NEW JET FIGHTER
TRIALS' OF BRITISH MACHINE LONDON, May 29. Britain has developed the first jetpropelled flying wing fighter in the world—the de Havilland Swallow—which has been flying on trial for the last' three weeks. This was announced by Mi’ Arthur Woodburn, the | Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply,
The Swallow’s wings are swept back 43' degrees and its single fin rudder is attached to the exhaust cone of a Goblin Mark II jet engine. Because of the unknown flying characteristics of this moth-shaped machine it has been tested with fixed slots. Nothing like the maximum speed has been attempted. It is expected that the de Havilland Ghost jet engine, which develops about 50001 b static thrust, will eventually supersede the lower-powered Goblin. The Swallow may then reach more than.67s miles an hour —70 above the existing world record held by the Gloster Meteor Mark IV jet fighter.
Mr Woodburn said that the Swallow would lead to a great future for aviation development. He expressed the '.-.opinion that in less than two years, Britain would lead the world in aviation.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 May 1946, Page 8
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