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1961
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Hr, 17 August 1961 207 SCHOOL TREAT: There is a light-hearted air about this mixed for- mation of helicopters. They are Sycamores, Skeeters, Whirlwinds and Dragonfies of the RAF Central Flying School Helicopter Wing and were on their way from Gloucestershire to Shrop- shire when the unit moved last week from South Cerney to Ternhill F-104 x 2 INTO CL-44 will go: the proposition was proved recently at a Montreal demonstration, when two F-I04G fuselages, plus their engines, wings and tail units, were loaded into a Canadair CL-44 through its swing tail, using a Canadair-developed elevator. The demonstration was to show the feasibility of carrying complete aircraft across the Atlantic for NATO nations MODEL DETERRENT is represented by this miniature Vulcan (not repre- sentative of the latest B.2 version) equipped with two GAM-87 Skybolt missiles. As described in a recent issue, AEI are producing conversion equipment to link the computer systems of the bomber and missile. This is the first official indication that the Vulcan will carry two Skybolts in the positions shown on the model hammer was: "Stringfellow (F. J.). A Few Remarks on what has been done with Screw-Propelled Aero-Plane Machines, from 1809 to 1892, 6 photo illustrations. Presentation Copy, 7 leaves, as issued (2 corners slightly defective)." This lot realized £30. A copy of the comparatively common Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere, 1865, by H. Tumor fetched £9 10s. Progress in Flving Machines, by Octave Chanute. published in New York in 1899, realized £10. A number of ballooning prints and engravings were also auc- tioned, together with "An extensive collection of photographs, postcards, etc, including commemorative postcards of the Wright Brothers, Bleriot and others, with many relating to World War I." This last collection fetched £84. First of Many AUGUST 10 was the date of the first flight of a European-built Lockheed F-104G. The aircraft was the first of 210 to be constructed by ARGE Sud, the South German group, with final assembly at the new Messerschmitt plant at Manching, Bavaria. Current production utilizes US airframe parts and systems, but all-European machines are due before the end of the year. Very shortly the first of "about 400" F-IO4Gs from the Northern Group will fly from Schiphol. " Sixty Series " for the Trident ALL of BEA's 24 DH Tridents will, Marconi announce, be equipped with "Sixty Series" radio and navigation aids of the type specified also by BOAC for their VClOs. The equipment to be incorporated in the Tridents will include: (1) Dual installations of the AD. 160 VHF communication equipment (transmitter and receiver) with an additional receiver for each dual installation; (2) dual installations of the AD.260 VHF navigation and approach guidance equipment (receiver — navigation unit : glide-slope receiver I marker re- ceiver). Special measures have been taken to ensure the maximum accuracy and stability of the AD.260 ILS equipment, as this will be used with the Autoland system; (3) dual installations of the AD.360 automatic direction-finder or radio compass (ADF re- ceiver — controller - fixed loop); and (4) "Selcal" type 2880 Aircraft selective calling system. IN BRIEF Lord Brabazon of Tara has accepted an invitation from Mr Thorney-croft. Minister of Aviation, to become chairman of the Air Safety Board. He succeeds Air Marshal Sir Charles Guest, who has retired from hisappointment as Chief Aeronautical Adviser to the Minister. The international light-aircraft exhibition, due to be held at LutonAirport from August 29 to September 2. has been postponed until 1962. It is reported from Canberra that the Australian order for DassaultMirage Ills for the R AAF may be increased from 30 aircraft to 100. This follows a recent visit to Paris by the Minister for Air, Mr Athol Townley.who personally evaluated the aircraft. Sir Bernard Lovell, director of Manchester University's NufneldRadio Astronomy Laboratories, is to be the first recipient of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim International Astronautics Award, sponsoredby the International Academy of Astronautics. A Republic F-105 Thunderchief recently attacked a target with morethan seven tons of conventional bombs in "a demonstration of limited- war punch." Its load—claimed to be the largest ever carried by a single-engined fighter—consisted of twenty-six 5651b bombs mounted on wing and belly racks. The aircraft was powered by its standard Pratt &Whitney J75 with afterburner. HIGH-FLYING ITALIAN Commandante G. Carestiato, Macchi chief test pilot, after his 50,024ft flight on August 4 (see p 206). Shaking hands with him is Bristol Siddeley performance engineer Peter Cruick- shank; at right is the company's service representative, Mr J. G. Wood
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