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1963
1963 - 0189.PDF
FLIGHT International, 7 February 1963 179 Strictly Sub-orbital trial firing from a rocket sled of the Lockheed ejection capsule, based on an F-104 nose. Pictures show rocket firing, Sft drogue deployment and 72ft main canopy deployment. Maximum capsule speed was 250 m.p.h. and best height 180ft. Some of the five test capsules made were illustrated in "Flight International" for November I 6,100 e.h.p. Tyne Test On February 1 Rolls-Royce Ltd issued the following announcement:— "A Rolls-Royce Tyne Mk 22 propjet has completed a 150hr type test to military requirements at a take-off rating of 6,100 e.h.p. (5,665 s.h.p.). This version of the Tyne has a water/methanol injection system which maintains the full take-off power up to a temperature of ISA + 23°C (100°F). All components of the engine were in excellent condition when it was stripped for inspection after the type test."' Two Mk 22 Tynes power the Franco- German Transall C.160 military transport, and very similar engines power the Breguet 1150 Atlantic NATO patrol aircraft. A note on the European Tyne production consortium appeared in our January 3 issue. Short/Breguet Agreement On February 4 Short Bros & Harland Ltd announced an agreement with the Soc Louis Breguet for collaboration with the French company in selling the Br 941 to the RAF and the pressurized Br 942 to BEA and other British civil operators. Shorts would carry out any necessary conversion work and might undertake assembly or manufacture if sufficient orders were forthcoming. The chairman, Mr C. E. Wrangham, last week summed-up Short's present position by saying that on the workshop floor things looked healthier but that it was hard to see future work for the design staff. He referred back to the statement he made in Belfast last June (Flight International, June 21, 1962) when he had said that without an additional order for Belfasts, or further financial assistance, the company would be unable to continue. Last week he an nounced that financial facilities had been made available; but a further order for Belfasts, if it came, would be either for a tactical short take-off or a long-range version. The company were hoping for an order for OR. 3 51. The first Belfast is due to roll out in July. Mr Wrangham spoke of Alaskan and Australian interest in the Skyvan, which was Hiller's OH-5A light observation helicopter (Allison T63) made its first flight on January 26, test pilot Larry Lape reporting "the lowest vibration levels I've ever experienced." The aircraft, which has an automatically stabilized rotor system, is one of five OH-5A prototypes to be submitted early next year for US Army evalua tion in competition for the big LOH (Light Observation Helicopter) contract Stripped for Inspection after a ISOhr type-test (see news-item above), reduction- gear components of the Rolls-Royce Tyne 12 for the Transall C.I60 are examined by (I to r) Mr K. Eames, Tyne performance engineer; M de St Germain, Centre d'Essais de Propulseurs; Cmdt Chevalier, Service Technique Aeronautique; Herr Jordan, M.A.N.- Turbomotoren; Mr J. F. Rush, Tyne project engineer; Mr S. V. Massey-Crosse (in back ground), Rolls-Royce (France) Ltd; and M Rruyere, Hispano-Suiza
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