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EXPERIMENTAL DELTA RESEARCH AIRCRAFT
THE ADE and COMMERCE
The Fatry Aviation Co. Ltd. had this machine on display at the Farnborough Air Dix-
The Delta Cone Rolls Royce Derwent Jet engine) was built as un experimental delta..
wing research niréraft. Express Photo,
Future Aircraft May Have
Nuclear Engines
Now that
nuclear power has become a roality for submarinos, it is certain that before many years have elapsed aircraft will also be equipped with nuclear propulsion.
The first difficulty which is likely to arise is that of shielding the crew of the aircraft from the dangers of radio-
The weight of the metal shields activity.
which atomic- powered aircraft will have to carry will be great, and con- sequently the length of take-off and landing-runs will be much increased by comparison with those of today.
lo
Moreover, it inevitably follows is the nearest perodrone to smallest e would incan <te- that the runways of the future France In the country.
struction for a spaceship at the will have to be able to bear It is belleved to be the Arst tremendous speed it would be Justly greater weights than airfield in the world which was travelling after
leaving the those of today, which are al-designed especially to deal with earth. ready expensive to construct. vehicle traffic as opposed
The cost of building runways uitable for atomic-powered air- will be such that many countries may well choose to consider the use of the Bying bout as the starting point for their experiments in this direc-
tions
it
by
estimated has been Saunders-Roe. the company which buill the huge Princess to flying-boats, that for years
all-up designed will
the minimum come weight of an aircraft
to use atomic propulsion
passengers.
Its construction is a handsoine tribute to the aircraft which has operated the Channel ferry ever In 1948-the since it began Bristol Freighter,
can
He told the society that spectul charts were already being drawn up by Indianu University scientists with the support of the U. S Government Office of Naval
Research and the U.S. Army's Office * Ordnance Research.
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