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174 FLIGHT. AUGUST 25, 1938. THE INDUSTRY Flexible Mountings SILENTBLOC " anti-vibration mountings for instruments and other aircraft uses are dealt with in a new catalogue issued by the makers, Silentbloc, Ltd., Victoria Gardens, Lad- broke Road. London, W.n. The standard type of mounting consists of two pressings spot- welded together and gripping the outer rim of a rubber dia phragm of patented shape. A sleeve with flanged ends is held in the centre of the rubber, and through this sleeve passes the bolt holding the item to be mounted. The pressings are of various types and may be attached to the support in different ways. The metal parts are cadmium-plated as a precaution against corrosion, and other special finishes can be supplied to order; again, the mountings can be supplied in a non magnetic material.- Any required modifications of the standard type of mounting can be provided. Chronander Waddington Aircraft THE registration is announced of a new company under the title o! Chronander Waddington Aircraft, Ltd., with a registered office at 10, Oxford Avenue, Slough, Bucks. The stated objects are to acquire the business of aeronautical engineers and aeronautical plant and tool makers carried on by C. R Chronander and J. I. Waddington. The directors of the new company are Messrs. Chronander and Waddington, who, it will be remembered, were responsible (under the title of C. W. Aircraft, Ltd.) for the C.W. Cygnet before it was taken over by General Aircraft. Fifty Years with Dunlops RECENTLY, Mr. John Hall, for nearly fifty years associated with Dunlops, and works manager for the past 28 years, was presented with a silver casket to mark the esteem of all his colleagues on the occasion of his retirement. Sir George Beharrell, chairman of the Dunlop Rubber Com pany, made the presentation, and was supported by Mr. Albert Healey, works director, Birmingham; Mr. L. V. Ken- ward, director of rubber products group; Mr. Horace Shank- land, director, national sales; a representative of .the opera tives and a representative of the Foremen's Council. Fifty Years' Service A MOTOR car was among several handsome gifts made re cently to Mr. E. E. Little, manager of the overseas de partment of Bell's Asbestos and Engineering Supplies, Ltd., of Slough, to mark the company's appreciation of his attain ment of fifty years' service. He has worked with four genera tions of the Bell family, having joined the original firm of John Bell and Son as an office boy in 1888. The First Monarch FOR some time examples of the new Miles Monarch have been flying for demonstration both from Heston and Woodley, and the first machine of this type has just been sold to Sir Victor Warrender by W. S. Shackleton. This firm, by the way, was responsible for selling the first three Percival Q.6. machines for delivery to private owners in this country. Data on Steel MUCH useful data is to be found in an attractively prepared catalogue recently issued by Thos. Firth and John Brown, Ltd., Atlas and Norfolk Works, Sheffield, 1. It deals compre hensively with the various steels manufactured by the company. Rolling-mill Equipment ELECTRICAL Equipment for Rolling Mills is the title of a •*-^ recent bulletin (No. 29) issued by the General Electric Co., Ltd., Kingsway, London, W.C.2. It illustrates a num ber of representative installations by G.E.C. at home and abroad. Lighting at AST. AN extensive lighting system installed in the fine new mess building of Air Service Training, Ltd., at Hamble, is the work of local contractors using G.E.C. equipment throughout. Furnace Linings FIRMS in the aircraft industry who use heat-treatment or other furnaces will be interested in the contents of a new booklet issued by J. H. Sankey and Son, Ltd., of Ilford, Essex, makers of refractory linings for furnaces. Mr. E. W. Sanger MR. E. W". SANGER, formerly with the Northern Alu minium Company and Birmetal, Ltd., has joined the staff of Birmabright, Ltd. (Dartmouth Road, Smethwick, Birming ham), as sales manager, in succession to Mr. H. R. Tomblin. Private Hire A USEFUL range of types is now available at Gatwick for private hire. A concern known as Air Touring has re cently been formed by Messrs. C. G. M. Alington and F. D. Spratt, and prospective hirers have the use of machines vary ing in size from the Chilton lightweight to the twin-engined Short Pobjoy Scion. Exclusive of insurance, fuel and oil, the daily rates are: Chilton, 47s. 6d.; Puss Moth, £2 10s.; Falcon Major, ^5; Falcon Six, £6; and Scion £j. The insurance figures vary between 15s. and £2 10s. a day. Needless to say, the larger machines are available for charter work, with a pilot, at the usual rates. Following the regretted departure of Air Hire, Ltd., from this particular kind of business, Air Touring should be reason ably well supported. