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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1194.PDF
308 FLIGHT The Canadian Industry ... listed below. Twenty-five per cent relates to overhaul contractsfor R.C.A.F. and R.C.N. instruments and accessories, while the remaining quarter consists of the manufacture under licence ofselected products of firms represented when, for instance, the Department of Defence Production decides those products shouldor could be made in Canada. The Bendix Aviation Corporation is the major organizationwhose products are distributed by A.E.L. The relevant divisions of this Corporation, and respective products, are: Bendix Radio(aviation and mobile radio equipment), Eclipse-Pioneer (flight, engine and navigational instruments and aircraft electrical andmechanical accessories), Pacific (aircraft hydraulics, guided- missile telemetering), Red Bank (generators, alternators, otherrotary electrical equipment), South Bend (fuel metering and landing-gear equipment), Utica (aircraft starters), Scintilla (air-craft magnetos and A.N. connectors). Other agencies possessed are those of Hymatic (aircraft pneu-matic systems and components), Lodge Plugs (spark plugs and ceramics), Teddington Controls (engine and cabin pressurizationcontrols, valves and accessories), Kenyon Instrument Co. (aircraft photographic, mechanical and hydraulic equipment), RobinsonAviation (shock mounts and vibration isolators), Newton Darby (voltage regulators) and Ideal Arosmith (test equipment). Inaddition, the company manufacture the Kelvin and Hughes turn- and-slip indicator Mk 2, Type 14, for the R.C.A.F.Future plans include a concentrated effort towards an expansion of the engineering department. President of Aviation Electric isAlfred Bandi. Canadian Aviation Electronics, Ltd. ON June 16th, 1955, Canadian Aviation Electronics cele-brated the first anniversary of the opening of its modern plant on Cote de Liesse Road, Montreal. Among the company's accom-plishments during the first year of operations in its new plant are the design, development and manufacture of many electronic andcommunication products, and of nucleonic devices; pioneering work in aviation electronics; and maintenance and installationwork in Canada, Europe, Asia and South America. One of the most intricate electronic devices yet produced bya Canadian company, the Curtiss-Wright Dehmel Flight Simu- lator for the CF-100, is being manufactured under licence from theCurtiss-Wright Corporation. This contract, from the Department of Defence Production on behalf of the R.C.A.F., has involveddesign and development work on the prototype, as well as the manufacture of production units. An interesting and ambitious project being carried out by thecompany at present is the design of a prototype drogue target air- craft. The complete design, including aerodynamic and structuralanalyses in addition to electronics, is being performed by a special project group at C.A.E. Another major project undertaken by C.A.E. comes under theheading of radar fire control, in which field the company possesses equipment which is unique in Canada. Amongst the large rangeof telecommunication and radio navigation equipment produced by C.A.E. is a V.O.R. unit, as installed by the Department ofTransport, Ottawa. The company also produces a number of Mr. K. R. Patrick, O.B.E., president of Canadian Avia- tion Electronics. V.H.F. omni-range systems and has been prominent in the instal-lation of radar chains across Canada. Among other products which have been developed, the nucleonicinstruments designed and manufactured in the Winnipeg Plant deserve special mention. Winnipeg-developed scintillometers havealready proven themselves in many countries, and the company has now developed an airborne scintillometer for aerial surveyof radio-active ore. The manufacture under licence of Lear autopilots is carried outby C.A.E., which is also the exclusive distributor in Canada for Ultra Electric's SARAH. With 1,400 people employed acrossCanada, C.A.E. forms the largest Canadian-owned electronics company. A programme of plant extension in various locationsacross Canada is at present contemplated. Present plant areas are: Montreal, 136,000 sq ft (plus 2$,000sq ft; Consumer Products Division); Toronto, 12,000 sq ft; Winni- peg, 55,000 sq ft; and Vancouver, 12,000 sq ft. President andmanaging director of Canadian Aviation Electronics is K. R. Patrick, O.B.E. Canadian Marconi Co. -'••""" ' j! SINCE its establishment in 1902—a year after Marconireceived, in Newfoundland, the first transatlantic wireless message —the company has been the exclusive agent in Canada of theEnglish Marconi Co., and has been entitled to the same rights in Canada as have Amalgamated Wireless in Australasia. In 1953 thelinks were further strengthened when the English Electric Co. (of which Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., is a subsidiary)purchased from Cable and Wireless, Ltd., the latter's majority shareholding in the Canadian Marconi Co. Thus, the resourcesin research, development and production both of Marconi's Wire- less Telegraph Co., and of English Electric are fully available tothe Canadian company, and vice-versa. The aviation side of the Canadian organization is comparativelyyoung, yet at the present time is in a position to offer a complete range of equipment and full repair and maintenance service. Itis responsible for the maintenance of the Marconi radio-compasses in T.C.A.'s Viscounts, now well-established on Canadian routes.The president of the company is S. M. Finlayson. Instrument overhaul shop at Aviation Electric, Montreal.
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