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1957
1957 - 1510.PDF
600 FLIGHT, 11 October I957 Business and Touring Aircraft . . . Nardi FN.333 The prototypes of this amphibianare being built by Fiat. As seen at the recent Paris Show the aircraft had tiny bullet-shapedretractable floats and a retractable nosewheel undercarriage. The engine is a Lycoming 240h.p. mounted to drive a pusher propeller. Con- struction is all-metal and the cabin seats threeor four. The tail is carried on two booms. Nardi S.A. Per Costruzioni Aeronautiche,Aero'pono Forlanini, Milan, Italy. Pasotti F.6 Airone Production versions of this veryclean-lined four-seat twin-engined aircraft have two Walter Minor 4s of 105 h.p. each, drivingvariable-pitch feathering propellers. More powerful American engines are in view. Inproduction aircraft all fuel is carried in per- manently attached tip-tanks. The Italian testpilot Vico Rosaspina reported on flying the prototype in Flight of July 13, 1956, anddeclared that after three circuits a pilot with only 100 hours' experience—none of it on twins—could manage the Airone. He concluded his report: "By virtue of the Airone's robustness,Stclio Frati has already produced definite designs for a jet-propelled version powered bytwo Turbomeca Palas. The only structural modification would be the use of a slightlythicker plywood skin on the wing which would bring the maximum permissible diving speedup to 340 m.p.h. Since the Airone has no pressure cabin it would probably cruise at13,000ft to 16,400ft using one engine only. Legnami Pasotti, Via Massimo d'Azeglio 6,Brescia, Italy. Piaggio P.149 This 4/5-seater is a development ofthe P. 148 military trainer. It has a nosewheel undercarriage and is powered with a LycomingGO-480 engine. Dual controls are standard and the notably clean canopy slides rearwards.P.136 This twin-engined amphibian (Lycom- ing GO-480 BIB) is being assembled and soldin the United States and Mr. Fred J. Bunyan reports in our contemporary Flying: "Thisis an interesting airplane, rugged, beautifully designed, well-powered, excellent in singleengine performance and easy to handle, even for me, on the water. I judge it will g.owpopular among those who have need for amphi- bious utility. It is apparently the only twinengine amphibian in its class now in the Ameri- can market," Piaggio and C, Via Antonio Cecchi 6, Genoa,Italy. SPAIN Hispano HA.231-R1 Development A fast executive orliaison aircraft based on the HA-200-R1 jet trainer is being developed. It will have apressurized, air-conditioned and soundproofed cabin. Initially this six-seater will have Mar-bore turbojets but the more powerful Gabizos may eventually be specified. Fuel will becarried in wing and wing-tip tanks. La Hispano Aviation S.A., Avenida JoseAntonio 7, Madrid, Spain. Piaggio P.136 (two Lycoming GO-480B1B). Below, Fuji LM-1 (Continental O-470-13A). NETHERLANDS Fokker : * • J ; Friendship The Fokker company presentsits executive de-luxe version of the Friendship transport (two Rolls-Royce Dart) in theseterms: "In the first instance the Fokker F.27 Friendship has been designed—and is nowbeing built in quantity in Holland and in the United States—as a modern twin-turbopropairliner for 32-40 passengers, to replace gradu- ally all over the world the now obsolescentaircraft of pre-war design. However, soon after the Friendship became known in internationalaviation, a g'owing interest was aroused in using this versatile aircraft also as an executivede-luxe airplane for chiefs of state—the Nether- lands Government has already ordered onefor the Royal Family—high-ranking govern- ment officials, directors of big industrial andcommercial enterprises, etc. For this Friend- ship de-luxe a special cabin layout has beendesigned in which 10-16 passengers can travel in a fast and very comfortable way. The flyingtime can pleasantly be spent in one of the three luxurious compartments: a conference-corner,a cabin with couches for taking a rest, or a 'cosy-corner' for a chat or game of bridge.Other cabin layouts can of course be made according to customer's requirements.. . . "The high-wing configuration and the largewindows ensure an unimpeded downward visi- bility for all passengers, and prevent that incon-venient reflection of sunlight on the wing, which is often experienced in low-wing aircraft. The Friendship combines an economical cruis-ing speed of 275 statute miles per hour with a low landing speed, the latter enabling the air-craft to be operated from smaller ail fields than those currently being used by aircraft of thesize and speed of the Friendship. . . ." The N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandsche Vlieg-tuigenfabriek Fokker, Schiphol-Zuid, Amster- dam, Holland. N.H.I, v---^. ' ; *-L: ' • Kolibrie H-3 This tiny one- or two-seaterhelicopter is particularly well suited to agri- cultural work. It can be operated, if required,from floats (as seen in the picture). Netherlands Helicopter Industry N.V.,Rotterdam Airport, Holland. Holland-Air HA-001 This Katwyk company is buildinga high-wing monoplane with under-wing spray tanks and 130 h.p. Lycoming engine. JAPAN Fuji LM-l Nikko Powered with a ContinentalO-470-13A engine, this is a 4/5-seater on the lines of the Beech Mentor, which type is alsoconstructed by the Fuji company. Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd., Naigai Build-ing, 18, Z-chome, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Below, N.H.I. Kolibrie H-3 (N.H.I, ramjets). Right, Fokker Friendship (Rolls-Royce Dart RDa.6).
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