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1954
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27 August 1954 301 (manufacture was continued from 1946 to 1952 by the Canadian Car and Foundry Co., Ltd.). As owners of the manufacturing rights, drawings, tools, engineer ing data, etc., Noorduyn Norseman Aircraft (who have a plant on the outskirts of Montreal, near the Cartierville airport) provide spare parts, commercial conversion kits, engineering services, etc. An associated organization, Aircraft Parts and Supplies, Regd., handles die sale of parts and supplies for Harvard aircraft, this type also having been produced by Noorduyn during the war. Executives of Noorduyn Norseman include R. B. C. Noorduyn (vice-president and general manager), Austin Latremouille (secre tary and sales manager), and Joseph Zinnato (director). Address: 151 Marcil Street, St. Laurent, P.Q. Normalair (Canada), Ltd. IT was in December 1952 mat this company was established to look after the interests of the British Normalair company (Yeovil), and in particular to provide servicing and overhaul facilities and engineering assistance to Canadian users of Normalair equipment. The second main objective of the company is to main tain close technical liaison with the Canadian Defence Depart ments, the Services, experimental establishments and aircraft manufacturers, and to feed back appropriate information to the parent company. The parent company's range of products comprises aircraft pressurization, oxygen and personal breathing equipment. The repair, overhaul and design liaison facilities at Toronto include altitude chambers and other test equipment. Manager at Toronto is P. G. Browne. Address: 922 King Street West, Toronto. Photographic Survey Corporation, Ltd. THIS organization was established in 1946 and has grown within a few years into "the largest and most diversified air-survey firm in the world." With its associates, referred to below, it is a company of the Hunting Group. Among P.S.C.'s major assign ments have been a 127,000-square-mile forest inventory for the Government of Ontario; a mapping and resources-reckoning air survey for the Government of Alberta covering 185,000 square miles, now nearing completion; and die five-year $2,000,000 resources inventory of West Pakistan, now in its second year. Typical private concerns served include mining and oil companies (geological and aeromagnetic exploration surveys), railroads and pipeline companies (location surveys), and real estate and town- planning firms (large-scale plans). P.S.C. also does a great deal of large-scale mapping for city authorities. As P.S.C. grew, associate companies were established to carry out the many specialized functions required in air-surveying. In 1947, Kenting Aviation, Ltd., Municipal Airport, Oshawa, Ontario, was established as P.S.C.'s aircraft operating company. Kenting today operate three Anson 5s, four Hudsons, one Lockheed 14, two Mosquito FB-26s, one Sea Hornet, one Canso, one Cessna 180, five Hiller 360 helicopters and one B-17G. Also in 1947, to service its aircraft, P.S.C. bought an aircraft operating company outright, and in 1951 re-formed this company as Field Aviation Co., Ltd., with a main base at Oshawa. Field's original function was to service Kenting aircraft only; but contract servicing from the R.C.A.F. and odier clients rapidly expanded their facilities. To supplement these technical services, Field's engaged in sales of aircraft and aircraft equipment. Today they are Canadian sales representatives for such well-known British companies as Smiths Aircraft Instruments, Ltd., Bryans Aeroquip- ment, Ltd., G.Q. Parachute Co., Ltd., Fireproof Tanks, Ltd., Blackburn-Turbomeca (aircraft and industrial gas turbine engines), Ulster Weaving Co. (aircraft fabrics), Murex Welding Processes, Ltd. (ground starter equipment), Boosey and Hawkes electronic division, and Frankenstein and Sons (Manchester), Ltd. (air/sea rescue equipment, high-altitude clotiiing). Field's are also Canadian agents for Hiller helicopters. The company's growth was further reflected by establishment of aircraft servicing shops at Calgary Municipal Airport in 1952. Other P.S.C. associate companies include Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd., established in 1950 to meet the increasing demand for air borne magnetics. A.S.L. have carried out airborne magnetic surveys in all parts of Canada and, recently, in New Guinea. ICK°I associate is P.S.C. Applied Research, Ltd., established in 1951 