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Aviation History
1959
1959 - 2286.PDF
FLIGHT, 11 September 1959 237 SERVICE AVIATION ... SCIMITARS IN THE SUN T IKE the oriental arme blanche from which it-L-' takes its name, the Vickers-Supermarine Scimitar F.I fighter/bomber (two Rolls-RoyceAvons) is of distinctive form and equally distinc- tive attainments. (Was it Saladin whose party-piece was to sever a silk scarf in twain as it floated in the air?) These recent pictures of Scimitars ofNo. 803 Squadron aboard H.M.S. Victorious are proof of the first assertion; and the knowledge thatthe aircraft cuts within a hair's breadth of Mach 1 at sea level while carrying an atomic bomb is anearnest of the second. These fine studies are the work of Cyril Peckham.
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