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Ear to ground *SUR A ROCKET TRIALS. A most successful trial installation and firing demonstration of the Hispano Suiza Sura rocket projectile was carried out recently using a production British Aircraft Corporation Jet Provost T.Mk.52. The installation comprised twenty- four rockets in a four-tier stowage arrangement. For the demonstration, a mixed load of inert exercise, high explosive and hollow charge heads was used against a Churchill tank target (21 ft. long, 6 ft. high). A Type GM2 fixed reflector sight was used and commendably accurate results are said to have been obtained despite turbulent weather conditions. All twenty-four rockets were fired, the first two pairs being used as sighting shots. Subsequently a spotting helicopter reported a scries of direct hits and no further sighting corrections were made. It was later established that in fact only five direct hits were obtained but the remainder were close enough to have inflicted severe damage, and grouping was such as to confirm the inherent accuracy of the aircraft/weapon quickly before following a predetermined course to the through a turntable track arrangement the occupant combination. target area. Then it accurately photographs the hostile can control two sets of panels mounted either side of The Type R80 Sura rocket is of 3·15 in. calibre the cabin. terrain and military equipment with two cameras before (80 mm.) and weighs 26·23 lb. Total weight of a returning to base. Overhead base, the engine is cut off twenty-four rocket installation on a Jet Provost is *SUPER (CALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIUS?) and the drone descends to the ground by parachute. 630 lb., and the launchers arc of low drag design so VC10. First there was the VC10, then there was the The recorded information thus obtained can provide that aircraft performance is not significantly impaired Super VC10, and now there is the Super VC10 develop­ target information for artillery, allow damage caused after the rockets have been launched. The rockets can ment, as B.A.C. have called it. Frankly, chaps, this by earlier attacks to be assessed and generally assist in be loaded either separately or in pre-assembled tiers— new name will not do. The latest version (illustrated military planning. Assuming that recovery is normal, the individual rocket-to-rocket attachment being above) with its double-deck fuselage shows a greater the drone can be refuelled and used again immediately. identical with that of the rocket to the launcher. The difference from the Super VC10 than the Super VC10 The prime contractor for this system is Canadair Ltd. slotted fins interlock with each other to form the front who initiated work on the project in 1959. does from the standard VC10—if you follow. The Super VC10 development must have another, more suspension point, while at the rear the rocket is held *WH O WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? distinctive name, so how about one of the following? in position by a hinged latch which is unlocked by the Super-Super VC10 Ultra VC10 jet efflux of the rocket when fired. ● WANTED urgently, at your price: "Alrcraft Super-Star VC10 Super VC10 Plus The Jet Provost/Sura rocket installation combina­ Engineering." September 1963. 59 street Road Superior VC10 Super New VC10 tion presents no adverse handling characteristics when From The Exchange & Mart Superb VC10 Super D-D VC10 flying with a full load of rockets, according to the TOO LATE NOW! Supreme VC10 Extra Super VC10 R.A.F. pilot who carried out the flight, apart from a slight reduction in rate of roll—a slight increase in Hyper VC10 Super Double-D VC10 *TELEFLEX R. & D. CENTRE. On June 18, the stick force per g being considered advantageous in new Research and Development Centre of Teleflex *B.O.A.C's TREFOREST BASE CELEBRATES the ground attack role. Products Ltd. was opened at Wickford in Essex. The ITS TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. British principal aim of the new centre is to develop products *CRANFIELD PROJECTS. Among the project Overseas Airways Corporation's engine overhaul base for growth markets during the next decade. Teleflex studies recently carried out by students in the Depart­ situated at Treforest, South Wales, celebrated its arc determined to stay in the forefront of the various ment of Aircraft Design at the College of Aeronautics, twenty-fifth anniversary this summer. Evacuated from technologies with which they arc concerned and to Cranfield, was that of a variable-sweep supersonic naval Croydon in 1940, the base has since overhauled 25,757 diversify into entirely new fields. strike aircraft, designated the S.64. The aircraft was piston engines (the last being overhauled in December Facilities at the centre arc up-to-date and varied and intended to be capable of carrying a maximum payload 1964), 799 Bristol Proteus turboprops, 651 Rolls- include such tools as gear cutting equipment. Wherever of 4,000 lb. at-low level at Mach numbers of up to 1·4, Royce Awns, 318 Conway 508s (for B.O.A.C's possible rig tests are programmed to carry out a with Mach 2·5 dash capability at high altitude, Boeing 707 fleet) and more recently 39 of the Conway required test without supervision, but these tests arc powered by two reheat turbofan engines. 