1948-01-24 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1948.

Are You War Planes Coming On Fast The SNAPSHOT GUILD

1.

you

who-

Sure?

Answers on Page 10

Where in

Britain wf

find the grave of One

In famous, though unknown;

died abroad, yet in

among king?

2. One of

burried

these is not a

British butterfly--

Red Atmiral, Dingby

Skip-

per. Purple Emperor, Buf Or. pington, Painted Lady.

3. An aeolian deposit Ticket for a concert, deposit laid down by wind, Grecian hire purchase payment?

4. This is part of a- Crapfish, dreiging

Hug

machine,

5. Held aloft in the right hand of the Statue of Liberty

at New York there is a-

Pair of reales, torch,

'sword?

6. One of

fing.

football team won the League Cham-

pianship

maich-

these

without

losing

I

Aston Villa, Sunderland, Ar- neral. Preston North End. Manchester City.

Shakespeare omitted only our of these ames from this plays

Jack. Bill, Dary, Tom, Dick, Harry,

8. The Gunpowder Plot was almed at the destruction of King, Lords, Communa

9. Can you arrange Sirne ale measures. In corrrel order, smallest to largest-

Kilderkin, barrel, hopahead, firkin?

10. The best man at Prin- cess Elizabeth's wedding was-

Lord

Lascelles, Marquis of Haven, Duke of Nor

falk?.

Murphy's Steak ·

Here's an up-to-date list of American Service aircraft

N

By CHARLES CORDDRY (United Press Aviation Writer)

speed.

almost bewildering range, bomb expuelty and number of spectacular There are 133 on order and the first

the Air Force.

brother to the Phantom. Also in in

FP-00. Photo - reconnaissance

production. Is In the 600-mile-an- version of the P-80 jet fighter. hour class.

Chance Vought FGU Pirate.-A jet now in production. Said to By "well over 500 miles per hour."

North American FJ-Fourth Navy Jet now in production. Also a 100 mile-an-hour plane.

Experimental Fightors North American XP-86.--A 000- mille-an-hour Air Force fgliter, Swept-back wings and range over 1,000 miles. Possible successor to P-80 and P-84.

Curties XP-87-The Arst four- recently began jet fighter plane,

Attack Bombers

Douglas AD-1 Skyrakder and the Martin AM-1 Mauler. They

pack The fire power of destroyers or laht cruisers, and fly at more than 350 miles an hour. Both Navy planes and in production.

Navy Patrol Planes Martin P4M Merentor.-Two jet and two conventional engines.

Lockheed P2V Neptune.The Truculent Turtle, a P2V, holds the world's non-stop distance record from Melbourne, Australla, to Cleve- Innd, O

O. A twin-engine plane. Martin POM-SA Amphibious

or cargo-

new military planes have few should be turned over soon to ground and tax! tests. Designed as Mariner.Jack-of-all-trades. Serves

been Introduced in recent months. So many that even aviation experts are hard put to keep up with developments.

been ordered.

Flying

as patrol-reconnaissance carrying plane.

All are in production.

Transport Planes Consolidated Vultee XC - 99.- World's largest land plane. De led to carry 400 troops. Recent ly flown for the first time. A trans- port version of the B-35. Air Force. One bullt.

an Air Force all-weather fighter. Consolidated-Valtee B-38-A six- Grumman XF9F-Has a ̈British Interchangeable engine giant said to have a 10,000. Nene jet engine mile range with five tons of bombs, with an Allison Jet. Navy plane.

Chance Vought XFOU That 21⁄2 times the range of a

- type Navy plane, It must be remembered, bow- 1-20 and 311⁄2 times the bomb loadi. Pancake. Propeller There are 100 on order. ever, that these new planes are Northrop 8-35 Flying Wing-Sald In early stage of development are 10,000-mile range with McDonnell parasite fighter, designed not an indication of the Amerl to have

the B-36 air Ove tons of bombs. Thirteen have to be enrried aboard can untion's military

bomber: McDonnell XP-88

and

Boeing C-07-Transport version strength. Many are not yet

North American B-45.-Only Jet Lockheed XP-00, designed to be

of the B-20 and B-30. To be sold nart of the combat air forces. homber now in production. The long-range jet fighters.

to commercial airlines as the Boring Most are experimental planes Air Force has ordered 100. It is

Photo-Reconnaissanco Stratocrulser. Is in production. jet engines. The Air designated as "X" planes. Most tour

Lockheed Constitution. Experl- Plancs

mental Navy transport. Capacity, | are limited in production, many clowns it will exceed 480 miles an hour, and carry 11 tons of bombs

XF-11, built by Howard Hughes. 180

There passengers.

are two of to only three planes.

