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Canada's Jetliner and CF-100 jet fighter will fly the Atlantic shortly to be displayed In the United Kingdom. The Jetliner will also visit a number of European capitale. Its cross- ing will mark the world's first trans-Atlantic flight by a jet-powered transport. The CF-100 its type, and is one of the most powerful air. Is the first long-range, ail-weather fighter
Both planes, together with a now jet engine craft designed for the defence of North America.
Canada Ltd. Picture of Canadian design, tha Orenda, are the mohievements of A.V. Rog shows side view of the Avro Jetliner. The aircraft's cruising speed is placed at 127 miles per hour at 30,000 feet and it carries 50 passengers.—Avro Canada Photo.
Canadian
jet achievement
The Avro Canada Jetliner and the CF-100, fightor will fly the Atlantic shortly to be displayed at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors exhibition at Farnborough, England, this month. It possibly will be the first occanic crossing by a jet transport and cortainly the first by on intercity jet airliner. After this history-making flight to the United Kingdom, the jet transport will tour the capitals of Europe and possibly of the Middle East. The Avro-Canada Orenda turbojet engine, which is intended to power the fighter later, will also be sent over for display of the SRAC show.
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The crawler type of tractor continues to demonstrate its sultability for oversees work both in. connection with the carrying out of contracting work as well as for agricultural and forestry 'operations, and the Loyd range now includes several designs.
One which is greatly in de- mand at the present time (4 what is known as the DP-type which may be powered either by the 40-h.p. Turner diesel engine or the 50-hp. Ford VB unit running on petrol or tractor vaporising off.
four- The lay-out includes a speed gear-box which, with the differential brake steering sys- tem, provides easy manoeuvring for field work, and it may be fitted with a bulldozer or a winch with a power take-off.
With the Turner engine the drawbar pull is fup to 8,500lb.. but other models are available. Including one with a Dorman
for
whereas airliners on the same diesel engine which will give la roule now carry 36 to 40. On this pull up to 10,00016.
Jetliner can There is also the narrow track same schedule one
which is suited accomodate 400 passengers cach machine
of work such as day in contrast to the 240 passen- many kinds gera now carried by aircraft in orchards, vineyards, and any current service.
plantations where there is rest. ricted space between the rows.
Easy handling
In spite of the Jetliner's high permits, a marked reduction of cruising speed, its handling at low maintenance problems normally speeds is comparable to present-} associated with conventional air- day transports. The airports of craft. Radio, electronic, hydraulic today may, be caslly used by and electrical control wilts aro Tests have proved that the, low- all located conveniently. For speed characteristics of the air- smaller requirements of spares craft pre just as good as its high and stores are required. speed characteristics. Other testri To the airline passenger tho at take-off Indiented that the Felliner will soon offer incompar aircraft had little tendency, to nile speed, comfort and safety. swing when an outboard (enging Once huving tried "Jetflight, they By successfully producing engines. The Jetliner has made was shut down at various speed will never be satisfied with any- unique et transport, jet fighter Noth and turbojet engine, Canada em for an airliner of more than 500 between 130 m.p.h. and 75 m.p.h. thing less.
America's 'first air transport to The normal crusing speed of rightfully take her place with the mah, and on lights to Ottawa, make use of revolutionary, Jo the Jetliner is about 100 to 130 wurld leaders in jet development. Montreal and
York the power, the Jetliner was designed miles an hour faster than the Nothing similar has ever been present airline scheduled times to meet International Civil Avia- fustest present-day air transports, done concurrently by any com- have been cut in half or more. tion Organisation and Civil Aero- 200 miles an hour faster than
CF-100 is nautics pany in Canada and probably no? Performance of the
Authority performance nost. Its ability to outfly the in the world. To produce these secret but it has been authorita-and safety requirements. It hall weather means fewer flights de- three contributions to the Jet Aptively described being at least the Jetliner, CF-100 fighter and two years ahead of anything been engineered to United Staic layed or washed out.
manufacturing standards and that Quiet, smooth. flight will be n Orenda turbojet engine, AvsluBar in the United Kingdom or
of the aircraft compelling invitation to go by Canada started practically from United States.
The Orenda has major portion
equipment, instruments and acce; Jeliner. Able passengers will scratch.
undergone various
endurance spries arc of Canadian and United for the first time be able to tall Within the comparatively few runs of unprecedented length. Stales manufacture. The engined to each other in the air without Since the Jetliner made its firs are Kolls Royce Derwent turbolets raising their voices. (Crew mem- years since the war Avro Canada haa set up a design, development flight on August 10, 1940, it has which have more than 150,000 sers have talked to each other in and production team equal to any been setting high standards un-hours of operational experience normal tones at distances of 20 in the world. The Avro Canada oblainable in present-day piston- behind them.
feet apart while in light). They Jelliner, the first inter-city jet driven airliners.
will be pleasantly will sip their afternoon tea with- transport in the world and the
at the economie aspects cut danger of spilling 11. first of any description in the York in mid-April it halved the of the Jetliner. The results of In the cabin of the Jotuner Western hemisphere, has been present scheduled time and flight-proven study show its carn- there will be comfortable accom- successfully test flown and will carried the world's first official ing power is higher than that of be ready for regular service or mail for a jet transport: This in- present air transports despite the modation for from 40 to 60 pos- sengers. Pressurisation, venille- the wir routes of the world inauguration of "jotmail" forecasts relatively high fuci consumption tion, heating and cooling cap bơ two years.
the day soon to come when jet of jet engines. As jet engines ara automatically controlled or pre- The Avro
Canada
CF-100 transports are flying passengers, improved and flight procedures fighter, the most powerful in the mall, cargo and express on the modified, the ceunumie picture for selected. There will be a complete world-and-the-first-long-range, air-routes.
To the Jetliner will be even brighter, change of cabin air every minute. The cabin-pressurisation-system all-weather, day-night fighter, To the airlincs, the Avro Jet- The low-slung Avro Jelliner is the most modern yet devised. has given outstanding promise liner offers increased revenue has been designed for the highest Ground level conditions are givers from its initial flights. Even
30.000 feet. speed, airline flect requirements and maintenance. Engines, land-
When the Jetliner flew to New.S
better performance is expected earning capacity. By virtue of its degree of efficiency for servicing up to 21,500 feet. when it is soon fitted with the are reduced and due to Its in- ing gear and flaps can be services the normal eruising height of thei
Jetliner, the conaltions will bo Avro Canada Orenda engines, herent simplicity, maintenance from the ground without tho
The Avro Ilotliner will be safer: which have had several thousand and servicing problems minimised, fecessity of ladders or stands the same as those at 4,000 feet. hours of successful ground tests Although the Jetliner is one of The lower halves of the engine than present-day aircraft. The and, which are now to be tested the outstanding technical achieve cowlings are hinged and quickly flying test bed. The Orenda is
an advanced stage of develop-
with one frequent cause of injury. in the pir in a special Lancaster ments of the day, its design detachable to perinlt ready access absence of propellčis does away the largest turbo-jet power unt straightforward, its construction to the englucs and engine acces~
and a minimum Use of kerosene fuel by the Jet- liner means no gasoline firu. ventional features аге incor- can be carried out in. the shore
hazard. Because the airliner porated,
tline of 40 minutes.
cruises above the weather. Because of its 'speed, two Jet-
Less spares needed
minimises, the danger from icing liners on inter-city routes con do present 'air
Elimination af propellers and conditions. Four gas turbines are the work of three
In addition Jetliners platon-engine equipment, together an important safety factor in caso
of vibration, of engine failure." and can carry 40 to 60 passengers with the absence
ment.
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