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104 FLIGHT, 27 January 1961 FROM ALL QUARTERS P. 1127 Discussed in Rome DURING his meetings in Rome between January 18 and 21,reported on page 108, the Minister of Aviation, Mr Peter Thorney- croft, discussed possible Anglo-Italian collaboration in the militaryfield. He talked at length with Sr Andreotti, the Italian Minister of Defence, and dwelt particularly upon the Hawker P.1127. AnItalian technical team is at present in Britain studying the P.1127. Italy is the source of the Fiat G.91, the standard NATO tactical-attack aeroplane which the P.1127 is designed to replace. There is no Italian VTOL project in the same class, although there areat least 16 in other NATO countries. Bristol Siddeley, who make the P.1127 powerplant, have a manufacturing agreement with Fiat. English Electric Changes CHANGES in flying and commercial posts have been announcedby English Electric Aviation Ltd. Mr J. L. Dell has been appointed chief test pilot, succeeduig Mr R. P. Beamont, who has taken uphis new position as deputy chief test pilot of BAC (Flight, August 12 last year) and who will be responsible for flight-testing the TSR.2. Mr Beamont will continue to be manager of flight operations and a special director of English Electric Avia-tion. On the commercial side, Air Cdre Strang Graham has retired from his position as commercial director of the company'saircraft division and from the English Electric Aviation board. Mr A. G. Duguid has been appointed commercial manager, air-craft division, responsible to the chief executive; his office is at Warton Aerodrome, Lanes. Mr J. W. Adderley, sales manager, A. G. Duguid J. W. Adderley J. L Dell aircraft division, will now also be in charge of the London officeof the aircraft division. Mr Dell, who is 36, became English Electric Aviation deputychief test pilot in December 1959; he was previously attached to the company (from January 1957) as RAF Fighter Commandliaison officer. He has taken an active part in the development of the Lightning. Mr Duguid, formerly sales director of FieldAviation Co Ltd of Canada, is 43; from 1946 to 1950, before emigrating to Canada, he was senior MTCA representative atRingway Airport, Manchester. Mr Adderley, 40, has been on the English Electric sales staff since 1952 and sales manager since1956. Previously (from 1948 to 1952) he was technical represen- tative in the UK for Avro Canada. Astazou Barons AS reported briefly last week, Beech Aircraft and SFERMA havesigned an agreement by which the first turboprop-powered light twins will become commercially available both in the US and inEurope and the Middle East. So far, SFERMA have almost com- pleted flight-testing a specially converted Travel Air with two470 h.p. Turbomeca Astazou turboprops. Now, SFERMA are converting airframes of two Barons at their St Nazaire factory forthe same engines; and six more airframes are on order for con- version and commercial sale. Progressively, the St Nazaire factorywill take over licence production of the complete Baron and Beech are to fit Astazous to some Travel Airs in the US. The price ofa basic Astazou Baron without radio in France is to be between 350,000 and 400,000 New Francs (£25,900 to £29,700). MUSTANG EXECUTIVE: This P-51, converted into a two-seat execu- tive aircraft by Lear Inc, is being operated from Geneya by Mr William P. Lear Jr (left), the company's director of European operations. It is used as a research vehicle for Lear instruments and automatic flight control equipment in addition to its executive transport role. With Mr Lear is Mr Robert J. Clark of North American Aviation DINING-IN the new Air Minister, Mr Julian Amery, at Fighter C:m- mand HQ last Monday: from left, Sir Maurice Dean, Permanent Umier- Secretary of State for Air; Mr Amery; Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Pike, Chief of the Air Staff; and Air Marshal Sir Hector McGregor, AOC-in-C Fighter Command Turbomeca have laid down a production batch of 80 Astazous.Each will be capable of giving 560 h.p. but will be derated to 440h.p. for the Baron. A new reversible propeller with blade-tip speedslimited to M0.8 is being designed. The complete powerpiant with propeller will weigh 4741b. Using the existing Beech salesorganization, SFERMA will market the Baron, with or without Astazous in Europe, Africa (except the UAR), Persia, Turkey andIsrael. Common Market tariffs against imported business aircraft are to rise to 3.6 per cent and then to 15 per cent. Data include : — Span, 37ft 9in; length, 25ft 5in; wing area, 199 sq ft; empty weight.2,9701b; gross weight, 5,4001b; fuel tankage, 171 Imp gal; seats, 5. Performance: Maximum speed, 286 m.p.h.; cruising speed 268 m.p.h.;twin-engined climb, 3,140ft/min; single-engined climb, l,090ft/rnin; twin-engined service ceiling, 27,200ft; single-engined service ceiling,18,000ft; stalling speed, 76 m.p.h.; take-off distance to 50ft, 492ft; land- ing distance from 50ft, 658ft; range, with reserves, 825 miles. Family Gliding Records NO fewer than 12 world and British national gliding records havebeen claimed by Mr Denis Bums and his wife Anne for flights made in their Slingsby Skylark 3b from Kimberley, South Africa.The world records are by Denis Burns for out-and-return dis- tance, 353 miles to West Leigh Junction; and by Anne Burns(women's records) for 300km triangle speed, 42.25 m.p.h.; 200km triangle speed, 49 m.p.h.; gain of height, 30,500ft; and out-and-return distance, 268 miles to De Aar. The above figure for the out-and-return by Mr Burns is alsoa British national record, as are these set up by Mrs Burns for 200km speed and gain of height. The four women's world recordsestablished by Mrs Burns are also women's British national records. Henry Braid Irving WE record with regret that Mr H. B. Irving, OBE, BSC, FRAeS, thedistinguished aerodynamicist, died in hospital recently at the age of 71. He was also well-known as a consultant on noise, and waschairman and a founder-member of the man-powered aircraft committee of the RAeS. For twenty-five years (from 1914) Mr Braid was engaged onaerodynamics research at the NPL, publishing many papers on the stability, control and spinning of aircraft. One type of control—the Irving balance—bears his name, and in 1929 he was awarded the Charles Wakefield Gold Medal for his work on the use of slots.He joined RAE Famborough in 1939; and in 1946 was made Assistant Director of Scientific Research, Air, at the MoS, holdingthis post until his retirement in 1954. Subsequently he became Ministry consultant on noise (1954-57), and he was also con-sultant to Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd and Westland Aircraft Ltd,
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