2,200-mile range.

better than 400-mile-an-hour these. Consolidated Vuitee

XB-46,-- A

The plane now being tested by Air Force.

Packet- bomber in the 11-ton. Four-let

Two bulli. 2.200 to 2,400-mile range. greater

Here are the latest US. Air Forey and Navy planes by cate-

story:

Jet and Rocket Research Aircraft

In

with about a

Force

XF-12--A four-engine. 450-mile- n 480 m.p.h. category. Only one an-hour Republie plane for the Air thnx built.

Force. Two bullt,

Fairchild C-110 Adaptation of Fairchild C-82 Pac- ket. Also known as "dying box- car." In production. Troop and cargo carrier.

* FROM HERE & THERE:

Doelar X-47. Revolutionary experimental bomber having six jet engines, swept-back wings and Bell XS-1-Rocket-powered,

hour. fight tests at Muroe, California, han spred around ADD miles on approaches the speed of sound. De Raage said to be about 2,000 miles An experl- sioned to Ry up to twire the speed and capacity 11 tong

mental contract called for two. of gout, which is 763 miles un hotte

Martin XB-48-5lx-je! bamber It sea level.

In an Air Force

Inuding gear. with bicycle

Speed an hour. Borgh XS-2--Rocket-powered. Sues about 600 miles

about under conceity 11 tons and range Now to XS-1.

2,100 miles, Two ordernel, struction. Will luve swept-back Northrop YB-49-An eight-jet

1

plane.

evesor

wings which are expected to reduce the shock at the speed of sound,

Douglas

las 12-558-1 Skystronk...Jet- propelled. Holds the world's offel speed record, 6566 roles per hour, ni Murce on August 25. established al It is a Navy pla

Douglas D-538-2 Skyrocket. --A Forket-powered

wwept-back-wing mister of the Skystreak. Also has a The Navy says it should jet engine. fly 650 h: 750 miles an hour in tests to start soon

Douglas XS-3--Betrug cferarneal for the Air Force. Supposed to be designed for two to three times zone speed

with an altitude ceifing of 200,000 to 300,000 feet,

The above are NOT Combat

which the services hope to itaria desi sinta for practical superzonte combat planes.

AN EYE FOR DETAIL

A carefully selected viewpoint and «'amali ions apertura kelp give this picture interest and detall.

'Sinterklaas” In Africa building that has just gone up, shooter carefully picked an in-

Johannesburg-Believing that Santa Claus in scarlet and fur and driving a reindeer is out of place in an African summer, Afrikaners here have invented their own Father Christmas. Re-christened Sinterklaas, he appeared at a local school in a beard, a green cont decorated with tinsel, a tall blue hat with an ostrich feather, and brown trousers.

ILLEGAL

in a some-

killed.

VICIOUS SHARK

WHETHER you photograph picture a good one. Looking own home or a new at it, it is clear that the snap- [detail is essential. Because of teresting viewpoint." The this, a first rule for good archi- monument, seen in the "frame" tectural snapshots is "stop of the columns, helps give a down."

Use the smallest lens feeling of depth. So do the opening possible with existing runglike shadows cast by the conditions of light.

columns across the pavement. This will mean longer ex- posures. If you must shoot at One further point should be

version of the B-35 flying wing. Performance about the same as other et bombers, but it has more range. Air Force and Navy Fighters

The colours are symbolic of retired again before it could be less than 1/25 of a second, it noticed. The vertical lines of South Africa's blue sky, green the house again until the snake is some other support to

killed. Mrs. Zappelli will not enter will mean using a tripod or the columns are straight; our Lockheed P-80 (Shooting Star) veld and brown.

steady photographer has avoided dis- do this it Was and Republic 1'-R-1

He (Thunderjel).

Was accompanied by

your camera when you click the tortion. To Combat-rendy Air Force Jet inter-Mother Christmas

Melbourne.A nine-year-old boy, shutter. But results justify necessary to be well back from Have Ared their uns what similar outfit.

standing In 18 inches of water, this care. ceptors,

A small lens open the columns in the foreground. under simulated combat conditions

hauling a net for his father-n proing, providing a great range of The camera, in a high position, at more than 500 and 000 miles per

Both are

Ottawa.-Canadian wartime pilots fessional fisherman-nt Watsons Tay- mass-production hour.

sharpness, insures good defini- was set absolutely level. Was on the north coast, have been approached by Arab sym- for Lake planes.

