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Aviation History
1955
1955 - 1731.PDF
850 FLIGHT, 2 December 1955 THE INDUSTRY Hunting Percival Apprentice PrizegivingT HE chairman of the Hunting Group, Mr. P. LI. Hunting,recently presented the annual awards to Hunting Percival apprentices at Luton. During his address he commented thatthere were four times as many prizewinners as when he presented the awards three years ago. His advice to apprentices was thatthey should learn to be adaptable, not only cultivating interests Other than the purely engineering, but taking an interest in thework and problems of their colleagues in the activity opposite their own, be it design or production. The apprentice supervisor, Mr. H. G. Hammond, said in hisannual report that apprentices had shown outstanding improve- ment in technical studies. The failure-rate in examinations haddropped to 30 per cent and he believed this figure would be bettered if the City and Guilds courses in aeronautical engineeringpractice were revised so that they were related less to the craft of fitter/turner. There were now 118 apprentices in training. Prin-cipal prizewinners were: — Best All-round Apprentice^ Higher National Certificate with Distinc-tion in Structures, awarded Hunting Aviation Scholarship.—D. J. McNally (now at College of Aeronautics). Best Technical Apprentice,G.C.E. (A) Mathematics and Physics, gained university admission.— D. C. Conroy (now at University of Southampton). Best PracticalApprentice, City and Guilds Final Certificate.—K. M. Poulter (now in R.A.F.). Latoes Rabjohns Prize for Draughtsmanship.—J. Wathew. Chief Draughtsman at Shoreham THE appointment of Mr.P. T. Moriss-Jeffery as chief draughtsman has beenannounced by F. G. Miles, Ltd. Mr. Moriss-Jeffery has spentsome 20 years in engineering, mainly in the aircraft industry.He first joined Westland Air- craft, working on the Ptero-dactyl under Prof. Hill, and then moved in 1936 to dutiesunder Mr. F. G. Miles at Phillips and Powis Aircraft, Ltd.,engaged on many Miles air- craft including the M.52 super-sonic project. He left in 1947, after which he was successivelywith Saunders-Roe, Chrislea, Wesdand Aircraft and de Havil-land. In his new post, Mr. Moriss-Jeffery will take charge of the drawing office, workingon the M.100 Student primary jet trainer, and Miles/Hurel Dubois high-aspect-ratio developments. Dowty Apprentices Rewarded SPEAKING at the recent annual prize giving to apprentices ofDowty Equipment, Ltd., at Arle Court, Cheltenham, Sir Godfrey Ince (Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour andNational Service), said that automation was likely to require more skilled men for maintenance work, and more skilled men for theproduction of automatic control equipment. He saw no reason why this country, with its inventive genius and its craftsmen,should not become the leading producer of such equipment. Later in his address Sir Godfrey said that at Dowty's young men werebeing trained as skilled craftsmen by experts in one of the best- equipped and most efficient training schools in the country. In welcoming Sir Godfrey, Mr. George Dowty mentioned thehelp given in apprentice-training by Mr. A. W. Hildrew, Principal of North Gloucestershire Technical College. Frizes First-Year Apprentices, C. Snell, W. Popiel; 2nd year, M. Crouch,M. Evans; 3rd year, D. Parker, C. D. Williams; 4th year, R. B. Shayler, D. Morgan; 5th year, J. Child, I. R. Hughes. Plant Department Progress Prize, J. Savory; Production EngineeringApprentice Prize, B. T. Smith; Coventry Precision Ltd. Prize.—Senior, M. Perkins; Junior, P. Sanderson; New Mendip Engineering Prize.—Senior, R. Evans, Junior, R. Styles; Commercial Training Prize, B. Harries. Completed Indentures Dowty Equipment Ltd.: R. G. Brown, I. J. Camm, R. J. Canning,V. K. Carter, J. W. Child, E. P. Gardiner, D. Hall, R. P. Hodges, I. R. Hughes, P. Leach, D. G. Llewellyn, T. Lush, J. A. Moore, J. R. Palmer,E. D. Simons, B. T. Smith, R. S. Walters, A. Woodward. Dowty Nucleonics: D. Stewart. New Mendip Engineering: M. Tae, M. Pidden,W. Hutchison, K. P. Mullet, G. A. Peaple, D. Ludlow. Mr. P. T. Moriss-Jeffery. Mr. P. LI. Hunting, chairman of the Hunting Group, speaking at the Hunting Percival apprentice prizegiving (see first news item). Cossor A.C.R. Orders /"\RDERS for Cossor Mk VI airfield control radar are stated by^^ the company to exceed £lm in value. Five are operational, including three overseas installations—the one at Zurich, andtwo military versions for the Royal Netherlands Air Force—and twelve are still in process of manufacture for various customers,who include the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Supply. A number of major airports are to beequipped, and already the installation at London Airport with its 14ft-diameter dish aerial is a distinctive landmark. The Mk. VI—an S-band (10 cm) surveillance radar—is usedfor short- and medium-range cover of an airfield and its approaches. It can be operated independently of any other radar,or in conjunction with precision approach radar to form a com- plete G.C.A. system. IN BRIEF Hale Hamilton, Ltd., of Frays Mill Works, Cowley Road, Uxbridge, have recently been given full A.I.D. approval for their precision valves. * * * Plant for the production of some 130,000 tons of aviation gaso-line a year is to be installed at B.P.'s refinery on the Isle of Grain. The plant, which will cost about £6im, is expected tobe in operation by 1958. * * * t Sir George Godfrey and Partners, Ltd., have negotiated withSvenska Rotor Maskiner of Stockholm an exclusive licence to manufacture the S.R.M. high-speed rotary screw-type com-pressor and expander for aircraft use. This arrangement will extend the company's existing range of cabin superchargers andcooling units and make available small lightweight compressors stated to be ideally suitable for vapour-cycle cooling systems. G/C. R. C. M. Collard, sales man- ager of Handley Page, Ltd., is now on a three weeks' tour of the Middle East, enlarging the company's representation in that area and visiting potential purchasers of the Herald. G/C. Collard's itinerary includes Turkey, the Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt and pos- sibly Kuwait. The wooden skis fitted to the Auster Mk 74 aircraft accom-panying the Trans-Antarctic Expedition led by Dr. V. E. Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hillary are surfaced with Bakelite laminatedfabric sheet, grade F.10810. Strong and light in weight, this material provides the skis with the resistance to abrasion neces-sary for operation from surfaces where snow, ice and rock frequently combine to provide extremely rough conditions.
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