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38 FLIGHT International, 11 January 196 WORLD NEWS Buccaneer 2s Ordered Hawker Siddeley Aviation announced on January 8 that Blackburn Aircraft had received from the MoA a production order on behalf of the Royal Navy for Buccaneer S.2 aircraft (Rolls-Royce Spey engines). SR.N2 Hovers Last Monday Westland Aircraft issued the following statement; "The SR.N2 Hovercraft was launched at 1030hr today from Saunders-Roe division at East Cowes. The machine was in the water for just over an hour, and the pilot says that it shows immense promise even at this early stage." TFX Contract Near? It is unofficially suggested that the US Department of Defense may shortly place an R&D contract for the "TFX" multi-purpose strike fighter, which since late 1959 has been discussed by the US Air Force, Navy, Army and Marine Corps. Study contracts were placed with at least seven firms, although until recently the terms of Specific Operational Requirement 183 have been fluid in the extreme—reflecting the conflic ting needs of the varied customers The aim is an "all can do" aircraft, prime functions of which would be air superiority, interdiction, reconnaissance and ground support. It would replace such aircraft as the F-105 and F4H, and would have applications in any theatre in any type of conflict. USAF Aeronautical Systems Division are attempting to arrive at a single design incorporating the best features of the many submissions made to Wright-Patterson AFB. Typical character istics include variable-sweep wings, twin turbofan engines, a design Mach number of 2.5 and a trans-Pacific ferry range of 3,600 miles. Eventual production is said to be based on a run of 876 aircraft, at a unit cost of not less than $3.5m. Such work would almost certainly be shared between two or more airframe companies. Russia's Jet Flying-boat In homologating the speed record of 912km/hr (566.7 m.p.h.), over a distance of 15/25km, set up on August 7 last by a Soviet flying-boat, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale quotes the designation as "M.10 (Beriev G.M.)." The turbojets are named as AL-7PBs, with a combined thrust of 13,000kg (28,6601b). A crew of three was carried—Nikolai Andrievsky, pilot; Anton3 Bezerkhny, navigator; and T. Fedorenkc, radio operator—and the course is given a; "Joukovsky - Petrovskoe." By Balloon Across Africa On January 4 the balloon Jambo flew from Zanzibar to the African mainland to begin a series of flights to commemorate the cen tenary of Jules Verne's book Five Weeks in a Balloon. The hero of the story was a Dr Fergusson, science correspondent of the Daily Telegraph in 1862; the present expedition is led by Anthony Smith, science correspondent of The Daily Telegraph today. Mr. Smith is the pilot, and he is accompanied by Douglas Botting, photo grapher, and Charles Paul of Cape Town University. The expedition is sponsored by The Sunday Telegraph. Air Cdre Dacre It is with regret we record that Air Cdre G. B. Dacre, CBE, DSO, one of the last surviving Service airmen to qualify as a pilot before formation of the RFC in 1912, died at his home in Rotting- dean, near Brighton, Sussex, last week at the age of 71. A few months ago (in Trident Poised Here is the first de Havilland Trident making one of three test hops along the 6,000ft Hatfield runway last Monday. As this issue closed for press, John Cunningham and his crew (Peter Bugge, E. Brackstone-Brown and A. J. Fairbrother) were waiting for a break in the overcast before making the first flight. A feature on the Trident appears on pages 41-47
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