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1961
1961 - 1523.PDF
FLIGHT, 19 October 1961 627 Powerplant of the F-I04G is the 15,800lb-thrust J79-IIA, designed by General Electric's Large jet Engine Department near Cincinnati. These examples are in the BMW factory at Munich, and other engines are being made by FN, Alfa Romeo and Ishikawajima-Harima F-104 WORLD-WIDE THE remainder of this account is a condensed survey of the coun-tries associated with the F-104, arranged in alphabetical order. Belgium Less prosperous than West Germany, Belgium is saidto have chosen the F-104 largely on economic grounds. She is a member of the Western industrial group formed for F-104G manu-facture, the genesis of these groups being given in the section dealing with Germany. The agreement forming the Western Group wassigned by Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands in Decem- ber, 1960. Despite difficult conditions created by loss of the Congo,unrest at home and severe criticism by the Socialist group in the SIZE OF THE PROGRAMME urce ed Nord Sud SABCA ir ishi /c , > 10") USAF 295 A,B, CD 295 > Germany 30 F, 96 G, 54 TF-G 255 G 2I0G 89 G 50 G 784 1,130 Belgium 75 G 25 G 100 160 Nether- lands 20 TF-G 95 G 25 G 135 173 Italy 125 G 125 198 Canada I4CF-D 200 CF 214 383 Other Japan NATO Total 3J, i 39 G 552 1 DJ i — 1—350 — ' — ! 210 — ' — ' 225 — 300 * 500 177 J, j — 196 19 DJ 200 ? 2,197 270 . ? >. * This is the maximum size of a possible MDAP contract now being discussed. Chamber of Representatives, Belgium's part in the programme isnow firm. Avions Fairey and SABCA are establishing a joint production line and flight-test facility at Gosselies, near Charleroi,for the manufacture of 164 aircraft, and a further 30 will be erected from parts supplied by Fiat. Allocation of the aircraft is given in thetable on the left. Tooling is well advanced, the first aircraft is due to be completed next September and the scheduled output of sixaircraft per month should be reached by the beginning of 1963. Canada Selection of the F-104G for the RCAF Air Division assigned to NATO in Europe was announced in July 1959, and on Be/ow is a portrayal of the vast European programme. In the central rectangle are arranged those firms making what might be termed "systems," and a key to the lettering employed appears above. The totals of aircraft produced are those which will actually roll out from the factories concerned. Fiat will ship parts for 30 aircraft to Belgium, so that true manufacturing totals from each source are as given in the table above FN HtrstalI FOCKE-WULF Sremtn SABCAGosst//9S AVIONS FAIREY COMPONENTS FO(3O AIRCRAFT FIAT Turin MACCHI Vartst ALFA ROMEO HAMBURGER FLUGZEUGBAU Hamburg GO 31 NORD-AVIATION Paris SE 3| AVIOLANDA Paptndrgcht is a WILTON WESER FLUGZEUGBAU £i nswardtn TELEFUNKEN G PHILIPS N HOLLANDSE N MBLE B FIAR I -E138- LITTON G TELDIX-LUFTFAHRT G BELL TEL TABS B MONROE N -flB- ACEC B HONEYWELL G LORENTI G FACE-STANQ4RD I TELDIX-LUFTFAHRT G OMI I PHILIPS N -an- VAN DER HEEM N PHILIPS N HOLLANDSE N -QE- FOKKER Schipftol sa aa D SIEMENS iHALSKE G [—tM^~ —B- &3- AEG G Ol P B ELTRO G OUDE DELFT N —IB- INTER AERO G BELL TEL LABS B CAE |P«CIFIC AIRMOTIVE US >-5B- GARRETT PERKIN ELMER G VARIOUS FIRMS US SOC MET DIMPHY F CRAMICENG5 UK ERNST HEINKEL FLUGZEUGBAU Sptyor SIEBELWERKE-ATG Donauwortn BMW Cabltnz TbF,oFokker MESSERSCHMITT AG Augsburg SOUTHERN WHUKMW331B MESSERSCHMITT AG Mortching
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