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1958
1958 - 0392.PDF
408 FLIGHT FROM ALL QUARTERS ALIZE ALIGHTS: Like the Fouga C.M.170M Magister Marine, the Breguet 1050 Aiize anti-submarine aircraft (Rolls-Royce Dart 521) was put through simulated deck trials at R.A.E. Bedford. Both types then completed qualification from H.M.S. "Eagle," here seen accepting an Alize off the Riviera coast. Premier on Nuclear Weapons TN his Parliamentary statement on March 18 about the carrying•*• of nuclear weapons by aircraft flying over the United Kingdom die Prime Minister said that these were only carried on specialoperational exercises or on training exercises when it was neces- sary to move the weapons with their aircraft from one airfield toanother. Bombs carried on such exercises were never ready for instantaneous use, and arming them required an elaborate pro-cedure by the crew. In answer to questions, Mr. Macmillan said that to prohibit thecarrying of these weapons would limit the value of the work done in training. Dummy bombs were used so far as possible; but itwas necessary for air and ground crews to handle real but unarmed bombs in exercises so that they could do the job efficiently. In a recent statement about U.S.A.F. aircraft carrying nuclearweapons on flights over Canadian territory the Canadian Minister of National Defence, Mr. George R. Pearkes, said that "on certainoccasions" B-47s and B-52s of Strategic Air Command had carried out training flights over Canadian territory with nuclear weaponsaboard; but these flights took place only with the express and prior permission of the Canadian Government in each instance.Only in situations of immediate danger and grave emergency would aircraft armed with nuclear weapons fly over Canadian territoryunder present Canada-U.S.A. defence agreements. RA.29 Approved for Civil Operation '"PHE Rolls-Royce Avon RA.29 has been given full normal-•*• category approval by the A.R.B. for use in civil aircraft. Rated at 10,500 lb thrust, it was tested in accordance with the require-ments of the combined U.S./U.K. civil type-test schedule, and will power the de HaviUand Comet 4 ordered by B.O.A.C. (see p. 420),the Comet 4B for B.E.A. and the Sud-Aviation Carayelle ordered by Air France, S.A.S., Varig, Finnair and Air Algerie. RA.29s operated by B.O.A.C. in Comet 2Es scheduled betweenLondon and Beirut Flight, October 4 last) have been examined by the A.R.B. at 250 and 500 hr, and at 750 hr (which is the presentauthorized overhaul life for the Comet 2E engines); further trials have been authorized up to 1,000 hr. During the whole of theoperation to date there has been one premature engine removal, which was due to a failure of an auxiliary unit. Boscombe Down's Future TWO disquieting statements were made at the annual aircraftcontractors' dinner at the Aeroplane and Armament Experi- mental Establishment, Boscombe Down, last week. Air ChiefMarshal Sir Claude Pelly, Controller of Aircraft, M.o.S., said that there would be a great deal of work for the Establishment for the next two-and-a-half to three years; after that, its energiesmight be turned to the testing of civil aircraft. The shock of last year's White Paper had, nevertheless, resulted in a more forcefuland sensible approach to manned aircraft. Mr. C. F. Uwins, managing director of the Bristol AeroplaneCompany, said that unless orders were placed soon the industry would be paralysed and would not be able to recover. Policymight be dictated by geography and finance, but some decision was needed soon; both the R.A.E. and the A. and A.E.E. would"become monoliths" unless something were done. Forty-Four Years, of Design A SOUVENIR book, pos-**• sibly unique in artistic merit and entitled This IsYour Life, has been presented to Mr. George Stannard, onhis retirement from Vickers- Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd.,after 44 years of service. It was inscribed by numerouscolleagues. After serving an apprentice-ship Mr. Stannard joined Vickers' plant and buildingdrawing office before being transferred to the aero shopas assistant to die manager. He was very soon concernedwith the design of jigs and tools for the Gun Bus (theFirst World War having just started). In 1915 the aerodrawing office, then at Broad- way, Westminster, was moved to Crayford and Mr. Stannard was shortly afterwards transferredto it as a draughtsman. The design office was moved to Knights- bridge in 1917, when Mr. Stannard became a section leader,engaged on developments of well-known Vickers types and little- known designs such as the F.T.2 triplane bomber. In 1919 theoffice was much reduced in size and a nucleus of its staff, including Mr. Stannard, was moved to Weybridge. There he continued as asection leader until 1921, when he became chief checker. At that time Rex Pierson was chief designer and Paul Wyand was chief Air. Stannard. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH of a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter armed with two GARS Side- winder air-to-air missiles supplementing the six-barrel "Gatling" gun. This machine is one of those now equip- ping the 83rd fighter/inter- cepter squadron stationed at Hamilton A.F.B. near San Francisco, the first unit to receive the aircraft. An F-104A recently flew super- sonically for more than an hour: the powerplant is a General Electric J79-GE-3.
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