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1952
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198 THE INDUSTRY New Partnership at Croydon T HE managing director of Adie Aviation, Ltd., Mr. D. J. Adie, has entered into partnership with Mr. A. F. Muir to form the business of Muir and Adie, Ltd., aircraft engineers and dealers in aircraft and spares, with headquarters at Croydon Airport. After serving in the R.F.C. and R.N.A.S. in the First World War, Mr. Muir went into the joy-riding business, first with Leatherhead Aviation Services (in partnership with Mr. Chap man), and then with Surrey Flying Services, of which company he was the founder, in 1921. He next went to India as personal pilot to the Maharajah of Patiala. Returning in 1939, he served with the R.A.F. throughout the last war, and was awarded an A.F.C. for flying instruction. Useful Surplus AFTER studying the recently issued catalogue of Aero-Spares • Co., the Government-surplus dealers of 70-1, High Holborn, London, W.C.i, we are left with the somewhat dazed impression that "if it's available, it's in the catalogue " As examples may be instanced D.R. master compasses at £6; alumina powder at 50s. per pound; mess-tins at 3s.; and any item of airborne equipment, from Chobert rivets at 7s. 6d. per thousand to F.24 cameras at £25 each. Aero-Spares have branches at Elstree Airfield and in St Johns Wood High Street, London, N.W.8, and are prepared to undertake export packing and documentation. A Really Ghostly Engine T^HE Transart process—in which a structure is partially illus- •*• trated on each of a number of Cellophane pages, the whole becoming "dismantled" as the pages are turned—has been put to excellent use by Shell-Mex and B.P., Ltd., in a new publication, The Book of the Jet. This highly original booklet includes "A simple account of the gas turbine," by Arthur Elton. Although far from the first sUch elementary elucidation, Elton's is among the most concise and most readable, besides being so ingeniously illustrated. The engine chosen for dissection is the Ghost. The booklet is available upon application to the company's aviation department, Shell-Mex House, Strand, London, W.C.2; "frivolous" applications, however, will be discouraged, as the issue is limited. Honoured by the "Mechanicals" awarded the Thomas Howksley gold Medal for the best paper published in the "Proceedings of the Institu- HB tion of Mechanical Engineers" "^Wfrnjf*~,'^i during 1951. His subject was "The 1 fe*/r Design and Development of the ^v.S^: vi-^ Twin Centaurus for the Brabazon." 4<_^ Mr. Norton—son of the founder of the famous Norton motor-cycle business—-joined Bristols in 1936, and in 1950 was appointed assistant •fc^^^t, chief turbine development engineer. 1MB fcftk We has for some time been respon- P^^. fl\a s'k'e f°r °" sPeciQl engine projects, Wk^ 4ml including the Centaurus installations m^^ M,j% in the Brabazon and the Proteus in HHH H the Saunders-Roe Princess. Fire-retarding Paint A NEW fire-retardent paint is being tested as a protection for runways against jet blast, while a further application is the heat insulation of gas turbine test-houses. Known as "Refrac," it is marketed by W. E. Coss and Co., Ltd., of 49, Old Bond Street, London, W.i, "Refrac" coatings, it is stated, have successfully passed D.S.I.R. and Air Ministry fire-tests, and their use raises many fibrous and highly inflammable materials to Class I. The paint is available for almost immediate delivery in various colours, and can be applied direct to any clean, dry surface, the drying time being a few hours only. It is stated not only to be a good electrical insulator but also to combat condensation, and to be able to withstand temperatures of 1,000 deg Centigrade, although coloured pigments lose their hue at some 550 deg. FLIGHT, 15 February 1952 Mr. T. Gilbertson, director and general manager of Folland Aircraft, Ltd., presents a cup to C. Norbury, outstanding apprentice (see below). Folland Apprentices Rewarded T HE Folland Aircraft apprentices' prize day was held recently at the Royal Pier Pavilion, Southampton; Mr. W. E. W. Petter (managing director) presided, supported by Mr. N. Egan (director and secretary), Mr. T. Gilbertson (director and general manager), and Mr. J. Dynan (education officer). In his opening speech, Mr. Petter stressed that the heed for craftsmen was greater today than ever before; apprenticeship was one of the best ways to ensure a full life, as it not only offered a trade, but companionship as well. He was particularly pleased that so many parents within the organization had seen fit to ensure that their sons became apprentices. In making his annual report, the education officer remarked that in these days of big money there had been a drift away from apprenticeship, but now, with the help of various bodies, youths leaving school were beginning to see the advantages that appren ticeship could offer. Mr. Gilbertson, in presenting the prizes, said he was happy to be associated with the apprenticeship scheme; he thought that although 140 boys could present a considerable problem, the education department managed them very well and the results produced were excellent. Prize-winners were as follows :— Preliminary Senior Prize (given by the shop stewards).—M. J. Stone. S.I. Ordinary National (by the foremen).—P. Holloway. S.2 Ordinary National (by the superintendents).—A. Amos. Ordinary National Certificate (by Mr. E. W. Taylor, works manager).— E. Pitfield. Higher National Certificate for Production Engineering (by the works senior executives).—-C. Norbury. Craftsman's Prize (by Mr. T. G. Gilbertson, director and general manager).—T. Maine. City and Guilds Production Engineering (by the Sports and Social Club).— N. Murphy. B.Sc. Prize (by Mr. A. E. Lane, assistant secretary).—A. Molyneaux. Trade Boy's Prize (by Mr. F. Hamlin, experimental works manager).— L. Hunt. Integrity Prize (by Mr. N. Egan, director and secretary).—A. Godfrey. Education Officer's Prize (by Mr. J. Dynan, education officer).—T. Cross. Outstanding Apprentice Award (by Mr. W. E. W. Petter, managing director).—C. Norbury. Production on the Move A NEW feature of Transport Goods Guide, in the 1952, Jan-June edition of which is now available, is a section on materials-handling equipment. The eight other sections of this handbook have also been completely revised to provide informa tion on all aspects of freight transport within the British Isles. The guide is available at 2s 6d (by post) from the publishers, Iliffe and Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.i. On File AMONG the many abstracts listed monthly by The Motor • Industry Research Association will be found a number of items of interest to aircraft engineers. In the M.I.R.A. index for December, 1951 (abstracts 5600-5639 inclusive) are such titles as, "Automotive and Aircraft Sealers," "Integral-finned Tubing for Heat-exchangers," and "Tyre Examination: Ultrasonic cavity- detection equipment." The Association hold most of the original articles in their library at Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex.
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