Australia Is Developing Guided Missile
Received Sunday, 7 p.m. SYDNEY, APFd 10. Research scientists of tbe Divisipn Of aerqnautics, are perfectipg Qne Pl the world 's most advanced types of guided missiles in the fprm 9f a fty" ing wing. It will hgvp a warhead, jet engines and radio pqptrol. . . - Scientists wjU test the engines at • Fishermen' s Bend, Victpria, a|» •; tlie end of t Jiis year and iater "^ilf $eat the mjssile .itself pn tiie J§QUth A^" tralian rocket range, j In the coprse of- peyfecthig th§ "flyihg wing,'-' Australia^ scientists are- developing two new aireraft fpr peacetime nse. Pne is a hpming giider with a twelve-fppt ynngspap and carrying recording instrpnients, and designed to return under ra4i0 eontrol from high altjtup.es with weather- data. The second is a "tadpole flying wiijg" Wkich is being developed as a pressurised airliner.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 April 1949, Page 5
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