. An extra aerial system is added to the beacon, a small additional "black box" in the aircraftbeing used to sense the more precise signals. Aircraft not so fitted can continue to use the simple V.O.R. facility. The new commutated antenna direction-finding aerial, probablythe most important development in this field since the Adcock aerial, was also shown in its U.H.F. version, comfortably givingC.R.D.F. V.H.F. bearings from London Airport control tower. The STARN-21 and STURN-3 air and ground elements ofTacan were shown, together with a comprehensive range of ground and air communications equipment for H.F. and V.H.F. wave-bands. The F.M.C.W. radar altimeter used for hundreds of suc- cessful blind landings at B.L.E.U., and a single-side-band radiosold against American competition in New York were displayed. "Flight", Missiles and Navaids IT is gratifying that continuing acclaim, by American and otherauthorities, of our special "Guided Missiles" number (December 7,1956) and of a companion issue dealing with FlyingAids (April 12, 1957) should still be accompanied by requests for additional copies and for permission to utilize subject-matter inofficial works of instruction and reference. Such was the demand for the "Guided Missiles" number that it was out of print withina few days of publication. In coverage of new missile and navigation techniques thisjournal can fairly claim to have established itself as the principal authority in this country; and very extensive newspaper and radio"quotes" in the U.S.A. are acknowledgments of ever-widening international acceptance. Recent "firsts" in the navaids field wereour description of the Marconi Doppler navigators (July 12, 1957) and the exclusive article on France's Radio Mailles (July 19,1957).To the many readers who have been so kind as to express approbation of these features we confidently promise more of alike nature in the months ahead. These are not merely in mind; they are clearly in view.
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