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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 0085.PDF
fUGHT International, 9 lamiary S964 68 il/*G 3»nH *tns*t*pflitrht Jindivik 3A (below) outside the target-aircraft hangar at Evetts Field, and (above) leaving itsifca auu Uff au<#ff f£ff I take-off trolley on the runway at the start of a fight JINDIVIKS AT WOOMERA Operation of the pilotless target aircraft (Jindiviks, Meteors and Canberras) over the Woomera Rocket Range in South Australia is carried out by No 1 Air Trials Unit based at Evetts Field, the airfield serving the Woomera Rangehead. The photographs on this page illustrate the work of the unit's target aircraft squadron commanded by Sqn Ldr Max Holdsworth, which has made over 1,150 Jindivik flights to date. Control of the Viper- powered Jindivik during'a target mission on the range is shared between a basic crew of five, with overall co-ordination by the skipper at the Flight Control Centre console pictured at the foot of the page. The aircraft's speed, altitude, engine r.p.m. and rate of climb or descent are shown on the six large dials, while the three desk-top control panels give (from the left) azimuth control; throttle and pitch control and crew-member selection; and emergency control. Control of the Jindiviks is exercised from the Flight Control Centre at Evetts Field (below right); by a pilot and a batsman on small platforms adjacent to the runway (above left); and by two navigators in Woomera's Instrumentation Building. Below left, the skipper's console in the Flight Control Centre. Adjacent to the centre are the radio-control transmitting aerials and telemetry reception aerials i
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