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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 0710.PDF
708 FLIGHT Vickers Form U.S. "Viscount" CompanyH ARDLY a surprise, perhaps, in view of the impact which theViscount has made on American ideas about airline equip- ment, but notable news nevertheless, is a Vickers-Armstrongsannouncement of the formation of a United States subsidiary, Vickers-Armstrongs, Inc. The parent company hold the entirepaid-up capital of $200,000 (£71,000). The initial function of the new concern, which is registered in Delaware, is "to provide tech-nical after-sales service for Vickers' aircraft and to sell aircraft spare parts in the United States." Its formation follows the sale of 60 Viscounts to Capital Air-lines, and the decision, announced last year, to set up a spares store at Alexandria, Va., near Capital's Washington H.Q. Thisstore will provide the airline with over-the-counter supply of all SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE: This cheerful stair-full was photo- graphed at Wisley Airfeld when, as described on page 742, the first of 60 Viscounts for Capital Airlines was handed over. Names are:— Camera side of steps, top to bottom: Mr. G. R. Edwards, Vickers-Armstrongs aircraft division managing director; Mrs. Murchison; Maj-Gen. C. A. L. Dunphie, V-A. chairman; Mrs. Carmichael; Sir Ronald Weeks, Vickers, Ltd., chairman. Far side of steps, top to bottom: Mr. C. R. Murchison, Capital Airlines' executive committee chairman; Mr. J. B. Franklin, vice-president operations and maintenance; Mrs. Franklin; Lady Weeks; Mr. J. H. Carmichael, Capital president; the American Ambassador, Mr. Winthrop Aldrich. FROM ALL QUARTERS airframe and accessories parts, in effect closing much of the geo-graphical gap between operator and manufacturer, and reducing the size and cost of Capital's own spares inventories. The address of the technical office of the new company is Room410, 1523 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Mr. Allen Green- wood has been appointed executive vice-president, and Mr.Richard Botterill chief technical representative. Directors are Mr. T. Roy Jones, Mr. John I. Snyder, Mr. George R. Edwards,Mr. Ronald P. H. Yapp and Mr. Christopher Clarkson. Mr. Jones is president of Daystrom, Inc., a management hold-ing-company with seven operating units in the electronics, furni- ture, graphic arts, and guided-missile fields. The other Americandirector, Mr. Snyder, is chairman of the board and president of the U.S. Industries, Inc. He is also a member of the boards ofdirectors of two other U.S. corporations. Mr. George Edwards is, of course, well known as managing director, aircraft, of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., and as leader of the Viscount design/sales team. Mr. Yapp is also a director of Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd.,and Mr. Clarkson, who was Britain's Civil Air Attache in Wash- ington 1948-52, represents Vickers-Armstrongs in the U.S.A. K.L.M. Profit '" ""THE 1954 annual report of K.L.M. announces that the airline's•*• operations yielded a profit of just over £lm during the year. Of this sum £300,000 has been added to the general reserve andthe remainder is being paid out as a 5 per cent dividend on ordinary shares. During the year K.L.M. increased their capacityby 21 per cent and their sales by 16 per cent. No mention is made in the report of the recent K.L.M. orderfor Douglas DC-7Cs; neither is there any reference to the Vis- count, in which K.L.M. have lately been showing renewedinterest. On this subject the report notes guardedly that "aircraft powered by turboprop engines are already being used for short-haul transport on a modest scale . . . there are indications that it will be some years yet before the turbine-engined transports canbe put into general service." It is officially stated in the report for the first time that K.L.M. have placed an order for two FokkerF.27 Friendships, for delivery in 1958. Several executives of K.L.M., including General Aler, thePresident, visited Weybridge last week to discuss, and fly in, the Viscount. A further visit was made early this week by the airline'sdeputy president, Mr. M. K. van der Ploeg, who said that no contract would be signed during his stay. He added, however,that if K.L.M. did decide to buy, they would require between seven and ten Viscount 800s; to order less would be uneconomical. N.P.L. on View TANDEM-ROTOR helicopter wind-tunnel research wasdemonstrated to visitors to the annual Open Day at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, on May 20th. This was justone of the large number of aerodynamic and scientific exhibits. The helicopter model was on view in the Aerodynamics Section's9ft X 7ft South Tunnel, and was seen to incorporate a fixed forward COCK-A-HOOP: Excep- tional in every way are the views on this and the oppo- site page of the aerobatic team of No. 43 Squadron (the Fighting Cocks), based at Leuchars. The aircraft are Hawker Hun- ter F.ls, and the pictures are the work of Mr. M. H. Chase, M.M., A.R.P.S., of the Air Ministry, seen (right) in a self-portrait, somewhat disfigured by g.
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