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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1072.PDF
FLIGHT U.S.A. Corvuair £-58. Fifty different versions ofpods for the B-58 Hustler supersonic bomber (reports Aviation Week) have beenstudied thus far. The possibility is men- tioned of a powerplant being carried in apod to increase speed—already in the vicinity of Mach 2. The power unit couldbe a turbojet, ramjet or rocket. When range is a primary factor the pod couldcarry fuel. In the present configuration both fuel and bomb space are provided.Electronic counter-measures or cameras are other possible contents. Douglas AAD-2 Skyhawk. Althoughweighing only 8,300 1b empty and having a nominal gross weight of about 15,500 lb,the Skyhawk attack bomber has already been flown at a gross weight of more than22,000 lb. France Dassault Super Mystere IVB.2. OurGerman contemporary, Flug-Review, has published a report by German test pilotWolfgang Spate on a flight in the third prototype Mystere IVB.2 at Melun. Spategave very few details of performance except that he climbed to 42,700ft to starthis evaluation, found no transonic dis- turbances whatever, but failed to obtain anindication above Mach 1 on the level at a height of 27,300ft, with 1,320 lb of fuelremaining. He was told to try again between 38,000ft and 42,500ft, and afterzooming to the last-named height he reached nearly Mach 1.3 with ease. At thisspeed he said the aircraft felt "like a tourer at 135 m.p.h." Max Holste Broussard. The first threeBroussards for the French Navy should now have been delivered. Of a total of 316already on order for various customers, 60 have been accepted to date, of which 45are for the French Army. The first three of six for Aerotec have been accepted andwill be used for civil transport in Algeria. Two others, for Air Gabon, will bedelivered this month. The ten ordered by Argentina have already been shipped anda new order from that country is expected. Netherlands N.H.I. Kolibrie Helicopter. A picture onthis page shows the Kolibrie ramjet- powered helicopter with two multi-chamber rubber floats, developed by the N.H.I, engineering team and manufactured (Left) The float-equipped Kolibrie helicopter referred to on this page. (Above) A Fiat G-49 with Vampire 100-gal wing tanks, which is to tour North and South America this summer. AIRCRAFT INTELLIGENCE by R.F.D.-Holland, Ltd., at Katwijk.Test pilot R. J. van der Harten said, "On floats the craft's as stable as a battleship."The Kolibrie achieved notable success at the International Agricultural Exhibitionat Utrecht. Fitted with 49ft spray booms, it was shown mounted on a special trailer for road transport which also serves as aplatform for take-off and alighting. Four Kolibries have been ordered by the CentralAgricultural Bureau and by the Directorate Wieringermeer. The Kolibrie is claimedto lift more than twice its own weight and to offer twin-engine dependability. AVIATION TRADERS ACCOUNTANT (Two Rolls-Royce Dart 512) Span 82ft6in Length 62ft 1in
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