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1953
1953 - 0364.PDF
362 FLIGHT . and good luck to her! The prototype 700 leaving Wisley for Canada on February 13th. It will be seen that the B.E.A. markings are removed. DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARISTOCRAT.. Armstrongs' factory at Hum is being tooled for Viscount pro duction, and the first aircraft to be completed there is expected to be wheeled out next year. As production at Hum increases, that at Weybridge will be gradually tapered off, until finally only the newer fine is in operation—at ioo aircraft per annum by I955> it is hoped. Further variants of the machine are to be expected— and the 8oo with "stretched" fuselage seating up to 82 passengers has recently been announced. By the end of February flying times on the existing Viscounts were : Prototype 630, 930 hrs; prototype 700, 948 hrs; first 701, 399 hrs; second 701, 145 hrs; third 701, 73 hrs; fourth 701, 34 hrs. The Tay prototype had done an unspecified number of hours on high-altitude research—presumably not unconnected with the Valiant. B.E.A.'s two Dart-Dakotas had flown 881 and 800 hours respectively by the end of January. The prototype 700 is at present in Canada undergoing trials with Trans-Canada Air lines. Such has been the story of this aircraft of high promise up till the moment of its initiation into regular service. D.I.C. CONTRIBUTORS TO SUCCESS : SUPPLIES OF VISCOUNT MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS The following are lists, supplied by the aircraft manufacturers, of suppliers of materials, parts, etc., used in the Viscount airframe. Lists of engine-component suppliers appear elsewhere. Raw Materials (Metala).—Accles and Pollock, Ltd.; Birmetais, Ltd.; Jas. Booth and Co., Ltd.; British Aluminium Co., Ltd.; English Steel Corpora tion, Ltd.; Thos. Firth and John Brown, Ltd.; Firth \ickers Stainless Steels, Ltd.; J. J. Habershon and Sons, Ltd.; Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Metals Division); E. and E. Kaye, Ltd.; Reynolds Tube Co., Ltd.; Richard Thomas and Baldwins, Ltd.; Tungum Sales Co., Ltd.; Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd. Stamping* and Castings.—Albion Drop Forgings Co., Ltd., stampings; Brett's Stamping Co., Ltd., stampings; Bridge Foundry Co., Ltd., die castings; David Brown Group, steel castings; H. b. Dean and Co., Ltd., light alloy castings; Dentend Stamping Co., Ltd., Dural stampings; Diecastings, Ltd., light alloy sand castings; English Steel Corporation, Ltd., steel forgings; Fauikners, Ltd., steel stampings; Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels, Ltd., steel castings; James Oirdler and Co., Ltd., lead balance-weights; High Duty Alloys, Ltd., magnesium alloy sand castings and stampings; Hughes-Johnson Stampings. Ltd., steel stampings; Kent Alloys, Ltd., light alloy castings; Langley Alloys, Ltd., aluminium-bronze stampings; Light-Metal Forgings, Ltd., light alloy stampings; Lupton and Place, Ltd., light alloy sand castings; Magna] Products, Ltd., light alloy sand castings; H. J. Maybrey and Co., Ltd., light alloy sand castings; William Mills, Ltd., light alloy sand castings; Northern Aluminium Co., Ltd., light alloy stampings; H. Perks and Co., Ltd., light alloy die castings; Sandwell Casting Co., light alloy sand castings; Southern Forge, Ltd., light alloy stampings; Sterling Metals, Ltd., Elektron magnesium sand castings; J. Stone and Co., Ltd., light alloy sand castings; Vaughan Bros. (Drop Forgings) Ltd., steel stampings; Wednesbury Stamping and Mfg. Co., Ltd., light alloy stampings. Components and Accessories (General).—Acdes and Pollock, Ltd., ensign mast and steel tubing; Acorn Spring Works, Ltd., springs; Aero Controls, Ltd., bearings, bearing housings and quick-release pins; Aero Research, Ltd., Redux, Aerolite and Araldite; Aerolex, Ltd., aircrew harness, freight-lashing nets; Air Training Service, Ltd., blanking caps and connectors, etc.; Aircraft Materials, Ltd., Avery-Hardoll refuelling ; Automotive Engineering Co., Ltd., circlipi; Automotive Products Co., Ltd., Lockheed rings and couplings; Aviation Developments, Ltd., rivets; Avica Equipment, Ltd., engine drain lines; Bell's Asbestos and Engineering Co., Ltd., asbestos sleeves, etc.; Bloctube Controls, Ltd., lever groups; D. H. Bonnella and Sons, Ltd., terminal blocks, etc.; Thos. Boom and Co., Ltd., flexible hose; British Belting and Asbestos, Ltd., clutch linings; British Electric Resistance Co., Ltd., resistances; British Insulated Callenders Cables, Ltd., cables and wiring; British Metal Engraving Co., Ltd., namepietes; British Thomson-Houston Co., Ltd., bulbs and switches, etc.; British Wire Products, Ltd., cables; Brown Brothers (Aircraft), Ltd., AGS. parts; Brumons (Musselburgh), Ltd., tie wire; A. F. Buigin and Co., Ltd., switches; Burgess Products Co., Ltd-, switches and silencers; Butlers, Ltd., floodlights. Ceag, Ltd., filament lamps; Cellon, Ltd., dopes and finishes; Chelton (Electro statics), Ltd., static dischargers; Coopers Mechanical Joints, Ltd., dust rings, shims; J. A. