AIRCRAFT DESIGN IN BRITAIN
New Types Of Naval Planes
(Rec. 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, October 2. When the Japanese war ended, Britain with the fastest jet-propelled aircraft in the world, was two months ahead of any other country in aircraft design, said Admiral M. S. Slatter, Chief Naval Representative to the Ministry of Aircraft Production, at a display of the latest naval aircraft. He added that all the new types were equal to, and in many cases superior in performance, to anything in the world. “All are designed to operate from aircraft carriers, but their performances are in every way comparable to the best shore-based types,” he said. “The old idea that aircraft operating from carriers are slow and poor in performance is as dead as a dodo. The new types taking part in the display included the jet-propelled Sea Vampire, which is a naval adaptation of the Vampire.
“The Sea Hornet will be the first twin-engined single-seater fighter to go into naval service. It has a range of 2000 miles and a speed of more than 450 miles an hour. The Sea Fury, a new, fast fleet fighter, has a top speed of more than 460 miles an hour, and the Sea Fang can do better than 450 miles an hour.”
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Southland Times, Issue 25794, 4 October 1945, Page 5
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