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732 FLIGHT, 1 1961 FROM ALL QUARTERS News of the Week PARIS is the dominating feature of this issue. In our first report ofthe 24th International Aeronautical Salon, starting on page 734, will be found—in alphabetical location—details of the record 1,110m.p.h. transatlantic crossing by a Convair B-58 Hustler, the de Havilland Red Top, Matra R.53O and Short Seacat 2 missiles, theArmstrong Whitworth Argosy 200, Dassault Spirale III and Sud- Dassault Super Caravelle transports, the Weser-Sikorsky WF-S64 helicopter and the SNECMA Atar 9K turbojet. And, on page 744, is news of a dramatic acceleration in America's programme ofspace-exploration. German Orders AFTER discussions in London on May 24 between Herr Strauss, theWest German Defence Minister, Mr Watkinson, the UK Minister of Defence, and Mr Thorneycroft, Minister of Aviation, it wasannounced that direct orders for the Bristol Siddeley Orpheus engine are being increased and that substantial orders for Rolls-Royce Tynes are in prospect for the Transall transport. It was decided to conclude an early agreement for the joint development ofVTOL light strike fighters on the basis of the Hawker P.I 127, and also to develop jointly, in association with France, the Rolls-RoyceRB.162 engine, no details of which have been released for publica- tion. Technical and industrial teams are to meet in the near future. Buccaneer S.2 AS this journal intimated on November 18 last, Blackburn Aircraftare engaged in the development of an advanced version of the Buccaneer, powered by a military version of the Rolls-Royce Speyturbofan. Designated Buccaneer S.2, the new aircraft will be a multi-purpose, all-weather strike aeroplane for operation fromcarriers of the Royal Navy. It will be capable of carrying thermo- nuclear weapons, and like the Buccaneer S.I is stressed for maxi-mum-performance flight at sea level—"below the reach of enemy radar," according to Blackburn. This new application will be most valuable in increasing thescope of the Spey development programme, and the amount of Government money being put into it. As we noted in our descrip-tion of the engine, on May 18, substantially increased ram pres- sures and temperatures (compared with the conditions which thepowerplant will encounter in civil airliners) will require correspond- ing strengthening of the engine carcase. At the same time, itshould be possible to rate the Buccaneer engine at a figure very much higher than the 9.8501b guaranteed minimum of the civilSpeyMkl. HSG's Seventeen Months WELL over £15m—£15,649,000—has been written-off by theHawker Siddeley Group on design and development of private- venture aircraft in the seventeen months ended December 31 last.This "substantial write-off," as it is described in the group's pre- liminary accounts (published last week), covers expenditure on theArgosy, Avro 748, Trident, DHC Caribou and DH Gnome engine. NEW ARRIVAL: Vigors Aviation's first Piper Cherokee, seen here, arrived in this country on May 23 and was flown over to the Paris Show last Friday. It will return on June f and will be available for a fortnight Tf,e price of the standard aircraft, with 160 h.p. Lycoming engine, is £5,3I7I fly-away Kidlington The charges, it is stated, "demonstrate the necessity for largeprivate-venture expenditure to keep Hawker Siddeley in the fore- front of the aviation industry." The group reports a trading profitfor the seventeen months, of £29,057,866. RAF STOL Transports IT appears that there are now three main competitors in the com-petition for a design to meet the Air Ministry's draft Operational Requirement for an STOL transport, first reported in our issue ofFebruary 17. Originally there must have been at least 12 possible runners, approximately half of which were completely new designsand half modifications of existing aircraft—in particular, of the Belfast and Argosy. We are naturally not permitted to divulge any of the terms of theRequirement, but the published characteristics of the BAC-222 are such that it is no difficult task to form a picture of what is beingasked for. As a direct Beverley replacement, the new aircraft must have a hold capable of accepting large indivisible loads and militaryvehicles, and rear doors for air dropping. It would be logical to expect complete pressurization, provision for flight refuelling and asighting panel for a supply aimer in the nose. The aircraft must be compatible with existing minor airfields, have self-contained startingand conditioning systems and low-pressure tyres for operation from unprepared surfaces. So much is logical speculation; and the size ofthe aircraft is suggested by the fact that one of the entries is de- rived from the Lockheed Hercules. Designated BAC-222, this machine in an optimized blown-flapderivative of the long-range C-130E. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Tynes similar to those now under development for the WestlandRotodyne, sufficient shaft-power would be available to drive both the propulsive propellers and the auxiliary compressors requiredfor flap-blowing. Such a system should be light and efficient, and appreciably cheaper than the "eight-engined" C-130C. ThisLockheed private-venture aircraft gave blown-flap demonstrations at the Vickers airfield at Wisley, Surrey, on May 24, and is noyat the Paris Salon. Should the BAC-222 win the competition, it would be manufactured by British Aircraft Corp, final assemblyprobably being at Filton. BAC's other entry is the BAC-208. Like its rival from HawkerSiddeley Aviation, originally designed by Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, the BAC-208 is a high-subsonic transport of very advanceddesign. In appearance both may well resemble smaller versions of the Lockheed C-141, with one major distinction: the powerplantswill be Bristol Siddeley BS.53 Pegasus lift/thrust engines. Each aircraft will have four Pegasus, mounted in underwing nacelles.Swivelling nozzles would probably be turned to the rear at the start of the take-off run, and then at some 70 or 80kt deflected to BRITISH THERE: Mr Kruschev spent some time on the Ultra Elec- tronics stand at the British Trade Fair in Moscow, hearing about Sarah homing equipment (trans-receiver in foreground) and engine-control systems. Russia, he said, "may well have requirements for Sarah" RUSSIANS HERE: Soviet delegates at the Napier conference on anti-icing: (left to right) C. K. Trunov and R. Tenishev, from the USSR Civil Air Fleet Research Institute, and V. Smirnov, London manager of Aeroflot. (See "Attacking the Ice Problem," opposite page)
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