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786 FLIGHT, 23 November 1961 FROM ALL QUARTERS . . . DIE MEISTERFUEGER: Fouga Magister- mounted members of the Anglo-German aerobatic team formed at Landsberg, Bavaria, where the RAF Mission to the German Air Force is based, in action (above) and on the ground. From left to right: Fit Lt R. Hoggarth (leader), Fit Lt Forster, Maj E. Willie, Fg Off D. W. McSweeny, St Fw H. Haeger and Hpt Fw £. Czullay. A photograph of an Anglo-German Fouga Magister formation of 16 aircraft, mounted in honour of a visit by the CAS to the RAF mission, was published in "Flight" for October 12 Aiding Kenya MORE airborne aid was sent to Kenya last week, following anSOS from the Governor, Sir Patrick Renison. when four RAF Beverleys flew out carrying four Sycamores, which had been par-tially dismantled for loading inside the Beverleys. Extra crews had been sent on ahead, so that all the aircraft could start operating assoon as possible after arrival at Eastleigh, Nairobi: they are being used to drop food to starving villagers cut off by floods, and torescue the sick and dying. Beverleys based at Eastleigh and Aden are already engaged in supply-dropping; Royal Rhodesian AirForce Dakotas have also co-operated; and the part played by RAF Twin Pioneers in Kenya relief is referred to on page 798. Discussing Aerial Farming AN all-day meeting on Uses of the Aeroplane in Agriculture has beenarranged by the Agricultural Aviation Group of the Royal Aero- nautical Society and is to take place on Wednesday, December 13,in the lecture theatre at 4 Hamilton Place, London Wl, from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Four lectures are being given, each of whichwill be followed by a discussion. Wg Cdr P. R. Hatfield of Airspray (Colchester) Ltd is speaking on The Operator's Year; Dr Myles TWO DEREKS were honoured at the Air Public Relations Association reunion last Thursday when Derek Wood (centre) and Derek Dempster (right), co-authors of "The Narrow Margin," a study of the Battle of Britain, received the C. P. Robertson Memorial Trophy, awarded annually for the best presentation of the RAF to the public. It was presented to them by the Secretary of State for Air, Mr Julian Amery (left) Crooke, of the Department of Forestry at Aberdeen University, on Aerial Treatments in Forest Areas; and Prof J. W. Calder, of Twyford Seeds Ltd, and Mr H. M. Lawson, advisory agrono- mist to Dow Agrochemicals Ltd, on Chemical Cultivation and Re- seeding from the Air. Three other speakers will be giving short talks on Agricultural Aircraft for the Future—Capt J. Summerlee of the BE A Helicopter Experimental Unit on the helicopter, Mr K. H. Greenley of D. Napier & Son Ltd on the gyrqcopter and a lecturer (to be announced) on fixed-wing aircraft. Discussions will follow each of these talks. Norair N-156 Family ACCORDING to the LJS Aviation Daily, Northrop Corporation is "stepping up promotion" of the N-156 light supersonic fighter, which was fully described in Flight for January 8, 1960. Norair Division are trying to sell two advanced versions. The N-J56C would be a multi-purpose day aircraft, capable of fulfilling a variety of missions merely by fitting alternative nose sections and appro- priate plug-in equipment. More fundamental changes could lead to the N-156D (larger wing, more fuel, greater pylon loads and equipped for carrier operation), and the ultimate N-156E, which would have 6,800Ib-thrust afterburning versions of the GE CF-700 aft-fan engine. Sipa Antilope with Astazou NOW under construction at the Sipa factory at Suresnes is theSipa 251 Antilope, a 300 m.p.h., four-seat executive aircraft powered by a single 560 h.p. Turbomeca Astazou turboprop. Thedesign has been prepared in conjunction with the Italian company Procaer, and the 251 Antilope to some extent resembles the Picchio.The structure is, however, all metal and tip-tanks are fitted. Prin- cipal characteristics are: Span, 32ft lOin; length, 27ft 7in; wing area, 145 sq ft; empty weight.1.6701b: gross weight. 3.1801b; wing loading. 2()lb/sq ft; weight/power ratio. 5.71b/h.p. Performance: maximum speed, 318 m.p.h.; cruisingspeed, 306 m.p.h.; stalling speed, 66 m.p.h.; take-off distance to 50ft, 820ft; initial climb, 3.12Oft/min; range, 1.030 miles. POWERPLANT RE-BORN: Last week we related how Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, together with founder-members of his company, met recently at an informal ceremony to start-up a replica of the 45 h.p. de Havilland flat-four aero engine of 1910. The replica—shown in this small repro- duction of a D.H. drawing—was built by company apprentices as part of their training, using drawings which appeared in a 1910 issue of "Flight"
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