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238 FLIGHT. AUGUST 27, i936. THE INDUSTRY Heat-resisting Steels DEALING with steel having high rigidity and freedom from appreciable scaling at temperatures up to 1,100 deg C. a well illustrated catalogue has recently been issued by Had- fields, Ltd., of Sheffield, under the title of " Heat-Resisting Steels." Miles Whitney Straight Price WHITNEY STRAIGHT, LTD., inform Flight that it has been decided to fix the retail price of the new Miles Whitney Straight aeroplane at ^985. The increase in price is accounted for by the improved specification, which includes such refinements as fully shock-proofed mounting of instru ment panels, and independent electric petrol gauges on the dashboard. Hangar for Penang A HANGAR having a depth of 99 ft. and width of 100 ft. has been ordered fo. use at the Penang Aerodrome. It is being supplied by A. and J. Main and Co., Ltd., of Vincent House, London, S.W.i and British material has been specified throughout The doors are designed so that there will be a clear opening of 98 ft. giving an unobstructed height of 25 It. The addition of a lean-to will provide accommodation for stores and machine and repair shops. Luton to Uxbridge CAPTAIN C H. LATIMER-NEEDHAM, the designer of the Luton Buzzard, recently described in Flight, and other light aircraft, is relinquishing his position as Education Officer, R.A.F., at the end of the month, and will take over the post of managing director and chief designer of Luton Aircraft, Ltd. The company is shortly moving to a new and larger factory now being built near Uxbridge. The aerodrome at Barton will be retained as a testing ground only. A Putney Appointment JT is announced that Mr. A. W. Culver has been appointed sales manager to Vokes, Ltd., of Putney. Mr. Culver was for seventeen years with the Cities Service Oil Co., Ltd., latterly occupying the position there of sales manager. His knowledge of oil and fuels will be of great value to Vokes, Ltd., who, as readers of Flight know, manufacture air and oil filters and silencers for aircraft and automobile work. Vokes, Ltd., was converted from a private to a public com pany in June, 1936, with Sir Ian Stewart Richardson, Bt., as chairman and Mr. C. G. Vokes as managing director, the other director being Mr. E. L. W. Byrne. The company has recently made extensions to its factory at Putney in order to cope with considerably increased orders. NEW COMPANIES In the notes below, for reasons of space, the " objects'* of new companies arc „ n somewat abbreviated. '""""V DAGNAI.L AIRCRAFT, LTD. (317,483).—Private company, registered August 11 Capital, £100 in £1 shares. Objects : to carry on the business of engineers foun 1 smiths, aeronautical experts, consultants, etc. The first directors are to be'appoi t'n by the subscribers. Registered office : 57, Conduit Street, London, W.l. K.L.B. ELECTRIC, LTD.—-Private company, registered August 13. CaDital £100 in £1 shares. Objects: to carry on the business of electrical engineers: 1 i contractors, manufacturers of radio, public address and television apparatus elec'tri signs, etc. The permanent directors are :—Henry A. C. G. Barker (director of Ai° Pageants, Ltd., and joint general manager of Jubilee Air Displays, Ltd.) ; James w King (director of Air Pageants, Ltd., and joint general manager of jubilee Air Displays, Ltd., director of McEwans, Ltd., and other companies) ; Win. 1 w Lambert. Registered office : West India House, Leadenhall Street London' FV •) IMPERIAL AIRWAYS (BERMUDA) LIMITED, was registered as a 'private company on August 22, with, a nominal capital of £10,000 in £l shares. The objects are to carry on in Bermuda and elsewhere the business of an aerial transport com pany, and in connection therewith to act as agents of and in conjunction with Imperial Airways Limited and its associated and subsidiary companies; to manufac ture, repair and deal in aeroplanes, etc. The directors are the Rt. Hon. Sir Eric Geddes, G.C.B., G.B.E., K.C.B., chairman of Imperial Airways Ltd.: Geo. E. Woods Humphery, C.B.E., managing director of Imperial Airways Ltd.; Harold Burchall D.S.O., general manager of Imperial Airways Ltd.; Kenneth M. Beaumont, D.S.O ' solicitor. The registered office is at Airway Terminus, Victoria Station S W 1 ' CAPROKI AGENCY CORPORATION (ENGLAND). LIMITED, was registered as a private company, on August 21, with a nominal capital of £1,000 in £1 shares The objects are to undertake agencies in the British Empire for the sale of and dealing in aeroplanes, seaplanes, flying boats, and other machines for aerial transit- motor cars and vehicles generally ; launches, boats and other articles manufactured by the following Italian corporations: Soc. An. Aeroplani Caproni: Soc. An. Fabbrica Automobili Isotta Fraschini di Milano ; Soc. An. Industria Speoializzata Strumenti Aeronairgazione de Ponte S. Pietro: Soc. An. Officine Meccanicke Italian? di Reggio Emilia, and any other corporation or companies associated therewith. The directors are: Edmund Howard, architect; Edgardo M. Fronteras, aircraft engr.; George W. Miller, automobile engineer. The registered office is at 7, North Audley Street, W.l. INCREASE OF CAPITAL The nominal capital of PARNALL AIRCRAFT, LTD. (Yate Aerodrome, Bristol), has been increased by the addition of £150,000 beyond the registered capital of £300,000. The additional capital is divided into 600,000 shares of 5/- each. NORMAN EDGAR (WESTERN AIRWAYS), LTD. (Aircraft dealers and air transport contractors, etc., 40, Broad Street, Bristol, 1).—The nominal capital has been increased by the addition of £12,500 in £1 ordinary shares, beyond the registered capital of £7,500. AERONAUTICAL PATENT SPECIFICATIONS The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, etc.). Published August 13. 193G.t 16163. LUME, C. F.: Structures formed of metal or fabric sheetings (450,395). (Published August 20, 1930.) 3.1632. IRVING, H. B.: Aeroplanes (450,676). 2317. BOUR. E. F.: Airscrew for aircraft with automatically variable blade- pitch (450,854). 2844. COLBOURNE, J. H.: Method of and means for controlling the movement of aeroplanes when landing or travelling on land (450,771). 3283. CHANCE BROS. & Co., LTD., and HALLETT, L. B. H.: Wind-direction indicators for aerodromes (450,878). 22130. AEROPLANES MORANE-SAULNIER, SOC. ANON. DE CONSTRUCTIONS AERO- NAUTIQUES. : Structure of wings or other parts of aircraft (450,729). 40. BRISTOL AEROPLANE CO., LTD., and FEDDEN, A. H. R.: Supercharged internal combustion engines for aircraft (450.587). 4037. BEADON, R. R. a C.: Landing and take-off gear for aircraft (450,922). 10413. FAIREY AVIATION CO., LTD., and ORDIDGE, F. H.: Retractable under carriages for aircraft (450,929). [Published August 27, 1930.) 2574. MARCONI'S WIRELESS TELEGRAPH CO., LTD., and KEMP, R. J.: Naviga tion-aiding wireless systems for use in connection with aircraft (450,975). 3443. SHORT BROS. (ROCHESTER AND BEDFORD), LTD., and GOUGE, A.: Con struction of wings for aircraft (451,241). 16577. GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD., and WALDRAM, J. M.: Beacons for aircraft and the like (451,145). NAUTICAL AND AERONAUTICAL : This 17-knot cabin motor launch has just been delivered by Saunders-Roe, Ltd., to Mr. W. G. Vernon-Smith, a director of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd. Among other recent orders held by Saunders-Roe may be mentioned one for two motor lifeboats for the R N.L.i
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