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1969
1969 - 0387.PDF
363 ( FLIGHT international. 6 March 1969 lililiill mended is l,500hr for the standard 207 and l,400hr in the Turbo-Skywagon 207. Engine instruments include Cessna's new combination manifold pressure/fuel flow gauge with vertically rising indicators. Mitsubishi's MU-2G, a stretched version of the MU-2A/MU-2F series, made its initial test flight during January from the Nagoya airport adjacent to the Komaki factory. The -2G is only 6ft longer than the earlier models, but the cabin is nearly twice the length, measuring 19ft Sin as against 10ft 6iin. The -2G also incorporates changes in the landing gear: the nose gear is moved slightly aft and retracts forward and the main gear now retracts into pods on the lower sides of the fuselage. Mitsubishi expects a Japanese type-certificate in early May and the FAA certification slightly later. Delivery of the -2G is scheduled for next autumn. Powerplant Two 665 s.h.p. AiResearch TPE-331-I51A turboprops. Dimensions Span, 39ft 2in : length. 39ft 4in: height. 13ft 4in. Weight Gross, 10,3601b: empty. 6,4401b. Fuel Internal, 186 US gal: tip tanks, 180 US gal. Performance Take-off over 50ft, 1,680ft: landing over 50ft. 1,480ft at 8,1801b landing weight: maximum cruise speed, 325 m.p.h.: stalling speed, 84 m.p.h. (112 m.p.h. without flaps): maximum range (30 min reserves), 1,550 miles at 23,000ft; rate of climb at sea level, 2,590ft/min; (single engined) 725ft/min: service ceiling. 27.000ft (twin enginedl. 11,600ft (single engined) Jetstream Route-proving One of the Handley Page Jetstream prototypes, G-ATXJ, has just successfully completed 50hr of intensive route-proving and reliability trials, under ARB observation, simulating the role of the aircraft in airline ser vice. This single-pilot operation took the aircraft to Luton, Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, Belfast, Glasgow. Newcastle, Liverpool, Leeds and Southend, and to Pau in France. Air ways were flown to check out the Jetstream's navaids for airline service. Weather conditions turned out to be very severe, with the aircraft often landing on slush and ice in cross-winds gusting to 30kt and visibility down to 600m. Invariably cloudbase was down to 650ft and the aircraft met severe turbulence and icing at temperatures as low as — 30°C. Handley Page were last week still unable to indicate pre cisely when the Type C of A was likely to be received from the Air Registration Board. It had been expected "some time in February." HS.125 in Brazil Demonstrations of a Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 are being given in Latin America during the British Industrial Exhibition at Sao Paulo, Brazil, which ends on March 16. After the show the 125 will tour Latin American countries and will stop for two days in Brazilia, at the Ser vice base for Brazilian Air Force 125s. There will be further demonstrations in Mexico City before the aircraft returns to the UK via Los Angeles and Canada. The 125 is being captained by Mr John Cunningham. Hawker Siddeley director and chief test pilot at Hatfield. New York Heli Cab An air taxi service between Manhattan and Kennedy International or Newark Airports was inaugurated on February 17 with four-passenger Bell JetRangers. Flight Shuttle Inc is operating the service under arrangement with Pan American from the Metroport ..East 60th heliport at a fare of SI 5 (£6 5s), on demand between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on weekdays. The H-seot Mitsubishi MU-2G first few in January. It differs from the -2F in having its main undercarriage in an external blister. Cabin length is almost doubled and there is a rear door entrance. See also this page Australian Sub-contract Under a contract worth SAI3 million. Australia will supply parts for the GAC-100, a 36-seat feeder-liner. The Government Aircraft Factory in Melbourne will build 100 sets of wings and engine nacelles for the new aircraft, which is to be assembled by the manufacturer, the General Aircraft Corporation, in California. Qantas will air freight the Australian-made parts to the United States. The contract requires that the Department of Supply ensures that a specified number of orders are obtained before production begins. Air Gregory to Sell Hughes Helicopters Trans World Heli copters Ltd, Shannon, Eire, have appointed Air Gregory Ltd as their sole concessionaire in the United Kingdom. The agreement covers the sales and service of the Hughes 300 and 500 on the civil market. Skyvans for Brazil? Shorts hope that SADIA. the Brazilian airline, will soon confirm a requirement for three Skyvans. An aircraft left Belfast for Brazil on February 15 for evaluation over the airline's route network. New Zealand Fletchers Air Parts of New Zealand, the sole producer of the Fletcher FU-24 agricultural aircraft, has now completed about 148 of the type. They are being exported to Australia and South America a;nd negotiations are almost com plete for an order from South Africa. Over 50 per cent of all agricultural work in New Zealand is now performed by the FU-24. The maker is flight testing two turboprop versions, the Model 1060 (P&W PT6) and the Model 1160 (Garrett TPE-331). Tests are proving highly successful, according to Air Parts general manager, Mr G. Scheltema, but production will not be undertaken until full results are known. A new programme is under way to increase the design max gross weight of the turbine version, including tests to destruction of a wing. A 5501b increase in the payload of the Fletcher 1060/1160 is Air Tahiti has been re-formed to provide scheduled services around the Society Islands of the Pacific. The first of two Britten-Norman Islanders ordered by the airline left the Isle of Wight last week on the delivery flight
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