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1937
1937 - 1547.PDF
JUNE IO, 1937. FLIGHT. 387 IN BELGIUM : The Beechcraft C.17R exhibited at the Brussels Show by Aviquipo. Surrey Flying Services did some high-pressure work in installing the machine at the show after it had been held up at Croydon awaiting an export licence. Incidentally, a rather novel bro chure, " A Day in the Life of a Beech- craft," containing copies of an Ameri can commercial log, is issued by Surrey's at Croydon. THE INDUSTRY Change of Address T HE Sheffield district sales office of the United Steel Com panies, Ltd., has been transferred to 6, East Parade, Sheffield, 1. The telephone number, Sheffield 25065, is unchanged. More About Alloys A NUMBER of additional leaflets have been issued for the Noral Handbook, that very useful publication for users of aluminium alloys. They are obtainable from the Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., Banbury, Oxon. Springs are Here R ANGING from the '' Anglepoise .'.' bench or desk lamp to valve springs, and from paper clips to brake cables, a phenomenally comprehensive new catalogue of the hundreds of Terry spring specialities has been issued by Herbert Terry and Sons, Ltd., of Redditch. For Approach Roads I T may be recollected that in Flight of March 4 there was an explanation of the Colas system of aerodrome surface con solidation. Details of this system as applied to roadmaking are contained in a handsome little book, Colas Roads, recently published by Colas Products, Ltd., Norman House, 105-109, Strand, London, W.C.2. -; "THE TINY TIM" generating set, which is stated to have an output of 200 watts, should have a great many uses, especially as its price is the modest one of £17 10s. (6 volts), or £18 10s* (12 volts). For battery charging there is an automatic switch which stops the four-stroke engine when the battery is charged, and the dynamo acts as a motor for starting. The total weight is 57 lb. " Tiny Tim," who has an aero-engine parentage, is supplied by Bradby's Engineering Works, Palace Gate, London, W.8. Mr. H. V. Potter T^HE managing director of Bakelite, Ltd., Mr. H. V. Potter, •*• B.Sc, F.I.C., has been elected a member of the Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is paying a visit to the United States as the official representative of the Society of Chemical Industry, to attend conferences in the United States and Canada. Welding Progress rTyHE balance-sheet of the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., shows a -*• considerable expansion in profit, the net balance for 1936 being £600,279, compared with £449,828 for 1923. It is reported that the whole of the capital of the Ferro-Arc Welding Co. has now been acquired, in addition to the capital of the Quasi-Arc Co. Titanine Dividend HTHE directors of Titanine, Ltd., announce a final dividend J- on the ordinary shares of 10 per cent (actual) less tax, making jvith the interim dividend of 7J per cent, (actual) paid in November last a total dividend of 17£ per cent, (actual) for the ten month period ended March 31. This is at the rate of 21 per cent per annum. An Alvis Appointment I T is announced that Mr. L. I. W. Liquorish has been ap pointed publicity manager to Alvis, Ltd., of Coventry. He is well known in the aeronautical world, since for many years he was on the publicity staff of the joint companies of Arm strong Siddeley Motors, Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Air craft, and Air Service Training, Ltd. His new appointment covers both the aero-engine and car sides of the business. Drawing-office Overflowing ? IT should be of interest to many hard-pressed drawing offices to learn that the A.j.T. Aircraft Development Co., of 7, Princes Street, Hanover Square, London, W.i, is now in a position to undertake draughtsmanship in aircraft and detail design, stresswork to civil airworthiness requirements, aero engine detail and aircraft model design, architectural work, etc. It is stated that the staff has had considerable experi ence in the work, and quotations will be given on enquiry. Rolls-Royce A.C.M. LIEUT.-COL. LORD HERBERT SCOTT (the chairman) in moving the adoption of the report and accounts at the recent thirteenth annual general meeting of Rolls-Royce, Ltd., said that last year's profit was £390,237, which with balance carried forward from the previous year gave £472,209 to be allocated. During 1936 £63,778 of this had been dis tributed as an interim dividend of ~j\ per cent, on the old capital, and the directors recommended a final 15 per cent, dividend on the increased capital. The Chairman said that although it might have been gathered that car production was suffering at the hands of increased aero engine activity, this was far from being the
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