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FLIGHT International, 19 September 1968 in March 1970. Announced ofders for One-Elevens now total 163 (including 32 of the 500 series) to a value of £200 million, from 29 operators in 50 countries. At the other end of the scale Britten- Norman is showing a turbo-supercharged version of the Islander (designation BN-2S). The price is $15,000 (£6,250), more than that of the basic aircraft, but the development opens up an important potential for the Islander in several areas where conditions are hot and/or high. B-N expects to sell about 25 tunbo- supercharged Islanders a year (in addition to the estimate otf 100 a year for the basic version). The turbo-system Islander will be certificated in May next year, and the development aircraft will go on a toilr of the US and South America. Safari Air Services of Nairobi have placed the first order, and will use the aircraft to replace a Rapide on non- scheduled tourist flying in East Africa. The turbo-supercharged Islander is powered "oy two 300 h.p. Continental TSIO-520-tEs supplied by Rolls-Royce. The latter company is unlikely to embark on production o'f the engine at Crewe on the Islander order alone (about 50 engines a year) as the company looks to a demand for at least 250 engines a year before opening up a new line. B-N has now delivered 27 Islanders. The production sub-contract agreement con- cluded with BHC last April is beginning to show results, and output is about to build up rapidly to 16-20 aircraft a month (by early next year. It is being announced during the Show that Islander Aircraft Sales Pty Ltd, of Sydney, will distribute the aircraft in Australia and the South Pacific. Mr Don Adams, director of the agency, is also manager of Island Airways in Queensland. He has ordered 12 aircraft. Eight Islanders have already been sold directly by B-iN to a total of four operators in Australia. Sales - prospects for the Islander in New Zealand are tied up in the local-service airline , re-equipment question which is a political I issue in the forthcoming elections. A - significant Islander order announced at • the Show is to the Regent Oil Pipe Lines - Co of Western Canada, who intend using: the aircraft in support of oil-exploration operations. This is the first aerial jeep application of the Islander. Mr Jim White, the Western Canada agent, has just ordered ten Islanders for 1969 (he is taking six in 1968). Jonas Arms, the American main distributor, with 142 on order, is sold out until May next year. The worldwide potential for the Islander has not yet shown any signs of being anything but "almost unlimited." Slingsby Cameo V-Liner Models of this most curious-looking aeroplane are on display by Slingsby in a grass area near the static aircraft park. This air- craft, details of which were published for the first time by Flight (page 420, last week's issue) is designed specially for aerial advertising in various forms. The American design firm, Cameo (Cen- tral Aircraft Manufacturing Company) selected Britain as a base for building the design, from six other countries be- cause (the firm claims) of Government policies encouraging advanced tech- nology; prototype cost savings; competi- tive production costs; and tradition for successful innovations. Slingsby Aircraft was chosen to build the aircraft, as a small and versatile company, with good existing facilities for wood, metal and glass-fibre struc- tures, and because of their knowledge of the specialised techniques of rigging aircraft in the field. It has received a grant from Mintech to expand the plant for V-Liner production. It is claimed that a £2 million export programme is likely to develop, in which production plans call for 42 V-Liners in a four- year period, rising to 480 over six years. Commercial V-Liner services will be offered only on long lease, through Cameo, and the aircraft will not be available for sale. Two of the largest American corporations, First National Bank and Canada Dry, have signed for the services of the first two aircraft. Three versions are currently planned: the CV2 Video Liner, the CV3 Vector Liner, and the CV4 Victory Liner. The basis of the design is a triangular cross-sectioned structure, supported in flight at both ends by a wing/fuselage elements. The purpose of this arrange- ment is to give the largest practicable area for the display of signs and in- formation. The two sets of wings are freely pivoting about an axis through the main- spar, providing stability and STOL per- formance. Also on view are full-size elements of the actual structure. LIGHT AND BUSINESS AIRCRAFT Apart from the turbo-supercharged Britten-Norman Islander (see the Civil Transports section of this report) there is nothing entirely new in the light aircraft category—either in the air or static displays. The Beagle Pup is by now well known, though this is its first Farnborough showing. On the manufac- turer's stand is displayed the first pro- duction Pup-100, which has now logged 590hr of flying training with the Shore- ham School of Flying. This machine is 446-447 polished-up for the show and the interior has some refinements to the finishing. In the flying display. Ranald Porteous is giving a convincing demonstration of the Pup-100's superb low-speed handling by doing eight-turn spins. A Pup-150 appears with a full four-seat interior; the other long-nosed Pup in the show actually houses a 160 h.p. engine: this is not openly publicised by the company since it is a special development for a par- ticular requirement. The Beagle B.206-S is shown in air survey form; the type has been under evaluation by Hunting Surveys Ltd in Libya. The wide cabin and good high altitude performance serve well for this purpose. Firm sales of the Pup now exceed 250 and there is tremendous interest through- out the world. To meet the demand, Beagle's new managing director, Mr K. N. Myer, has adopted an "attack order" for the company which has involved a vigorous re-appraisal of the entire administration. There is no longer a separate manager for the Rearsby fac- tory, or a sales manager within the com- pany, sales being delegated to distributors and agents. It was announced at Farn- borough early this week that Peter Clifford of Oxford, Trumans of Notting- ham and Yates in Northern Ireland would handle Beagle aircraft in the UK. The new factory at Shoreham has begun to produce aircraft, and the company is confidently predicting an output of 100 Pups by next March, with a target of over 300 to be produced within the coming year. The Handley Page Jetstream first prototype is taking part in the flying display. Models on the company stand show the versatility of uses—the executive version is in the colours of Clarke Chapman, the first customer. Hawker Sidddey is announcing first details of a further developed version of the HS.125 known as the 400. The first actual aircraft will be the 173rd of the type to be built and it will be shown at the NBAA Conference in Texas next month. The 400 has higher operating weights, suppressed aerials and a nar- The camera installation shown in the air survey Beagle B.206-S
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