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1964
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445 RIGHT international, 10 September 1964 First Flight Imminent LT-Col Joseph Cotton, USAF (left) and Al White, chief test pilot of North American Aviation Inc, discuss the final taxying trials of the X8-70A at Palmdale, Calif. By the time this issue appears, the giant aircraft (described in this journal on June 25 and July 2) may have completed its two-hour maiden flight, landing at Edwards AFB PD-808 Flies Following protracted delays in comple- tion of the prototype, the Rinaldo Piaggio PD-808, designed in conjunction with Douglas Aircraft Corp and with Italian Defence Ministry support, made a success- ful 35min first flight from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo airport on August 29. The pilot was Col Evasio Ferretti of the IAF and he was accompanied by flight engineer F. Lanza, also of the IAF. Further flights are to be made from Sestri before the prototype is demonstrated to military and civil authorities at Rome. Powered by Bristol Siddeley Viper 525s, the PD-808 carries five to eight passengers at a gross weight of 16,0001b and cruises at 372kt at 40,000ft for a range of 1,226 n.m. with 45min reserve at cruising height. FAA field length is 4,420ft. S-61s for the RDAF The Royal Danish Air Force has ordered eight S-61 twin-turbine amphibious heli- copters, the Sikorsky Division of United Aircraft announced last week. The Sikorsky announcement said that the machines would be used for the RDAF's air-sea rescue service over the North Sea and Baltic. Away at Last Originally known as the Vespa Jet, the BS Viper-powered Piaggio Douglas PD-808 is here seen during its maiden flight from Genoa's Cristoforo Colombo airport on August 29 (see news item on this page) Aero Exports in July The value of British aero exports in July was £6,279,419, against £9,786,584 for July last year. Aircraft and parts contri- buted £2,626,230, but of this figure com- lete aircraft accounted for only £11,414, parts sales being worth more than £2.6m. Aero-engine and engine-parts sales were worth £3,347,519, totals of 44 new and 41 "other than new" engines being shipped, together with over £1.1 m.-worth of parts. Instrument sales abroad were worth £223,818 and tyre sales £81,852 during July. Exports for January-July 1964 totalled £58,103,042, against £69,859,682 for the first seven months of 1963. USAF Buy Cessna 172s The US Air Force's search for an off-the- shelf light aircraft for the Air Training Command ended last month with a fixed- price (over $1.2m) contract for 170 Cessna. 172 four-seaters, with the designation T-41A The first is scheduled to be delivered this month, and the contract will be completed by next June 30. The T-41A will be used at eight ATC bases for 30 hours' basic indoctrination— presumably to weed out potential failures— prior to student entry to the jet-training phase on the Cessna T-37. Maintenance engineers and instructors will be provided by civilian contractors. FARNBOROUGH ROUND-UP NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE of Flight Inter- national, dated September 17, will be the third of the Show special numbers. Again greatly enlarged in content, it will include a fully illustrated report on the week's flying and an appraisal of many exhibits of technical interest in the static show. All regular features will also appear.
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