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED Aeronautical Research Committee Reports and Memoranda: No. 1798: Galerkin's Method in Mechanics and Differential Equations by W. J. Duncan, 4s. 6d. No. 1803 : Visual and Photographic Methods of Studying Boundary Layer Flow, by H. C. H. Townend, 5s. 6d. No. 1808: The Determination of Drag bv the Pito't Traveree Method, by G. I. Taylor, Is. 6d. No. 1814: Wind TunnelTests and Charts of Airscrews at Negative Thnist, by C. N. H. Lock, H. Bateman and H. L. Nixon, 3s. No. 1818 : An Approximate Method of Stressing the Struts of a Stiff-jointed Frame work, by J. B. B.Owen and J. Taylor, 4s. No. 1819 : Full Scale Tests of Slotted Flaps and Ailerons on a Courier, by R. H. Francis, 3s. No. 1821 : A Review of Some Full-scale Tests on Landing Flaps, by J. E. Serby, 2s. 6d. No. 1823 : Gust Loads on Tails and Wings, by D. Williams and J. Hanson, 5s. 8d. No. 1824: Relaxation Methods Applied to Grid Frameworks, by D. G. Christopherson, 2s. No. 1828 : Abstracts of Papers Published Externally, 3s. 'All from H.M. Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Report No. 615 : Column Strength of Tubes Elastically Restrained Against Rotation at the Ends, by W. R. Osgood, 15 cents. Report No. 620 : Pressure Distribution over Airfoils with Fowler Flaps, by C. J. Wenzinger and W. B. Anderson, 10 cents. No. 621 : Compressible Flow about Symmetrical Joukowski Profiles by C. Kaplan, 10 cents. No. 622 : A Photo graphic Study of Combustions and Knock in a Spark-Ignition Engine, by A. M. Rothrock and R. C. Spencer, 10 cents. No. 623 : A Study of the Torque Equilibrium of an Autogiro Rotor, by F. J. Bailey, Jr., 10 cents. All from Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Bulletin du Service Technique Ac VAeronautique No. 18. M. Risack. Elude du calcul d'un fuselage monocoque en tenant compte de la resistance des idles de recouvrc- ment; 30 francs, a Rhode St. Genese, Brussels. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Lubrication Research Technical Paper No. 3.- The Friction of an Oscillating Bearing; 9d., H.M. Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kiugsway, London, W.C.2. A.R.P. Equipment Catalogue: Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., 187, Westminster Bridge Road, London, S.E.I. Handbooks of Aeronautics, Vol. Ill (3rd edition); 20s., Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd. Where Do We Go From Here ? Planned and edited by J. Mavers and B. Spiers 8s. 6d., Frederick Muller, Ltd., 29, Gt. James Street, London, W.C.I. Aircraft of the World, by Eric Sargent; 7s. 6d., Sampson Low Marston and Co. Ltd., 100, Southwark Street, London, S.E.I. Sky Pilot's Last Flight, by K. Langford Smith, 7s. 6d. John Hamilton, Ltd. 32, Bloomsbury Street, London, W.C.I. Survey of Imports, Raw Materials and Synthetic Products and Their Relationships 10 ihe old and new Industries, with special Reference to the Position in the Humber Area, by A. R. Tankard ; 2s. 6d., City of Hull Development Committee, Guildhall, Hull. E.S.C. Butt-welded Tools ; EnglishSteelCorporation,Ltd.,Openshaw,Manchester. Secondo Salone Intcrnazionale Aeronautico, Milano 3-18 Oliobre, 1937-.XK. Impressioni e Giudizi di Missioni, Rappresentanze, Giornalisti e Tecnici Siranierx; Anima Gruppo Costruttori Aeronautic! Italian), Foro Bonaparte, 16, Milano, Italy. Early Birds by A. Instone; 6s. Air Transport Memories 1919-1924. Published by Western Mail and Echo Ltd. Cardiff. London agents: Simpkin Marshall Ltd., Stationers' Hall Court, E.C.4. Forthcoming Events August 27-28. Race. September 3-5. September 10. Race. September 11. Southend Flying Club: Flying Meeting and U.S. National Air Races, Cleveland. Cardiff Aeroplane Club: London - Cardiff Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Belgium. September 11-18, Swedish Civil Aviation Week. September 19. Opening of West Hartlepool Airport by Secretary of State for Air. September 21. Aero Golfing Society : Cellon Trophy, Richmond Golf Club. October 15. South Coast Flying Club: Annual Dinner and Dance, Grand Hotel, Brighton. November 18-December 4. Paris Aero Show, with Air Transport Congress.
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