when P.S.C.'s own research work, and that which it did for outside clients (including the R.C.A.F.), expanded beyond the scope of a company division. P.S.C. Applied Research specializes m design and production of electronic, mechanical and optical fiwCeSTUsec* *n industry, air survey, navigation and many other neids. Like its parent company, it has also expanded, and in 1953 moved into a new building which trebled its productive capacity. r> !10na* associate companies are: Photographic Surveys Quebec), Ltd., at Montreal, and Photographic Surveys (Western), tita., at Vancouver. ^ In 1954, a Canadian holding company, Hunting Associates, Ltd., •vas formed to direct and integrate the activities of all these com panies. Otiier holding companies, dealing with overseas interests, are Photographic Surveys (Overseas), Ltd., and Aeromagnetic Surveys (Foreign), Ltd. The executives of the Photographic Sur vey Corporation include D. N. Kendall (executive vice-president) and W. H. Godfrey (general manager). Address: 1,450 O'Connor Drive, Toronto. Pye Canada, Ltd. IN the choice, in 1948, of Ajax as a plant location Pye Canada had the distinction of being the first company to begin operation in an area which, situated 22 miles east of Toronto, is quickly becoming a busy industrial community. The company's operations in Canada embrace all products of die Pye Group which have market application in the Dominion. The progress of the telecommunications division has been steady, many firms connected with the aircraft industry using Pye ground communications equipment. The Department of Transport has standardized the company's equipment for airfield vehicles, having some ninety sets in operation, as also have the Calgary and Van couver municipal airports. A number of aerial survey companies (e.g., Spartan Air Services, Kenting Aviation, and Canadian Aero Survey) use Pye equip ment in their aerial survey and mapping in outlying areas such as die Yukon and North-West Territory, having reporters in the aircraft—which are principally helicopters—and A.C. or battery fixed stations on die ground to maintain continuous communica tion. A P.T.C. 704 fixed station is also used by the Government's ice-breaker D'Iberville for communication witii its helicopter. For telephone installations Pye Canada, Ltd., represents Ericcson Telephones, Ltd., of England, in Ontario and Quebec, and also markets scientific instruments made by W. G. Pye, Ltd., and Unicam Instruments Ltd., both of Cambridge, England. Executives include W. Jones (managing director), I. Nixon (sales director), and A. C. Pitt (secretary-treasurer). Address: Ajax, Ontario. R. F. D. (Canada), Ltd. FORMED in December 1951, this company is a subsidiary of the British R.F.D. company at Gc>dalming, Surrey. The fac tory premises are located in Granby, P.Q., cover a floor area of 15,000 sq ft, and are devoted to the manufacture and repair of all types of air/sea rescue equipment. Overhaul and repair work on such equipment is performed for the R.C.A.F. and R.C.N. The directors of the company are: A. Van Beugen Bick (chair man), R. E. Lloyd (president), Mrs. M. E. Gall (vice-president), Miss J. E. W. Beer (secretary-treasurer), and K. A. Wilson. Address: 464 St. John Street, Montreal. Simmonds Aerocessories of Canada, Ltd. THIS company serves the Canadian aircraft industry by supplying specialized instruments and components, such as the Simmonds Pacitron fuel measuring system, the Simmonds push- pull control, and a wide range of high-strength access and cowling latches. Simmonds Pacitron gauges are fitted to T.C.A. Viscounts. Anodier product consists of Hi-Shear rivets, as supplied in large quantities for the Canadian-built F-86 and for the Avro Canada CF-100. New and improved Hi-Shear fasteners are also becoming available. British manufacturers represented in Canada by Simmonds include Saunders Valve Co., Ltd., and Graviner Manufacturing Co., Ltd. The company is under the manage ment of Robert G. Huggett. Address: 5800 Monkland Avenue, Montreal 28. Sperry Gyroscope Co. of Canada, Ltd. THE Canadian Government's aim of a self-sufficient Cana dian aircraft industry has resulted in the establishment of many new factories. One of these, newly-built and excellently equipped to produce instruments and controls, is operated on a manage ment basis by the Sperry Gyroscope Company. The germ of this The Canadian R.F.D. Company cfoes much work for the Services. Here, R^G.N.tffe-jackets are being packed.
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