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1958
1958 - 0188.PDF
198 FLIGHT, 14 February 1958 HERE AND THERE French Air Refuelling FOR the first time a French jet aircraftwas refuelled in flight when, recently, a Sud-Aviation Vautour made successfulcontact with a Canberra operated by Flight Refuelling, Ltd. Nuclear-Powered Carrier WORK on the construction of the world'sfirst nuclear-powered aircraft carrier began in earnest on February 4, when her keelwas laid at Newport, Virginia. Costing $314m (nearly £112m), she is scheduledfor completion in 1961. Eight reactors will power the carrier, which will be able tocruise for two years without refuelling. Twin-Engined Flea RUSSIA'S An-14 Pchelka(Flea) light twin-engined aircraft is to be mass-produced, according to a report from Moscow. Carry-ing 6-8 passengers, it is intended for use as a short-range air taxi, and also forfreighting, agricultural and ambulance work. Performance figures are said toinclude 31 m.p.h. stalling speed; 145 m.p.h. top speed; and 165-2OOft landing distance. Improved Jindivik ACCORDING to an American report, theGovernment Aircraft Factories at Fisher- men's Bend, Melbourne, are developing animproved version of the Jindivik target air- craft. In addition to the ArmstrongSiddeley Viper turbojet the new model will have a small liquid-propellant rocket motor(possibly by Napier) which will give an operational altitude of some 70,000ft.Increased ceiling is regarded as more important than supersonic speed. Last Farewell to Heinkel AT a service in memory of Dr. ErnstHeinkel, attended by officials, factory workers and friends of the famous de-signer, aircraft flew overhead in salute. General Josef Kammhuber, Inspector-General of the West German Air Force, said that Heinkel's name would "always NIPPER is the name conferred by Mr. E. O. Tips, Avions Fairey managing director, on his company's new 365 Ib monoplane, powered by a Volkswagen engine. Designed for kit con- struction, the Nipper will sell at $1,000, will cruise at 66 m.p.h. and have a range of 187 miles. A Belgian Air Force Hunter gives scale in this picture from Gosselies. be associated with the development of theold and new Luftwaffe." An appreciation of Dr. Heinkel by Mr. A. R. Weyl appearson page 204 of this issue. POWER-LINE sur- vey and mainten - ance in Northern Japan will be the duty of a new West- land Widgeon re- cently taken over by Mr. K. Ishizaki, seen above with Westland test pilot Derek Col- sin. The Widgeon will supplement two Dragonflies. FRANKOCOPTER: So designated is this new West German heli- copter, built by Bodo Franke of Cologne. A three-seater, it has a 105 h.p. engine driv- ing two 25ft co-axial rotors. A price of DM.65,000 (£5J50) is forecast. Austrian Executive Aircraft AN executive aircraft powered by two Lycoming engines is being designed by the Austrian concern Simmering-Graz- Panker, A.G., and is to make its first flight at the end of this year. President for Avro Subsidiary MR. J. A. MORLEY, vice-president (salesand service) of Avro Aircraft, Ltd., Toronto, has been elected to serve as president ofAvro Aircraft Services, Ltd. Mr. J. L. Plant (Avro Aircraft executive vice-presi-dent) has been appointed a director of this European subsidiary, which, establishedlast year, provides assistance to the Belgian Air Force in the maintenance of its CF-100aircraft. From Rockets to Waves THE discussion on meteorological aspectsof rockets and satellites announced by the Royal Meteorological Society for its meet-ing on February 19 has been cancelled. In its place two papers will be read and dis-cussed: Airflow over a Ridge—Effects of Upper Boundary and High-level Condi-tions, by G. A. Corby and J. S. Sawyer; and A Numerical Study of Wavelength andAmplitude of Lee Waves, by C. E. Walling- ton and J. Portnall. CL-28 Simulator Contract A CONTRACT for the design and manu-facture of an operational flight trainer for the CL-28 has been awarded to CanadianAviation Electronics, Ltd., by the R.C.A.F. The same company is also producing adesign-study for a tactical procedure trainer to be used in radar and weapons systemtraining. They have already supplied simu- lators for R.C.A.F. CF-lOOs and recentlycompleted a DC-6B simulator for C.P.A.— the first commercial-aircraft simulator to bebuilt in Canada. Helicopter Delivery RECENTLY W. S. Shackleton Ltd., thewell-known London firm of aircraft agents, sold their first helicopter, a Bristol 171Sycamore. Ordered by Williamsons Dia- monds Ltd., it was flown out by BristolFreighter to their diamond mine at Mwadui, Tanganyika, after its Certificateof Airworthiness had been renewed by Bristols. The Freighter used was one beingoffered for sale by W. S. Shackleton on behalf of M. Boussac, the French racehorseowner.
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