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1963
1963 - 1639.PDF
FLIGHT International, 12 September 1963 449 At Barcelona, en route from RAF Lyneham, is seen this An-12 of the Iraqi Air Force. Painted pale green overall, it was flown by a civilian crew Caravelle Accident A Swissair spokesman said last Monday that investigation had established "with 90 per cent certainty" that a fire in the hydraulic leads and fuel pipes led to the crash of Caravelle HB-lCV on September 4 (see page 452). This fire "was almost cer tainly caused by damage to the under carriage." Official enquiry had shown that the engines functioned normally; there was ho indication that the fire had started in them. 748 Ldfctf Increase The riiajamurn take-off weight of Qifi Hawker Siddeley 748 has been increased from 42,0001b to 43,5001b. Correspond ingly, the maximum landing weight has gone up from 40,0001b to 41',506lb. This extra 1,5001b of disposable load can be utilized for carrying increased payload over greater distances or in flying multiple sectors. ARB Change The Air Registration Board last week announced the appointment, as a member, 51' §ir Arnold Hall, vice-chairman and managing director of the Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd. He fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr N. E. Rowe, who is leaving Hawker Siddeley Aviation to be come engineering director of de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. Lockheed 300 Power Since the article on pages 462-65 went to press Lockheed-Georgia Co have advised us that the use of a derated Pratt & Whitney JT3D-8A (TF33-P-7) engine in the L-300 commercial freighter is not definite, only that they are still "seriously considering it." Paul Tissander Diplomas of the FAI have been awarded to W. E. Casley of the Ministry of Aviation's Aeronautical Information Service, L A.Jackson of the Shuttle- Worth Trust, and John Blake of the Royal Aero Club. The citations refer to Mr Blake's services to general aviation, Sqn Ldr Jackson's services to the Shuttleworth Trust and, for Mr Casley, "the constant assistance of his department and the considerable personal efforts of himself to facilitate foreign touring and to thereby promote the international use of light aircraft from this country" Puzzl Puzzle Picture at left is partly explained by the second photogYdph, which shows the pumping plant installed in Fairchild C-I23s engaged It the jungles of South Viet-Nam to clear vegetation from power lines. A special version of a commercial selective weedkiller is used, and V Pgnters armed with rockets give the aircraft protection against fire from guerrillas in spraying Vietnamese
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