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1961
1961 - 1772.PDF
884 FLIGHT, 1 December 1961 CUT SYSTEM SURVEY Full-pressure Connections A NEW personal-equipment connector for use with full-pressureclothing has been developed by the Hymatic Engineering Co under MoA contract for use by bomber crews. The purpose is to providea rapid means of connecting the man to the aircraft supplies after he has moved away from or back to his seat in a bomber. Thesupplies provided for are oxygen, air ventilation, air monitoring (telling suit-pressure back to the oxygen regulator) mic-tel lead andheating leads for helmet visor and expiratory valve. The man's leads are taken to a multiple socket mounted on a plate fastened tothe thigh of the pressure suit. The aircraft portion can be quickly attached by a snap fastening which prevents half-cock attachment;and the connection can be broken by spring force simply by raising a catch. On release, the aircraft portion springs into the user'shand. The connector, designated MSC113, can also be used with other types of clothing. Simulator Exports DURING the past few months Redifon Ltd have exported three fullflight simulators and two navigation and procedure trainers to Switzerland, Italy and the USA. Installed at Kloten for Swissairwas the Convair CV-990 simulator, which has provision for the use of a Pilot Visual Aid System on a time-sharing basis withanother simulator. Radio aids provided for the CV.990 include MF range, NDBs, VOR and DMET, ILS and GCA. The instruc-tor and his fault panel are in the fourth crew position. Three-axis fuselage motion system is provided. A Caravelle VI simulatorwith three-axis motion, for Alitalia, was recently sent to Rome. The Sperry Integrated Instrument System and the engines aresimulated; and the instructor has a portable faults panel which he can hold on his knees while sitting in a crew position. A Caravelle simulator and two Caravelle procedure trainers arenow installed at the United Air Lines training centre at Denver, Col. Both simulator and trainers have three-axis motion systems;and the Lear autopilot actuates the controls in the simulator. CF-104 Reconnaissance Pack FLIGHT testing of the Vicom reconnaissance camera pack mountedin a fin-shaped pod underneath a CF-104 began at Palmdale last month. Four Vinten 70mm cameras are tied in by the Vicom systemwith the CDC Position and Homing Indicator so that geographical position information appears on the pictures taken. The equipmentwas exhibited at the SBAC Show this year. This remarkable sequence of pictures was taken aboard USS "Franklin D. Roosevelt" in the Atlantic on October 21 when Lt (jg) Kryway's F8U-I Crusader landed hard, broke off its right mainwheel, caught fire, and lost the arrester wire. The pilot decided to eject, using his Martin-Raker FS automatic ejection seat. Speed was about lOOkt and wind 36kt at the moment of ejection. Kryway was picked up by helicopter within ten minutes with only minor injuries. This is probably the first record of an emergency deck-level ejection and was taken with a semi-automatic K-20 aerial camera by photographer's mate L J. Cera IS:'., R- &., Sr i (I) The Crusader, on fire, bolts from the first wire (2) Lt Kryway grasps the ejection blind as he goes off the angled deck. (3) Canopy hfting. (4) Away pilot! (5) The first somersault; the drogue gun has fired. (6) Main drogue pulls pilot from seat and begins to extract the main parachute canopy; the 22in first drogue has already collapsed Note spray and debris from ditched Crusader. (7) Main drogue has extended parachute; pilot parachute is also inflated and seat is falling away. Markings on deck show that the speed of man and carrier are now almost equal.
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