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1957 - 1410.PDF
500 FROM ALL QUARTERS FLIGHT PESKY NUISANCE: "Horsefly" « the straight translation of the name "Taon," borne by this Breguet entry for the NATO light strike- fighter contest (see this page and page 517). Note the newly grown underfin on this busi- ness-like Orpheus-powered single-seater. First Avro Arrow ]W"EXT Friday, October 4, the first Arrow CF-105 to leave the-*•" assembly shops of Avro Aircraft, Ltd., Malton, Ont., is due to be "unveiled" by the Canadian Minister of National Defence,the Hon. George R. Pearkes, V.C., at a ceremony which will be attended by some 2,000 people, representative of the Government,the Services, industry and labour. The CF-105, which is the first supersonic aircraft to have beendesigned and manufactured in Canada, will go to the flight test hangar at Malton after next Friday's ceremony for its extensivepre-fiight test programme. Canada-U.S. Visit by C.A.S. ON Wednesday, Air Chief Marshal Sir Dermot Boyle, Chief ofthe Air Staff, was due to leave London Airport by Comet 2 of R.A.F. Transport Command—flying via Keflavik and Ganderto Uplands, near Ottawa—for a visit to Canada and the U.S.A. as a guest of the R.C.A.F. and the U.S.A.F. In Canada, he is to have discussions with the Canadian C.A.S.,Air Marshal Hugh Campbell, and members of the R.C.A.F. Air Council. He will also visit Air Defence Command H.Q. at St.Hubert, Montreal, and the Avro Aircraft and Orenda factories. On September 29 Sir Dermot is due to fly to Westover A.F.B.,Mass, and at the invitation of Gen. Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff of the U.S.A.F., will spend a fortnight in the U.S.A., return-ing to this country by R.A.F. Comet on October 13. Royal DC-7C A DC-7C, chartered from B.O.A.C. by the Government, is tobe used by die Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on their journey to Canada and for their return from the U.S.A. nextmonth. Commenting upon this decision to use an American air- craft, an M.T.C.A. announcement stated: "It had been hoped touse a long-range Britannia, but B.O.A.C. have only just taken delivery of their first aircraft of this type and there will not betime to complete the necessary programme of proving flights across the North Atlantic and the training of crews. Any othertype of aircraft for these journeys would require one or possibly two refuelling stops en route, which owing to the weather condi-tions at that time of the year might involve appreciable delays." Arrangements concerning details of the flight have not beencompleted, but it is intended that the DC-7C should fly from London to Uplands non-stop. The journey time will be about13 hours and the aircraft should arrive at 4.30 p.m. on October 12. S.A.C. Bombing Competition T\ETAILS have just been published of U.S.A.F. participation-•-'in Operation Longshot, the Strategic Air Command bombing, navigation and reconnaissance competition next month in whichtwo Vulcans and two Valiants of R.A.F. Bomber Command are taking part. The S.A.C. is putting up 86 aircraft—66 B-47s, ten B-36s andten B-52s. All the medium bombers concerned (including the R.A.F. team) will operate from Pinecastle A.F.B., Florida, anddie twenty "heavies" from Carswell A.F.B., Fort Worth, Texas. Pinecastle is the base for one of the B-47 wings taking part, the321st, commanded by Col. Michael McCoy. An almost legendary figure in the U.S.A.F., Col. McCoy led the first mass flight ofB-47s to Fairford in Gloucestershire during 1953; and during the war, when serving with the R.C.A.F., he survived a jump from aSpitfire at 2,000ft when his parachute failed to open and he landed in a deep snowdrift. When the pilots of the competing B-47s from the 321st Wing take off they will clench a fist and cry "charge," following Col.McCoy's procedure which has been adopted by the wing—a com- bination of the clenched mailed fist (badge of the S.A.C.) andTeddy Roosevelt's famous charge. Each wing of the S.A.C. can enter two aircraft, and there arethus 43 wings represented. As one U.S.A.F. officer put it, the competition is "as keen as the Olympics and as full of suspense,drama and sheer excitement as the World Series." NATO Autumn Exercises AIRCRAFT of R.A.F. Coastal Command, of the Fleet Air Arm,• of the U.S.A.F. and U.S. Navy, of the R.C.A.F. and of French, Dutch and Norwegian Air Forces are participating withNaval forces in NATO exercises which began on September 18 in the North and Mid-Atlantic ("Strikeback," "Seawatch" and"Fendoff") and the Channel ("Standfirm"). These exeroises last ten days and end tomorrow. They are under the overall controlof Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S.N., Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. R.A.F. Shackletons, operating from bases in Cornwall,Northern Ireland, Scotland, Portugal and Gibraltar, in the first 72 hours carried out over 200,000 square miles of ocean search. The NATO Contest AT Bretigny, near Paris, on September 18, test pilots from Great**• Britain, the U.S.A., France and Italy (a picture appears on page 517) began their evaluation of five prototypes entered for theNATO lightweight strike-fighter contest. It is hoped that a deci- sion will be reached by mid-November and that production modelswill be coming forward two years later. Brig-Gen. R. G. Brohon (French Air Force), one of the Allied advisers on the project, hassaid that "needs could besstimated at approximately 5,000 planes." Asked if the Folland Gnat was among the ten aircraft for whichtenders were originally put forward, Col. John J. Driscoll, U.S.A.F., said that it was, but that it had been found that it "did not quitemeet SHAPE requirements." It had been built, he said, as an all-purpose aircraft, with emphasis on interception, and SHAPEbelieved that the day of the all-purpose aircraft was over. Col. Driscoll added that it was hoped that many NATO countrieswould participate in the construction of the type finally chosen. Tactical trials will be the responsibility of a committee headedby German Air Force Colonel K. Kuhmley, described as "one of die Luftwaffe's leading tactical officers." Price of productionaircraft is expected to be between £36,000 and £72,000. Of the five prototypes entered, three have been built withNATO funds. These are the Fiat G-91, Breguet 1001 Taon, and Marcel Dassault Etendard VI—all powered with the BristolOrpheus lightweight turbojet. Entered as private ventures are the S.E.5OO3 Baroudeur (which takes off, lands and taxis on skids)and the Marcel Dassault Etendard IV. Both these machines have a SNECMA Atar. Of the individual entries, the Fiat G-91 has already been orderedinto pre-production to the extent of 27 aircraft. Concerning the Breguet Taon, the following announcement has been issued: "Witha view towards starting die production . . . under the best pos- sible conditions, the Breguet company has studied the productionpossibilities available in Europe and, subject to approval by the respective governments, has already reached industrial agreements.In Germany, the Breguet company has come to an agreement with the Dornier company for the production of all or part of theBreguet 1001. . . . The company is also prepared to enlist the co-operation of Great Britain and Italy to a large degree, and:to this purpose has already begun preliminary discussions. Wi;h regard to the Benelux countries, the Br£guet company already h«san industrial agreement with the Fokker company."
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