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1954
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706 FLIGHT, 28 May 1954 THE INDUSTRY G/C. Allerston Joins Cossor M.I.E.E., who recently retired installation and maintenance— R ** both home and overseas—of ^ the firm's large and small air- s~~m*S • '^K, ^ field control radar, their Gee & ifj'ilP8'^^ ground and airborne equip- Bflk ^H ment, and other products in the ^^R radio and radar fields. His main duties at the outset will H 1*^*M concern the formation of a J^^^^^^^KTT-mrmr^^^m nucleus of servicing engineers, GjC. Allerston particularly those experienced in ground-approach systems. G/C. Allerston, after evacuation from France in July 1940, served for the period of the war at the Air Ministry and H.Q. Bomber Command. He was con cerned in the inauguration of the original Gee programme which was later to play such an important part in the bomber offensive over Germany. He has had long experience in servicing R.A.F. equipment and was Deputy Director of Radio Engineering (Air) at the Air Ministry from 1946 to 1949. Ex-R.A.E. Pilot's Appointment TT is announced that Mr. R. J. Foster has been appointed by -*• the British Oxygen Co., Ltd., as their liaison officer with the aircraft industry, with the Services, and with Government depart ments. Holder of the D.F.C. and A.F.C., Mr. Foster served during the war as a night-fighter pilot in the United Kingdom, Malta and France with Nos. 604 and 108 Squadrons. In May 1945 he joined the R.A.F. test-pilot staff at R.A.E., Farnborough, where he was Squadron Leader i/c Aerodynamics Flight from December 1945 until his demobilization in May 1946. After taking a degree in Mechanical Sciences at Cambridge, he joined the British Oxygen group. Rotary-barrel Finishing FROM Roto-Finish, Ltd., 39 Park Street, London, W.l, come details of the various machines which they supply for the finishing, by the rotary-barrelling process, of precision parts. The range extends from a machine capable of mass-processing very small machined parts, such as those used by the instrument industries, to one designed to handle large components of up to approximately 26in x 22in. In the latter instance, though the basic principle is the same, making use of processing chips and compound, the component is held in a simple jig which is slid into the barrel on guide-rails. MR. L. T. P. BANBURY, secretory MR. JOHN CREEK, who joined to Dowty Equipment, Ltd., and a Fibreglass, Ltd., of St. Helens, number of their subsidiaries, has Lancashire, as general sales been appointed to the Board of manager in May 1952, has been Dowty Group, Ltd. appointed sales director. High Pressure Components, Ltd., Changes Hands 'T'HE business of High Pressure Components, Ltd., manu- * facturers of "Gyp" hose couplings and assemblies, aircraft high-pressure couplings, and specialized charging valves, has been acquired by Mr. H. W. Bowen, O.B.E., a former managing director of E.M.I. Factories, Ltd. Mr. Bowen, as chairman of the new company under his control, has been joined as a co-director by Sir Wolstan Dixie, Bart. Large-scale expansion is planned, including an entirely new factory to replace the present works at Hampton Hill. The com pany is shortly to enter other fields of aircraft-component production. Mr. Bowen has had a distinguished career in production engineering. He was for four years on production work with the Ford Motor Co., and for seven years an executive with Vickers-Armstrongs. He was associated with E.M.I, for 13 years, primarily as production manager and eventually for five years as managing director of E.M.I. Factories, Ltd. He is a director of Air Trainers, Ltd., and of Clark Matthew, Ltd. Special-Purpose Lubricants THE firm of Rocol, Ltd. (Ibex House, Minories, London, E.C.), the Ragosine subsidiary formed recently to manufacture and distribute special-purpose lubricants and compounds, have pub lished leaflets dealing with anti-scuffing paste and oil (a handy means of applying molybdenum disulphide for "dry" lubrication); R.T.D. cutting compound; molybdenized lubricants; watch and clock oils (suitable also for instruments, and including synthetic oils efficient down to a temperature of — 65 deg C); and Kilopoise lubricants (extreme-viscosity oils for motion-damping and seal ing) and locking compounds for soft-iron cores in electric components. IN BRIEF The engineering division of International Aeradio, Ltd., has moved from Bovingdon to premises alongside the Aerad printing and publishing division at Hayes Road, Southall, Middlesex (Southall 2411). * * * A synthetic-rubber plant, costing £500,000, is to be built at Fort Dunlop; work on the site has already begun. The plant will produce new synthetic rubbers on a sufficient scale for trial in tyres and other products. * * * Entitled Hydraulic Efficiency, a brochure lately issued by Fescol, Ltd., North Road, London, N.7, deals with their pro cess of renewing the surfaces of rams used in presses and other industrial hydraulic equipment. * * * The Venner stand-by cabin lighting unit, which operates auto matically in emergency on the power./of a lightweight silver-zinc accumulator, is now available in an alternative flush-fitting design; it is quickly removable for use as a torch. (Venner, Ltd., New Maiden, Surrey.) * * * From the distributing agents, F. Kempner, 19 Ebury Street, London, S.W.I, come details of the new Primax balanced-grip soldering gun. A high-amperage current from a transformer in the handle brings the alloy tip (which needs no re-tinning) to working temperature in 6 sec, and trigger current-control is provided. Weight is 23 ozs. * * * Hedley S. Crabtree and Co., Ltd., consultant engineers, announce the appointment of Mr. J. Woodhouse, A.F.R.Ae.S., to their staff. In the mid-1950s he was with Imperial Airways, and in 1939 he joined the installation department of the Bristol Aeroplane Company's engine division. He later went to West African Airways Corporation, where he was appointed chief engineer. * * * A. K. Fans, Ltd., of 20 Upper Park Road, London, N.W.3, announce that, in connection with the increasing use of their pro ducts in the aircraft, electronic and other fields, Mr. W. H. L. Hewitt, of the G.E.C. Coventry works and Stanrnore Laboratories, has joined them as technical director. This appoint ment marks the first of a number of changes in the company's organization. A technical services division has been established, to give advice on matters in all spheres of the firm's activities.
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