5405 powering the VC10. Although there have been automatically terminated if the failures of any type A general purpose jet transport project is being pre­ proposals that the overhaul base should be moved occur. Programmed rigs arc used extensively in pared for investigation during the 1965-6 academic near to London Airport, these have alt been rejected. quality control testing for such items as safety harness Quite apart from the disruption to the overhaul year. This will be designed to carry a maximum freight inertia reels and aircraft cable tensioners. schedules which this would cause, the location of the load of 40,000 lb. or accommodate up to 180 passengers Teleflex are generally acknowledged to be the base at Treforest has the advantage that test cells can in a double-deck fuselage. leading supplier of cable regulating devices to British be operated in the thinly populated areas adjacent to *CL-89 PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. The and Continental European aircraft industries—the the main overhaul plant. airborne surveillance drone system AN/USD/501, alias company's regulators being used, for example, on the The standard and reputation of the Treforest plant is CL-89, which is being developed under a joint Canadian- Argosy freighter described in this issue. Teleflex cable such that last year the A.R.B. exempted B.O.A.C. from British programme was stated last month to be pro­ regulators are currently under consideration for the requirement that a random selection of overhauled gressing satisfactorily and plans are in hand for pro­ several new aircraft, including the Concord, Fokker engines should be taken from the production line and duction to commence later this year. The drone is F.28 and further versions of the Mirage III. Another stripped down for rechecking. designed to provide tactical information in forward development is the Matin aircrew seat which meets battle areas. It is missile-shaped and appioximately 8 ft. the demands imposed by the high vertical loadings *VC1 0 STATISTICS. Standard and Super VC10 in length—being propelled by a jet engine to transonic likely to be encountered in future V.T.O.L. transport flying hours passed the 50,000 mark in mid-July— speeds. Ejected from a mobile launcher, CL-89 utilizes aircraft. Of lightweight construction, the scat is highly nearly 40,000 hours being Mown by B.O.A.C. whose a booster motor to gain altitude and operational speed adjustable in order to reduce crew fatigue and fleet now totals 12 Standard VC10s and 5 Supers. Standard VC10s are also in service with British United Airways (3) and Ghana Airways (2). Since April 1 of this year, when B.O.A.C. inaugurated Super VC10 services to New York and shortly afterwards to San Francisco and the Caribbean, revenue passenger load factors have averaged 74·9 per cent for the first three months of operation. On the North Atlantic (between London and New York), the average passenger load factor was 79·1 per cent and on the New York to Bermuda run, the average for the same period was 67-9. The average revenue passenger load factor for all B.O.A.C. Standard and Super VC10 operations during the April to June period (three months) has been 59 per cent. Standard VC10s operate to West, East, Central and South Africa, the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. On B.O.A.C's Central and South African routes, the average revenue passenger load factor for April to June inclusive has been 75 per cent. August 1965 264 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology Emerald Publishing

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*SUR A ROCKET TRIALS. A most successful trial installation and firing demonstration of the Hispano Suiza Sura rocket projectile was carried out recently using a production British Aircraft Corporation Jet Provost T.Mk.52. The installation comprised twenty- four rockets in a four-tier stowage arrangement. For the demonstration, a mixed load of inert exercise, high explosive and hollow charge heads was used against a Churchill tank target (21 ft. long, 6 ft. high). A Type GM2 fixed reflector sight was used and commendably accurate results are said to have been obtained despite turbulent weather conditions. All twenty-four rockets were fired, the first two pairs being used as sighting shots. Subsequently a spotting helicopter reported a scries of direct hits and no further sighting corrections were made. It was later established that in fact only five direct hits were obtained but the remainder were close enough to have inflicted severe damage, and grouping was such as to confirm the inherent accuracy of the aircraft/weapon quickly before following a predetermined course to the through a turntable track arrangement the occupant combination. target area. Then it accurately photographs the hostile can control two sets of panels mounted either side of The Type R80 Sura rocket is of 3·15 in. calibre the cabin. terrain and military equipment with two cameras before (80 mm.) and weighs 26·23 lb. Total weight of a returning to base. Overhead base, the engine is cut off twenty-four rocket installation on a Jet Provost is *SUPER (CALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIUS?) and the drone descends to the ground by parachute. 630 lb., and the launchers arc of low drag design so VC10. First there was the VC10, then there was the The recorded information thus obtained can provide that aircraft performance is not significantly impaired Super VC10, and now there is the Super VC10 develop­ target information for artillery, allow damage caused after the rockets have been launched. The rockets can ment, as B.A.C. have called it. Frankly, chaps, this by earlier attacks to be assessed and generally assist in be loaded either separately or in pre-assembled tiers— new name will not do. The latest version (illustrated military planning. Assuming that recovery is normal, the individual rocket-to-rocket attachment being above) with its double-deck fuselage shows a greater the drone can be refuelled and used again immediately. identical with that of the rocket to the launcher. The difference from the Super VC10 than the Super VC10 The prime contractor for this system is Canadair Ltd. slotted fins interlock with each other to form the front who initiated work on the project in 1959. does from the standard VC10—if you follow. The Super VC10 development must have another, more suspension point, while at the rear the rocket is held *WH O WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? distinctive name, so how about one of the following? in position by a hinged latch which is unlocked by the Super-Super VC10 Ultra VC10 jet efflux of the rocket when fired. ● WANTED urgently, at your price: "Alrcraft Super-Star VC10 Super VC10 Plus The Jet Provost/Sura rocket installation combina­ Engineering." September 1963. 