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., switches; Cork Mfg. Co., Ltd., gaskets; Croydon Engineering Co., Ltd., brake solenoid units; Dart Spring Co., Ltd., springs; Davies, Kent and Stewart, Ltd., plugs and sockets; Decca Navigator Co., Ltd., navigation equipment, racking; Delaney Gallay, Ltd., heaters, heat- exchangers; Delco-Remy-Hyatt, Ltd., electric motors; Docker Bros., finishes; Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., tyres, wheels, brake units, rubber seals, etc.; Fails- worth Plastics, Ltd., connecting pipes; Flight Refuelling, Ltd., refuelling connections; General Electric Co., Ltd., water heaters, lamp holders, sockets; Sir George Godfrey and Partners, Ltd., cabin air-conditioning equipment; Gosheron and Co., Ltd., tape; Graviner Mfg. Co., Ltd., crash switches and fire units; Guest, Keen and Nettiefolds, Ltd., screws, bolts, etc.; Hall and Hall, Ltd. gaskets, rubber washers, hose, etc.; John Hall and Sons, Ltd., finishes; E. Harrison and Sons, Ltd., fibre clamps, guide blocks, fairleads; Thos. P. Headland, Ltd., Dzus springs and fasteners; Hellerman Electric, Ltd., resistances and electrical sundries; Keston Aircraft Co., Ltd., filter caps, etc.; Hymatic Engineering Co., Ltd., relief valves and push-button release valves, etc.; Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Paints Division), "Necol" dope; Industrial Tapes, Ltd., identification tapes, pipe cradles; George Kent, Ltd., fuel trans mitters, flowmeters; Richard Klinger, Ltd., gaskets, joints, washers; Linread, Ltd., screws, rivets, etc.; Long and Hambiy, snubbers, moulded rubber grom- mets; Harley Aircraft Landing Lamps, Ltd., landing lamps; Manganese Bronze and Brass Co., Ltd., bushes and bearings; Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., radio equipment; Marston Excelsior, Ltd., heat exchangers; McMichael Radio, Ltd., radio equipment; Mollart Engineering Co., Ltd., ball joints; D. Napier and Son, Ltd., fasteners; Norrnalair, Ltd., valve and pressure-control units; Oddie Bradbury and Cull, Ltd., studs, clips, etc.; Paton and Co., Ltd., sockets, plugs, housings and ferrules; Petronic, Ltd., electrical fittings; Plessey Co., Ltd., actuators, switches, etc.; Power Flexible Tubing Co., Ltd., flexible hose and joints; Pianoforte Supplies (Roade), Ltd., hinges; Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., cables and wiring; R. B. PulUn and Co., Ltd., relays, etc. Ransome and Maries Bearing Co., Ltd., bearings and housings; Reynolds and Coventry Chain Co., Ltd., chains; Ross Courtney and Co., Ltd., terminal lugs and connectors; Rotax, Ltd., electrical equipment; Rotol, Ltd., airscrew equipment; Rubery, Owen and Co.,Ltd., A.G.S.parts; George Salter and Co., Ltd., springs; Sangamo Weston, Ltd., instruments; Self Priming Pump and Engineering Co., Ltd., pumps; Siebe, Gorman and Co., Ltd., life-saving equip ment ; Silenbloc, Ltd., mountings; Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., Pacitor fuel-gauge equipment; Skefko Ball Bearing Co., Ltd., bearings, etc.; Smiths Aircraft Instruments, Ltd., instruments; Spauldings, Ltd., clamps, bolts, insulating plates, etc.; George Spencer Moulton and Co., Ltd., hose connections and joints; Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., gyro instruments; Standard Telephones and Cables, Ltd., backplates, clips, cables, etc.; J. Stone and Co., Ltd., rivets; Teddington Controls, Ltd., de-icing switchgear, etc.; Teleflex Products, Ltd., control equipment; Telegraph Condenser Co., Ltd., condensers; Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., safety glass, Perspex; Ronald Trist and Co., Ltd., sealing rings and washers; E. Turner, Ltd., ammeters and voltmeters; Ultra Electric, Ltd., intercommunication equipment; Vokes, Ltd., filters; S. J. Walsa, Ltd., "Hardura"; Walters Electrical Manufacturing Co., Ltd., "Wemco" steward-call system, illuminated passenger-notices; Western Mfg. Estate, Ltd., plastic control knobs, quick-release pins; Charles Weston and Co., Ltd., oil seals, etc.; Wilmot- Breedon, Ltd., locks, etc. Cabin Furnishing and Interior-decoration Supplies.—Aerolex, Ltd.. webbing; Aero Research, Ltd., Redux, Aerolite and Araldite; B.B. Chemical Co., Ltd., Bosirik; Baxter, Woodhous*' and Taylor, Ltd., gaberdine; Cellon, Ltd., finishes; Connolly Bros. (Curlers), Ltd., "Vaumol" and "Celestra' hides; De la Rue Insulation, Ltd., "Formica" plastic sheeting; Docker Bros., finishes; Dufay-Chromex, Ltd., "Dufaylite"; Edinburgh Weavers, woven fabric; Fibreglass, Ltd., glass fibre; 505 Manufacturing Co., Ltd., curtain rails; John Gosheron and Co., Ltd., tape; John Hall and Sons, Ltd., finishes; John Holdsworth and Co., Ltd., carpeting; Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Paints Division), "Necol" dope; Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Leather- cloth Division), vynides; J. F. Kenure, Ltd., P.V.C. string; Masson Seeley, Ltd., rose madder; Morton Sundour Fabrics, Ltd., fabrics; Moulded Components (Jablo), Ltd., Jabroc; Sorbo, Ltd., sponge rubber; Tenaplas, Ltd. (Polythene Division), polythene; Thermoplastics, Ltd., sheeting plastic; Tufnol, Ltd., Tufnol; S. J. Walsa, Hardura; Wareite, Ltd., Wareite plastic sheeting; Bernard Wsrdle and Co., Ltd., Everflex; Jas. Williamson and Son, Ltd., Lionide "Aerowalk"; Woods, Sons, and Co., madapolam.
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