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1956
1956 - 0512.PDF
512 THE INDUSTRY . . . FLIGHT, 27 April 1956 components can be nested one within another for storage andtransport. Export Packing Service, Ltd., of Sittingbourne, Kent, have recently been handling the packing of these tanks, and theyhave designed a light and strong case, within which a nested nose and centre section are compactly accommodated, and retained bybridge pieces. The tail section is held in place at the "nose" end of the box, and tail fins, where supplied, are clamped within thelid. This method demands only about two-thirds of the length which would be occupied by an assembled tank. , •• Canadian Bristol Directorship •"THE Bristol Aeroplane Co. of Canada (1956), Ltd., has an-•*• nounced that its secretary, Mr. B. A. Chalmers, has been appointed a director and vice-president of the company's three subsidiaries, Bristol Aero En-gines, Montreal; Bristol Aircraft (Western), Winnipeg; and Bris-tol Aero Engines (Western), Vancouver. He is also appointeda director and vice-president of the new Mexican subsidiaryBristol de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mr. Chalmers, who is a Scot anda graduate of Edinburgh Univer- sity, joined the Bristol organiza-tion in Canada in 1954 as execu- tive assistant to the president andwas appointed secretary the same year. He originally quali-fied as a lawyer in Scotland and was subsequently called to theEnglish Bar. From 1946 to 1954 he was engaged in universityadministration: he had been secretary and registrar of theUniversity of Soudiampton from 1950. During the war, Mr.Chalmers served first in the Royal Artillery and later transferred to the Royal Air Force. Hereceived his flying training in Canada and subsequently served as a fighter reconnaissance pilot. Mr. B. A. Chalmers. Dunlop control-column push-button switch (see below) Control-column Switch Buttons A RANGE of miniature electric switches to M.o.S. aircraftspecifications has been developed by Dunlop's aviation divi- sion at Foleshill, Coventry. Primarily designed to meet the needto house several switches within the small compass of an aircraft control handle, the switches can also be supplied assingle items. The push-button switch shown has been approved for generalaircraft duty at 2.0 amp (non-inductive) and 0.5 amp (inductive). It has been designed for rapid make and break and to giveminimum contact resistance; contacts are of silver. A minimum life of 100,000 operations is proved for each of the two conditions:2.0 amp, negligible inductance, at sea level; 2.0 amp, negligible inductance, at 60,000ft; 0.5 amp, inductive at sea level; 0.5 amp,inductive at 60,000ft. Westminster Party "pACH year Elliott Brothers (London), Ltd., hold a party forJ-/ their friends in the supply industries and they make a point of choosing a different and interesting venue on each occasion.This year, by courtesy of Capt. G. R. Chetwynd, M.P., they were able to use the Members' dining room of the House of Commons,where the 250-odd guests assembled, and were taken for con- ducted tours of the Palace of Westminster.The Minister of Supply, Mr. Reginald Maudling, looked in on the party, which was attended by—it would be no exaggerationto say—more designers and test pilots than we remember seeing together at one time on any occasion other than the S.B.A.C. Show. Elliott Brothers, whose H.Q. are at Lewisham, London, S.E.13,are designers and manufacturers of aircraft flight-control equip- ment and special-purpose instrumentation. IN BRIEF Desoutter Brothers (Holdings), Ltd., recently reported a 1955 group profit, after taxation, of £279,788 (1954, £228,321). United Kingdom taxation absorbed £270,180 (1954, £238,227). * * * Mr. W. W. Watt, who has been a managing director of The British Oxygen Company, Limited, since 1938, retired on March 31st, having reached the age of 65. * * * - Titanine, Ltd., report a 1955 net profit of £83,001 (1954,£74,706) before taxation. At the a.g.m. on April 23rd the chair- man, Admiral Sir Lionel Preston, reported a steady demand forTitanine finishes for both civillind military aircraft. * * * The directors of John Bull Rubber Co., Ltd., announce theretirement, this month, of Mr. John Cecil Burton, chairman and surviving founder-director of the company. He is 78. With hisbrother, Hubert Henry Burton, he founded the business as a two-man factoring concern in 1906. * * * Inspection Equipment, Ltd., 19 Broad Court, Drury Lane,London, W.C.2, have issued in brochure form a report on the discussions at the "Aircraft Radiography" meeting held in Copen-hagen last December. Organized by Carl Drenck X-Ray Labora- tories, the meeting attracted some 30 representatives from eightcountries. * * * Mr. Alan E. Crawford, A.M.Brit., I.R.E., A.R.Ae.S., hasrecently joined the Brush Crystal Co., Ltd., at Hythe, Southamp- ton, to take charge of a new research laboratory for the develop-ment and application of piezo-electric materials. The author of the recently published book Ultrasonic Engineering, he is wellknown for his work on industrial ultrasonics. * * * Taylor, Taylor and Hobson, Ltd., of Leicester, have this monthcelebrated their 70th anniversary, and have marked the occasion by the publication of a brochure entitled Taly Ho—^In Pursuit ofPrecision. Among the modern products illustrated is the "Micro" alignment telescope, widely used in the aircraft industry. Thisremarkable instrument, it is stated, provides a means of establish- ing lines of sight, and the position of points in space, to anaccuracy of plus or minus 0.001 in at a distance of 50ft. * * * James Booth and Co., Ltd., of Birmingham, have recordeda 1955 group profit, after all charges other than taxation, of £660,957 (1954, £336,800). Taxation, less over-provision in theprevious year of £16,500 (1954, £26,431), absorbs £329,802 (1954, £137,083). * * * The United Steel Companies, Ltd., announce that Mr. S. R-Howes, at present director and general manager of Samuel Fox and Co., Ltd., of Stocksbridge, is to retire on June 30th. Mr.Howes, who will remain on the Samuel Fox Board, is to be succeeded by Mr. H. P. Forder, at present director and deputy general manager. * * * Mr. Charles W. Lane, who was until recently works manager ofAirwork, Ltd., at Blackbushe, has joined Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), Ltd. He is at the company's airfield at Wisley, wherehe is responsible for the engineering department handling flight testing and development or civil and military aircraft. Beforejoining Airwork in 1947, Mr. Lane was for many years with B.O.A.C. * * * ....... We regret to learn of the death recently of Mr. Robert AnthonyHarvey, B.Sc.(Eng.), M.I.E.F., a member of the engineering staff of Chloride Batteries Ltd., Mr. Harvey was responsible for tech-nical activities in connection with Keepalite emergency lighting, battery control gear and allied equipment. He was well known asa lecturer at the Royal Technical College, Salford. * * * In a note on the many uses of "Titebond" adhesives, the manu-facturers state that Titebond 22 is used in Rolls-Royce aero engines for bonding felt, Langite, and asbestos to metal surfaces.Applications of a similar kind are described and illustrated u1 a catalogue which, dealing with the full range of the company sindustrial adhesives, is obtainable from Surridge's Patents, Ltd-: at Elmers End, Beckenham, Kent.
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