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1931
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FLIGHT, DECEMBER 18, 1931 A TRIBUTE TO ADVERTISING A SALES record for the financialyear just ended is announced by C. C. Wakeneld & Co., Ltd., theall-British manufacturers of lubricat- ing oils. Wakenelds' have kept theirsupremacy by using British salesmen and British sales methods, and, aboveall, by placing their faith in Press advertising. In speaking of adver-tising, they say: '' People have said in times of depression that they can-iiot afford to advertise. That is wrong. We cannot afford not to advertise.Our faith in Press advertising during the bad times we have come throughhas been justified by our increased sales. It is our experience that thepublic is paying more attention to advertisements. Buyers look to adver-tisements for guidance." The fact that an all-British firm cancreate record sales during: a period of intense depression is a tribute toBritish methods and British industry. FOR THE GEAR DESIGNER A BOOK which should be in the*^ hands of all aircraft designers or aircraft works managers who haveto design or operate any gears, gear- cutting machinery or worm drives, isthe David Brown Hob Book. This small volume, which only costs Is.,can be obtained from David Brown & Sons, Ltd., Park Works, Lockwood,Huddersfield. It contains full par- ticulars of over 2,000 hobs, both of theStandard Involute and D.B.S. patent forms, thus allowing designers to de-sign worm gearing for which tools are already in existence, thereby effecting a saving in time and cost. The section devoted to worm-gearing design is of particular interest, well illustrated, and contains all the necessary formulae. THE NATIONAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY r ONSIDERABLE prominence hasbeen given in the daily Press to the fact that the National AircraftFactory at Waddon has been disposed of by the Government and purchasedby Town Investments, Ltd. As A.D.C. Aircraft, Ltd., and CirrusAero-Engines, Ltd., at one time occu- pied these premises, it is felt that pos-sibly it may not be understood that the sheds now dccupied by the Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Co. facing on to Croydon Aerodrome do not come withinthis sale, as they are the property of the Air Ministry and are leased direct. This sale of the National AircraftFactory does not, therefore, in any way involve the Cirrus-Hermes En-gineering Co., nor will it mean any alteration to business. ANGLO'S BRITISH BOARD TTHE ANGLO-AMERICAN Oil Co.,*• Ltd., announce the appointment of Mr. Frederick J. Wolfe to the chair-manship of the Board of Directors, and the addition of Mr. J. B. R. Morton tothe Board. The Company has an all- British board, comprising the abovegentlemen and Mr. James Hamilton, Vice-Chairman, Mr. J. Wilkie Frye,and Mr. A. Maclean. A WESTLAND SOCIAL '"THE WESTLAND AIRCRAFT•*• Works, Yeovil, held their annual social on Saturday, November 28, at theAssembly Rooms, Yeovil, when some 250 staff and employees assembled toenjoy an evening of dancing, inter- spersed with choral items. Mr. R. A. Bruce, managing director,mentioned in his opening remarks that this particular social was to celebratethe completion and delivery of the 500th Wapiti, and he thought it wasan achievement of which to be proud in that their machines had provedtheir worth to such an extent that the Air Ministry had ordered so many ofone type. Wapitis were used, he said, in the R.A.F., in the Royal Austra-lian Air Force, and also the South African Air Force. There were some20 squadrons of the R.A.F. equipped with these aircraft, the proportionbeing higher than that of any other make. The Ambassadors Dance Band andMiss Ursula Priddle (accompanist) pro- vided the musical portion of the pro-gramme, while the choral items were well rendered by certain talentedmembers of the staff. A VICKERS' RESIGNATION A N ITEM of news is the resignation** of Air Com. J. A. Chamier, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., O.B.E., from Vickers(Aviation) Ltd., and from the Super- marine Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd.Air Com. Chamier previously held a seat on the Board of Directors of eachof these Companies. A Handy DiaryWE have received from Gale & Polden, Ltd., a copy of the Aeronautical Dairy, 1932. In many cases the pocketdiary—and this is of the pocket variety, measuring about 3^ in. by 4£ in.—containing " useful information " isexasperating, in that the usefulness of the information therein is nil when most required. This is by no means thecase with the Aeronautical Diary, which, in some 74 pages, contains a remarkable amount of really useful aeronautical information, technical and general, for its size. We cannothere mention the information given in the diary, and can only suggest that the reader obtains a copy and gives itsusefulness a test—we do not think he will regret it. The price of this diary varies from 2s. to 7s. 6d., according tobinding, etc., and it may be added in conclusion that 10 per cent, of the cost price of all copies sold will behanded over to the Royal Aeronautical Society Endowment Fund. THE LATEST CURTISS-WRIGHT "JUNIOR": In our issue for Feb. 27 last we illustrated and briefly described the Curtiss-Wright " Junior" light plane. Above we show this machine developed into an amphibian—and it will be seen that the machine has altered but little in general appearance. 1249 a* **.
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