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1942
1942 - 1805.PDF
AUGUST 27TH, 1942 FLIGHT *33 \ BEHIND THE LINES Service and Industrial News from the Inside of Axis and Enemy-occupied Countries A New Hensehel THE Henschel and Sohn Co., of Kassel, the well known German engineering firm, which is controlled by members of the Henschel family, has now been re inforced by the appointment to its board of directors of Dr. G. Stieler von Heyde- kamp. It is interesting to know that the fatter is a member of the board of the Opel Automobile Company and a director of the Opel truck and lorry works, previously known as " Bren- nabor." Reports from neutral sources state now that the Henschel aircraft works at Schoenfeld, Berlin, have completed the production of a new twin-engined low- whig monoplane, the Henschel, Hsi.29. The aircraft has a span of 50ft., length 38ft., gross weight of about g.ooolb., and maximum speed at sea level of 225 m.p.h. It is powered with two Argus AS410 air-cooled in-line engines of 450 h.p. each, and its armament is reported to consist of two cannons and four machine guns in the fuselage nose, ^jrfie Henschel Hs.129 is to be employed. for close-support work, and is well armoured on the underside of the fuselage. Axis Rockets T^KKNCH sources report that Axis air- -*- craft used for operations against British convoys in the Mediterranean are equipped with rocket bombs for Jow flying attack. The device employed is similar to that used by the Russians on their Stormovik fighter-bomber. Danish Rubber A FIRM engaged on the production of •^•cattle fodder, "The Danish Soya Bean Cake Manufacturers," has pro duced a rubber product marketed under the name of Aetylan. This is the only synthetic rubber produced in Denmark, anil it is claimed that it has good resist ance against oil and petrol. For the being Actylan is to be used only rubber soles and conveyor belts, but manufacturers hope to adopt it for the needs of aircraft. • Me.210 IT is expected that the Messerschmitt Meaio, the new German twin-engine fighter-bomber, will soon come into wider employment by the Luftwaffe. The aircraft, which is <jf the German "Destroyer" type, will probably be used as long-range fighter, bomber escort, and possibly for night fighting and night bombing. It is powered with two DB (103 engines of 1,450 h.p. The new air craft has a relatively short fuselage nose receding behind the airscrew hubs, and in contrast to the Meno, a single rudder unit. Dimensions differ slightly from tlu>=e of the Men'o: span 52.5ft., length 36.3ft., gross weight l8,ioolb. The Me2io carries a crew of two and is said to have an armament composed of two cannon and four machine guns, or alter natively four 15 mm. guns in ttie wings and two synchronised machine guns in the nose of the fuselage. Neutral reports giving the above specifications state that the aircraft lias a much better range than the Meno and a. very high bomb-load oi about 4,4001b. (? !). Its maximum speed in 285 m.p.h. at 18,400ft. Flying Boat of Wood "lyr GAl/ITKR, tile well-known de- •*•»-*- signer now working in connection with the Vichy Aeronautical Arsenal at Lyons-Villeurliaune, is reported to have completed plans of a new aircraft. This is a 4-engined flying boat: for Atlantic employment, which is to lie built in wood. It will have a span of 138 ft and a gross weight of 6o,ooolb. Yasuda for Japs LIEUTENANT GENERAL TAKEO YASUDA has be"en appointed Chief of the Japanese Army Air Staff. Genera] Yasuda is 54 years old, and was, until recently, head of the research centre of the Army Air Force (Rikuguu Koku Gijutsu Kenjvujyo) at Tachikawa, near Tokyo. Incidentally, this appointmesi is con nected with the new trend in the organ isation of Japan's Air Force, which is designed to" give the Army Air Force • wider autonomy. INSIDE VIEW : This photo shows the arrangement of the instrument panel of the Me.109. Reading from left to right and starting from the top row the in struments are as follows ".—1, Clock ; 2, Bracket for reflector sight ; 3, Magneto switches ; 4, Altimeter ; 5, Magnetic compass ; 6, Boost gauge ; 7, Air speed indicator ; 8, Bank and turn indicator ; 9, Airscrew pitcb control ; 10, Rev. counter ; II, Airscrew pitch indicator ; 12, Oil pressure ; 13, Under carriage indicator ; 14, Handle for undercarriage control ; 15, Fuel supply control ; 16, Control box for armament and electric loading ; 17, Fuel contents gauge ; iS, Oil temp. ; 19, Water temp. ; 20, Control stick with a protected firing button on top ; 21, Tube of the high altitude equipment.
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