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1957
1957 - 1411.PDF
27 September 1957 501 FAST WORKER: Designed as a general-utility transport/trainer to cruise at over 500 m.p.h., the Lockheed CL-329 JetStar ten-seater is seen in this first air-to-air view. A somewhat similar statement, in the following terms, has been issued on behalf of Marcel Dassault: "The Light Tactical Fighter programme, since its conception, has always been an interallied project. It is also in this spirit of interallied co-operation that G.A.M.D. [Generate Aeronautique Marcel Dassault] has developed the integral European production for the Etendard VI and that the necessary agreements have been signed. In addition to Great Britain, represented by the Bristol Company, who will be supply- ing the jet engine chosen by interallied experts, Italy will take part in this production, since the Fiat company will participate in the series production of the Etendard VI. The newer German industry is already co-operating with G.A.M.D. in the realization of other aeronautical projects." Starring the Vulcan A FILM featuring the Avro Vulcan (the entry of which intoR.A.F. squadron service forms the subject of an article on pp. 502-505 of this issue) is now nearing completion at R.A.F. Waddington. Called High Endeavour and made by Martin Films, Ltd., it not only depicts Bomber Command crews on conversion courses and training for the bombing competition in the U.S.A. next month but also traces the long line of bomber aircraft made by A. V. Roe, Ltd., beginning with the Avro 504. The film (in Eastman colour) runs for 45 minutes and it is classified "secret"; but Mr. John Martin, managing director of Martin Films, Ltd., hopes later to make a version for public showing with the classified portions omitted. Civil Trials of Doppler Navigators AT a public demonstration of their new civil PC-221A Doppler• radar last week, General Precision Laboratories, Inc., announced that a Pan American DC-7 would carry the equip- ment experimentally over the North Atlantic from October 15 onwards. The PC-221A, superseding the earlier-announced PC-201 Radan, is a modification of the military AN/PN-102 and has a combined aerial/receiver/transmitter unit weighing 36 lb. The frequency tracker is housed in a i ATR case; and this and the groundspeed and drift indicator and control panel bring the total weight up to 89 1b. The company estimates the cost at $25,000. PC-221A has 74 sub-miniature valves, with both soldered and pinned bases. Airline valve requirements may cause a change, possibly to transistorization. Arinc issued a specification for a purely civil Doppler navigator in July, and this is expected to be finalized in November. Both Canadian Marconi and Bendix Radio are preparing Doppler equip- ment for civil use, the former company using continuous-wave techniques, a fixed aerial and voltages lower than most so far announced. Early British Marconi Dopplers use pulse radar, while the Decca equipment (reported in America to bear the military code-name Yellow Lemon) uses a long pulse system. The Ryan Aeronautical Company has made successful tests with THREE MUSKETEERS, who live as much by thrust as did Athos, Porthos and Aramis themselves, are these pilots of the de Havilland Engine Co., responsible for the development flying, in two Canberras, of the Spectre rocket and Gyron Junior turbojet. (Their co-ordinated demonstrations at Farnborough were carried through with true Dumas dash), R. to L.; i. M. Nicholson (chief test pilot), R. Plenderleith and M. C. Muir. its improved automatic navigator which is presumably of the Doppler kind. Called Model 108 (replacing the earlier Model 103), the equipment is installed in an L-20 Beaver, gives groundspeed, drift and position co-ordinates, and computes course and distance to a preset destination. It is lighter than earlier models and can operate at heights above 23,000ft. Thor Launch? • ' v."--;^>-v.-y/".-..s:'.,: ^;- A LARGE missile fired from the U.S.A.F. base on Cape Cana- **• veral, Florida, on September 20 is generally believed to have been a Thor, of 1,500 mile range. Should this have been the case, the launch would have been the first successful firing of this weapon. Among the spectators was Deputy Defense Secretary Donald A. Quarles. Mach 2 Before Take-off * A ROCKET-SLED weighing 9,400 lb at the start has reachedr *- a speed of 2,60Oft/sec (1,800 m.p.h. or Mach 2) on the 12,000ft-long SMART track on the Hurricane Mesa plateau in Utah. The vehicle was not arrested and flew for li miles after leaving the track, which ends at the lip of the cliff. Swedish Jindiviks . - TVTINE Jindivik pilotless drones have now been shipped to J-^ Sweden from the Government Aircraft Factory in Australia. Control equipment and spares are also involved, and Swedish and Australian technical teams are exchanging visits. The first of a batch of ten was sent in January. The D.H. Strike AS the result of a meeting last Sunday at the Ministry of Labour• under the Chief Industrial Commissioner, Sir Wilfred Neden, the proposed ban on handling" de Havilland components at London Airport—in support of the strike by about 1,600 D.H. draughts- men and planning engineers who are claiming an extra week's holiday with pay—has been suspended until next Sunday. But the strike (which started on September 16) spread when joined last Monday by 1,500 supervisors and inspectors, a move which —it was claimed—would bring to a standstill all D.H. factories. In a statement issued before the Ministry of Labour talks began, de Havillands said that reports by the Unions that the company had refused to negotiate were "quite untrue." . . Selling the E.P.9 JUST back from his sales tour of Australasia in the EdgarPercival E.P.9 agricultural aircraft G-APAD is Mr. Beverley Snook. During his three months in the Commonwealth he visited every one of its cities and carried 353 passengers on 323 flights, some 200 of which were special demonstrations; his air mileage was around 18,000. "The E.P.9 attracted exceptional interest in both Australia and New Guinea," he reports, "and orders were placed for ten aircraft, with further prospects for at least another 20 in the very near future." The demonstration aircraft was purchased by an operator in New South Wales, and should by now be busy on top-dressing work. Recent Appointments AMONG appointments which have recently been announced• are those of Mr. Eric H. Smith, D.C.Ae., Grad. R.Ae.S., Grad. IMech.E, as chief technician, Baynes Aircraft Interiors, Ltd.. Langley; of Mr. P. E. G. Bates as commercial manager of Bristol Aircraft, Ltd., in succession to Mr. F. E. Davey, who has retired from that position; and of Mr. J. A. Airey and Mr. J. B. Waite as sales manager, guided weapons, and technical sales liaison officer, guided weapons, respectively, following a reorganization of the sales division of de Havillarid Propellers, Ltd Further reference to the Bristol and de HavUlaad changes be made in our next issue.
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