59 street Road Superior VC10 Super New VC10 tion presents no adverse handling characteristics when From The Exchange & Mart Superb VC10 Super D-D VC10 flying with a full load of rockets, according to the TOO LATE NOW! Supreme VC10 Extra Super VC10 R.A.F. pilot who carried out the flight, apart from a slight reduction in rate of roll—a slight increase in Hyper VC10 Super Double-D VC10 *TELEFLEX R. & D. CENTRE. On June 18, the stick force per g being considered advantageous in new Research and Development Centre of Teleflex *B.O.A.C's TREFOREST BASE CELEBRATES the ground attack role. Products Ltd. was opened at Wickford in Essex. The ITS TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. British principal aim of the new centre is to develop products *CRANFIELD PROJECTS. Among the project Overseas Airways Corporation's engine overhaul base for growth markets during the next decade. Teleflex studies recently carried out by students in the Depart­ situated at Treforest, South Wales, celebrated its arc determined to stay in the forefront of the various ment of Aircraft Design at the College of Aeronautics, twenty-fifth anniversary this summer. Evacuated from technologies with which they arc concerned and to Cranfield, was that of a variable-sweep supersonic naval Croydon in 1940, the base has since overhauled 25,757 diversify into entirely new fields. strike aircraft, designated the S.64. The aircraft was piston engines (the last being overhauled in December Facilities at the centre arc up-to-date and varied and intended to be capable of carrying a maximum payload 1964), 799 Bristol Proteus turboprops, 651 Rolls- include such tools as gear cutting equipment. Wherever of 4,000 lb. at-low level at Mach numbers of up to 1·4, Royce Awns, 318 Conway 508s (for B.O.A.C's possible rig tests are programmed to carry out a with Mach 2·5 dash capability at high altitude, Boeing 707 fleet) and more recently 39 of the Conway required test without supervision, but these tests arc powered by two reheat turbofan engines. 5405 powering the VC10. Although there have been automatically terminated if the failures of any type A general purpose jet transport project is being pre­ proposals that the overhaul base should be moved occur. Programmed rigs arc used extensively in pared for investigation during the 1965-6 academic near to London Airport, these have alt been rejected. quality control testing for such items as safety harness Quite apart from the disruption to the overhaul year. This will be designed to carry a maximum freight inertia reels and aircraft cable tensioners. schedules which this would cause, the location of the load of 40,000 lb. or accommodate up to 180 passengers Teleflex are generally acknowledged to be the base at Treforest has the advantage that test cells can in a double-deck fuselage. leading supplier of cable regulating devices to British be operated in the thinly populated areas adjacent to *CL-89 PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY. The and Continental European aircraft industries—the the main overhaul plant. airborne surveillance drone system AN/USD/501, alias company's regulators being used, for example, on the The standard and reputation of the Treforest plant is CL-89, which is being developed under a joint Canadian- Argosy freighter described in this issue. Teleflex cable such that last year the A.R.B. exempted B.O.A.C. from British programme was stated last month to be pro­ regulators are currently under consideration for the requirement that a random selection of overhauled gressing satisfactorily and plans are in hand for pro­ several new aircraft, including the Concord, Fokker engines should be taken from the production line and duction to commence later this year. The drone is F.28 and further versions of the Mirage III. Another stripped down for rechecking. designed to provide tactical information in forward development is the Matin aircrew seat which meets battle areas. It is missile-shaped and appioximately 8 ft. the demands imposed by the high vertical loadings *VC1 0 STATISTICS. Standard and Super VC10 in length—being propelled by a jet engine to transonic likely to be encountered in future V.T.O.L. transport flying hours passed the 50,000 mark in mid-July— speeds. Ejected from a mobile launcher, CL-89 utilizes aircraft. Of lightweight construction, the scat is highly nearly 40,000 hours being Mown by B.O.A.C. whose a booster motor to gain altitude and operational speed adjustable in order to reduce crew fatigue and fleet now totals 12 Standard VC10s and 5 Supers. Standard VC10s are also in service with British United Airways (3) and Ghana Airways (2). Since April 1 of this year, when B.O.A.C. inaugurated Super VC10 services to New York and shortly afterwards to San Francisco and the Caribbean, revenue passenger load factors have averaged 74·9 per cent for the first three months of operation. On the North Atlantic (between London and New York), the average passenger load factor was 79·1 per cent and on the New York to Bermuda run, the average for the same period was 67-9. The average revenue passenger load factor for all B.O.A.C. Standard and Super VC10 operations during the April to June period (three months) has been 59 per cent. Standard VC10s operate to West, East, Central and South Africa, the Persian Gulf, Pakistan, India and Malaysia. On B.O.A.C's Central and South African routes, the average revenue passenger load factor for April to June inclusive has been 75 per cent. August 1965 264

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