Distortion-as for example, North American P-82.-Conven-pathisers to Bght ns

volunteers severely mauled by a six-foot shark. tion in objects at various dis- escort against the Jeves in the Holy Land. The boy. Donald Ireland, was res-tances from the camera.

the tendency of vertical lines tional propeller long-range

cued by his father and taken to Notice, for example, that the to taper towards the centre of Dehter. Has a twin fuselage and is Several ex-R.CAP. fliers

have To- called the twin-Mustang because ofceived definite offers but so far none deeply used think.

hospital, seriously injured with acolumns in the foreground of the picture is at times effee- is known to have accepted. Under

today's illustration are sharply live. It presents all but 95, of the 30th, of food planes, They are flying laboraturloo its resemblance to its predecessor the Foreign Enlistments Act it is

an unusual the North American P-41 of war

effect for picturing Johannesburg. How did the hip.recorded. Some distance away, "angle" for Canadians to fame. Top speed 475 miles an hour. against the

balustrade, the high buildings from a close-up Grumman FIF Hearent and Aght In the forces of other countries. popotamus turn round? This is the beyond the

oficers Corsair.

puzzling

of the globe of a street lamp is in viewpoint. But, like any trick Chance Vought F-40-5 Only

two propeller-type fighters Adelaide.

focus. Still farther away, be effect, it should be approached tive-foot Ship Kentworth Castle, which

cargo of 200 ani- the Navy now has in production. snake has driven Mrs. Zappelli and carrying a record The hippo is 121, yond the trees, the Monument with caution. And it is always

McDonnell

of her five-roomed mag Phantom. A her baby out

- twin-jet plane with speed exceeding house near Kalgoorlie, Australia's long, his crate is 6ft. dins, wide. One rises and is sharply defined, well to

was

Took The Count

Customs officers at Tilbury srized

boxer Bos

Tran

which Murphy took with him to London.

trong

"It's tough, but 11 manage some-

hieplay *alth,

" have 1500) of steak cromiog

Bombers

While the Air Force would rely

ts the chain lonks us today on the Bocht: 11-29 superfort 11 have to cancel til, too."

Alurphy went to Basked by vel a matel for the Empire wetlerwelgt!

if it had to fight, it has these bund

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law

NO WONDER!

victous

question

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MYSTERY HIPPO

500 miles an hour. Navy's first jel gold town. The snake attacked the morning he was found in be facing The lens opening need fighter, Carrier groups are being baker, who fought it off with bis in the apposite direction. "Heaven 1,22. formand. ore coming along!

The snake retired knows how he did it," one of the

Detail, however, is only one Bend B-50. - Adapted from the McDonnell F211 Banshee, Abeneath the flouring. It was enticed leers told me. "We are still trying

factor that helps make B-29 Superfortress but with more twin-jet, more powerful Navy out later with a saucer of milk, but to work it out."

bread-basket.

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

this

with

remember that most architectural studies dis- tortion should be avoided.

John van Guilder.

"New Year Wishes"

By KEMP STARRETT.

#

AID I ONLY

--HAVE-TO-PAY- ONE WEEK'S SALARY... INSTEAD OF

SIX!

OUR NEW YEAR WICH IS FOR AN INCOME TAX FORM THAT WE COULD FILL ONT COMPLETE IN TEN M'NUTES—AND KNOW IT WAS BOUNCE-PROOT,

"YOU'D BETTER GO WASII

YOUR HANDS AND FACE AND COMB YOUR HARA."

"YES SIR! RIGIT AWAY SIR

BONE

"STEAK

VIITH THREE

PAIRS

OF DANTE?

THAT ONE, THIRTY DOLLARS, "ECITHIDES

MY

EATING

20

BUMER 19%

AND FOOD AT PRICES WE CAN DAY.

...OR TO BUY A SUIT WITHOUT THE CEUCATIONS YOU GET WHEN CONTRACTING FOR A HEV CAR.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD. "GEE, I'M SORRY, BOSSY I DIDN'T SEE YA CUTTIN' IN THERE... GET IT FIXED

AND SEND ME T' BILL/"

WE WISH, TOO, THAT RADIO PERFORMERS WOULD SING OR PLAY OUR FAVORITE TUNES AS WRITTEN. [AND THAT TRE WIFE WOULDN'T START READING SOMETHING

TO US RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PET, QUIZ.

"YOU DO

THEM

YOUR

WAY

WE ALSO WICH THE YOUNGER SET WOULD FIND THEIR MANNERS, ANSWER RESPECTFULLY.... AND THAT WE WON'T COLLAPSE FROM THE SHOCK.

ÅND IF WE SHOULD HAVE A FENDER-BENDING JOUST VE WISH THE OTHER GUY WOULD ADMIT IT WAS HIS FAULT... AND NOT THREATEN US WITH MAVIE.

Ledger Spuidicate

AND WHEN WE DO GET STUCK FOR THE DIGI- CHORE WE WISH MRS. WOULD KEEP AER INSTRUCTIONS, TO HERSELF.