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266 FLIGHT, 28 February 1958 HERE AND THERE Viper to Farandole THE turbojet derived by Marcel Dassaultfrom the Armstrong Siddeley Viper and formerly known as the R.7 is now calledthe Farandole, and is specified for the Dassault Mdditerranee light executivetransport (Flight, February 14, page 195). Thrust is quoted as 3,000 lb. Captains in the Making ON Saturday, March 8, in its "I want tobe ..." series, the B.B.C. is dealing with the training and work of an airline pilot.Made with the co-operation of B.O.A.C., the feature will include recordings made atLondon Airport and on the flight deck of a Britannia 102 between London, Khar-toum and Aden. More T.I Is for SwedenA CONTRACT has been signed by the Royal Swedish Air Board for 12 VampireT.ll fuselages to be manufactured by the de Havilland Chester factory and completedas aircraft in Sweden. Sweden ordered her •first Vampires in January 1946; since thena large number of Vampires and Venoms have been delivered to the Royal SwedishAir Force, and Ghosts and Goblins have been manufactured under licence bySvenska Flygmotor. Heinkel Aero-engines FOLLOWING its licence agreement withthe Dundalk Engineering Co., under which machinery is to be transferred to this Irishconcern, the Heinkel company in Stuttgart is to cease making "bubble cars" and de-vote the increased factory space available to the production, repair and maintenanceof aircraft engines. Heinkel will continue to make scooters. Helicopter Talk AN illustrated talk on Helicopters andtheir Uses in Africa is to be given by Mr. Leonard Thornhill (of Westland Aircraftsales department) to the London Society of Air Britain at Caxton Hall, London,S.W.I, at 7 p.m. on March 5. Visitors are welcomed. Cushioned Recovery SHOWN in the accompanying photographis the recovery system which, as mentioned in our "Missiles" number of December 6,has been developed by the Martin Com- pany for test or training firings of theTM-76 Mace. The system, which is fitted in place of the warhead, consists ofthree 100ft parachutes and two neoprene- coated nylon fabric air cushions, the lattermade by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber RETRACTABLE SKIS have been designed by Auster and fitted to this AOP.6. The skis are all-metal and have a Bakelite under-skin to stop freezing and cut down snow drag. Co. Recovery procedure begins with thethrottling back of the missile's turbojet to 60 per cent power and the ejection of adrag chute. At 2,500ft the main parachutes are deployed and nearer the ground theair cushions are inflated. On contact, re- lease valves allow a partial escape of air inorder to reduce shock loads and to minimize the risk of the cushions burst-ing. The cushions, which are highly stressed and heat resistant, are re-usable.This principle of recovery was pioneered by de Havilland Engines, for rocket motors. Good Reading READERS interested in the respectivefields covered by two of Flight's associated journals may like to be reminded of specialnumbers shortly to appear: next Wednes- day, March 5, Amateur Photographer ispublishing its annual Outdoor Number; and on the following day The Motor Cycle. Spring Number and Buyers' Guide will be on sale. Chelsea College Film ACTIVITIES of students training at theChelsea College of Aeronautical and Auto- mobile Engineering form the subject of aten-minute documentary film intended for exhibition throughout the world and re-cently shown to the Press in London. With the title Chelsea College, the film traces theprogress of students in each of the Col- lege's three main departments—aircraft,automobile and agricultural engineering. At the present time, there are 401 studentsat the College, of whom 173 are from foreign countries, 137 from the Common-wealth, and 91 from the United Kingdom, Principal of the College is Mr. J. A. C.Williams, M.Sc, A.F.R.Ae.S. LETTING DOWN: A Matador descends (right) with the aid of the cushioned-recovery system described in a news-item above. SITTING UP: S/L f. G. Franklin, A.W.A. chief test pilot, is seen below after clearing one of the 68 Sea Hawks now being delivered to the German Navy. Technicians from the Focke-Wulf factory at Bremen (where the aircraft will be maintained) are at present undergoing courses at the A.W.A. works; pilots are to convert at Lossiemouth.
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