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1960
1960 - 1828.PDF
412 FLIGHT, 9 SeptemL %0 The Hunting Jet Provost T.4 gives "Flight" a foretaste of its i routine, though at rather higher altitude y TWENTY-FIRST SBAC SHOW... The Aircraft Armstrong Whitworth AW.650 Argosy (G-APRN) The Argosyon show is number four of the six aircraft that have been flown to date, four more being well advanced on the assembly line. Thisparticular aircraft has flown about 600hr of the 2,000 (approx) Argosy hours flown to date—including 300hr of overseas route-flying carried out by AW A. The ARB full-category certificate of airworthiness is due in the very near future. The rapid-loading virtues of the Argosy are well shown by adisplay of a complete Thunderbird missile, a Dart engine and assorted crates being "Rolamat-ed" in and out of the aircraft.Closer inspection of the system is possible in the indoor exhibition, where a large Argosy model (in the colours of BEA, who maywell operate the aircraft) is the centrepiece of an impressive working display of AWA's "freight system." Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 It was announced at theopening of the show that the Ministry of Aviation has ordered will xad- the a further 16 of the Argosy's military variant, the 660. Tbring the strength of RAF Transport Command's future rons of these aircraft to 56. The aerodynamic prototype660 was to appear on one or more days during the week. Models on the Hawker Siddeley stand illustrate the inctv ,edwidth of flight deck and the doorless nose with its "pir ile" radome for weather radar. Auster D.4/108 (CS-AMA) Absent from the flying programmebecause of their American powerplants, the new Austers are nonetheless permitted to park statically throughout the sowThe D.4 two-seater has a 108 h.p. Lycoming, and the red-aad- white example at Farnborough is one of the large number of D 4sand D.5s on order for the Portuguese Government. Licewe- production of a number of these aircraft in Portugal is probableCS-AMA is fitted with long-span (36ft) wings, and is seen to have a useful baggage space behind its two seats. Auster D.6/180 (G-ARDJ) Powered by a 180 h.p. Lycomingengine, the four-seat D.6 on show in the static aircraft park is extremely attractive, both inside and out. Improvements includefull upholstery, new instrument panel, damped tailwheel spring and butyrate dope finish. Cruising speed is over 130 m.p.h. Auster D.8 Project Not yet officially announced, but believedto be a probable forthcoming deyelopment, the D.8 would consist basically of a D.6 equipped with nosewheel landing gear andwider doors. Avro 748 (G-APZV) The elegant pale blue styling of the 748prototype is, apart from the name on The white top of the cabin, that of Skyways, who will be the first operator of the type!Delivery of the first of thek three is planned for next March, and this operator will carry out the route-proving flying necessary forARB certification. This may be between 200 and 300hr, depend- ing on the progress of flight trials in the meantime. The aircrafton show has completed 66hr, having been in the hangar for a check one and adjustments following the completion of 60hr inthe first four weeks of its flying life which began in June. Adjust- ments to the flying controls have been made, and the ailerons arenow described as "spot on." The forward pair of mainwheel doors should be retracted when the undercarriage is down; theyare not on this particular aircraft, pending a minor modification. A second 748 is due to fly early in 1961, and certification maybe achieved if all goes well by July 1961 to enable Skyways to inaugurate services at the peak of their summer season. Thesecond customer, BKS, will take delivery of their two aircraft towards the end of 1961. There are no airline seats inside the prototype aircraft on show,all the available untrimmed space being taken up with a tem- porary navigation station, four 90gal water ballast tanks (twoforward and two aft for e.g. variation) and flight recorders. In the indoor exhibition a complete fuselage section in AdenAirways colours is on show: the interior shows the compact yet adequately spacious two-by-two seating, and a two-pilot cockpitthat is typical of the Skyways and BKS layouts. Aden Airways will have the Series 2 aircraft with the upratedRDa.7 Darts, which will be first tested in one of the first two RDa.6 machines in the spring of next year. Materials for 30production aircraft have been purchased by Avro in anticipation of orders, and the production programme is well under way. The first Indian-assembled 748 is due to fly at Kanpur before Another pre-display warm-up, this time by the Hawker Hunter Two-seater—with smoke and largest-yet (350gal) underwing tanks
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