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1961
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FLIGHT, 31 August 1961 309 has been strengthened, port and starboard paratroop doors are incorporated, and special navigational and other equipment is provided. The Argosy C.I is both heavier (gross weight 97,0001b) and more powerful than the civil machine, the Rolls-Royce Darts being of the RDa.8 Mk 101 type. As a freighter the 660 can carry up to 29,0001b, the limiting factor being the maximum landing weight. Capacity of the hold is 3,860 cu ft; usable length is 46ft lOin and minimum cross-sections are 8ft 6in high by 8ft 8in wide at the sill of the rear door and 6ft 8in high by 10ft wide at the floor beneath the wing. The hold is disposed evenly ahead of and behind the e.g., and, since the position of the latter can vary through some 30in, loading problems should not normally arise. As a troop-transport provision is made for 71 fully equipped men, in twin and triple seats, each provided with a large holster for personal weapons. Kit-bags are stowed on the lower rear door, luggage in overhead racks, and there is a completely equipped galley in the nose. AW.670 Series The names Air Ferry and Airbus are applied to two variants of the AW.670. Basically the type is an Argosy, but having a wider, more capacious fuselage with double-end loading but with the additional feature of two decks. Although fully air-conditioned, it is unpressurized. In the Air Ferry version passengers are carried on the upper deck and cars on the lower deck. In the Airbus passengers are seated on both upper and lower decks, where very large windows—comparable with those in modern coaches and railway carriages, the makers say—give them panoramic views. The Air Ferry, which may have to land and take off as frequently as every 20 minutes throughout the day, has a fixed and faired main undercarriage, but in the Airbus version, which is expected to operate over slightly longer routes with less frequency of landing and take-off, the main under-carriage can be retractable. Javelin The Gloster Javelin two-seat all-weather fighter (two Bristol Siddeley Sapphire turbojets) is now out of production, although still very extensively employed by the Royal Air Force. At Farnborough this year the Javelin will be seen in the role of engine test-bed —fitted with two de Havilland Gyron Junior turbojets with reheat. These units are of the type installed in the Bristol 188 supersonic research aircraft. AW.650 Argosy AW.660 Argosy C.I
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