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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 1164.PDF
310 The first CS2F-1 tail-unit set to be produced by Enheat Aircraft. Mr. D. N. Kendall (right), vice- president of Hunting Associates. The Canadian Industry... FLIGHT Dowry Equipment of Canada, Ltd. "THE major portion of Dowty's current development effort is-•- concentrated on the CF-105 main undercarriage, which is now in the process of intensive testing. Several sets are being pro-duced. Manufacture of the Bendix nose undercarriage for the CS2F-1 is well under way and is continuing; and work on anundercarriage proposal for the D.H.C. 4 has been carried out. The CF-105 work has introduced the company to many prob-lems in the procurement, fabrication and processing of ultra-high- strength steel for, while the undercarriage is as advanced techni-cally as any in the U.S.A., correspondingly complete production facilities are not available in Canada. Among other recent pro-jects have been afterburner components for the Orenda 14. Development facilities at Dowty's South Plant at Ajax havebeen further expanded over the past twelve months, and a smaller guillotine-type rig has been added to complement the main paral-lelogram-type drop-test unit. The main and guillotine rigs are respectively designed for drops of 18 ft/sec and 7,500-75,000 lbload; and 25 ft/sec and 1,500-10,000 lb load. Among new environmental-test facilities is a test chamber capable of produc-ing temperatures from minus 100 deg F. to plus 300 deg F. With more engineering staff and rather fewer on the productionside, compared with last year's figures, Dowty's employment total is now just under 400. About 80 per cent of production work issubcontracted, in line with the company's policy of maintaining a steady employment level. A number of Dowty representativeshave been stationed at the weapons range at Cold Lake, in connec- tion with the company's components (and those of Dunlop) fittedto the CF-100. During the year, R. F. Hunt, Dowty Canada's president, hasbeen appointed to the Board of the parent group, and I. M. Hamer is now vice-president and general manager. R. Mac-Intyre, previously with de Havilland Canada, has joined the Dowty company as director and assistant general manager. Enheat Aircraft " • • ENHEAT Aircraft, the aircraft division of Enamel andHeating Products, Ltd., of Amherst, Nova Scotia, is engaged on sub-contract production of complete tail units for the CS2F-1anti-submarine aircraft for de Havilland Canada, and is also to build the rear-fuselage sections of these machines. Bafflesfor the Wright R-1820 engines produced by Canadian Pratt and Whitney for this aircraft are also manufactured by Enheat. Other work at present includes the overhaul and maintenanceof components for R.C.A.F. Lockheed P2V-7 Neptunes, canni- balization of the Service's Lancasters, and miscellaneous othercontracts for manufacture, repair and overhaul. Enheat facilities at Amherst cover a floor space of 150,000 sq ft,and 325 people are employed there. The president of Enamel and Heating is N. A. Hesler, and W. J. Wienand, Jr., is vice-president in charge of the aircraft division. Godfrey Engineering Co., Ltd. AFFILIATED with Sir George Godfrey and Partners, Ltd.,of Hanworth, Middlesex, this company continues its work on the manufacture of air-conditioning equipment for aircraft, includ-ing cabin superchargers and cold-air units. The design and manufacture of ground servicing equipment is also carried out.North American aircraft utilizing Godfrey equipment include the Viscounts of T.C.A. and Capital. Hunting Associates, Ltd. IN May of this year the Hunting group of companies inCanada celebrated its tenth anniversary. It had grown from one Toronto air-survey company with five employees, to a group ofseven companies employing 850 people and engaged in the fields of air survey, geophysics, instrument manufacture, aircraft opera-tion and aircraft overhaul from bases across Canada. The man who in 1946 had come over to Canada, negotiated an air-surveycontract with the Ontario government and thus started this development is D. N. Kendall, now vice-president of the holdingcompany, Hunting Associates, and of two of the member com- panies; and president of the other four. It is difficult to summarizecompletely the many varied activities of the various member firms; below are noted their functions, together with some of themain recent developments. Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd World-wide airborne geophysicsservices. Work done by A.S.L. during the last twelve months has been three times that of the previous year, and staff and facilitiesboth at Toronto and at Oshawa have been increased. Since January, a combined electromagnetic detector (EM) and scintillo-meter installation has been flown in a helicopter, and a current development is to add the third (strictly speaking, the first) of thecompany's mineral-hunting aids, the airborne magnetometer, to this helicopter installation. The fixed-wing EM installation isnow being used by Hunting Geophysics of Boreham Wood (prob- able areas of application are Europe and Africa), and another suchinstallation is being flown to Australia. General manager of A.S.L. is D. G. MacKay. Field Aviation Co., Ltd.—Aircraft maintenance and overhaul; air-craft and aircraft parts; agency sales and service. Primarily concerned with the maintenance, overhaul and special-purposemodification of Kenting's aircraft fleet, Field also performs maintenance work for the R.C.A.F. both at the company's Oshawabase and at Service stations. The two Cansos used in the Antarctic earlier this year by Hunting Aerosurveys were fitted outby Field prior to the expedition. On the agency sales side, busi- ness has expanded and sales offices have been opened in Van-couver, Winnipeg and Ottawa. A recent agreement with Timmins Aviation has resulted inField becoming the Ontario agents for the Piaggio Royal Gull amphibian. For the future, George Suarez (general manager)forecasts an expansion of Field effort—both sales and mainten- ance—linked to the growth of executive flying in Canada. Dowty at Ajax: end-milling cam track profile on torque fitting of main undercarriage of Avro supersonic aircraft—clearly the CF-105.
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