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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 1165.PDF
24 August 1956 311 Kent ing Aviation, Ltd.—Operators of aircraft for aerial surveysand other technical flying. By contributing two Canso survey air- craft as part of the United Kingdom expedition to Antarcticaearlier this year, Renting now claim to be the first operator in the world to have carried out operations in all seven continents. TwoRenting Hudsons were used in the P.S.C. surveys reported below. Manager of the company is A. F. Soutar. The Photographic Survey Corporation, Ltd Aerial surveyors and photographers; photogrammetric engineers; natural resourcessurveyors. Important contracts during the last year have included a comprehensive resources survey of Ceylon for the Canadiangovernment under the Colombo Plan; and a topographical mapping survey of the Caroni river in Venezuela for the Vene-zuelan government. Largest current project, however—claimed to be the largest survey of its type in the world—is "OperationOverthrust," a geological study of some 357,000 sq miles of aerial ' photography of the mining areas of the Pre-Cambrian Shield inCanada and the U.S.A. Vice-president and general manager of P.S.C. is W. H. Godfrey. (Right) EM/scintillometer "bird" devised by Aeromagnetic Surveys, Ltd., for helicopter use, here being employed with a Bell 47. Above, P.S.C. Applied Research, Ltd., auroral recorder, and temperature chamber of environmental-test laboratory. Below, CS2F main landing gear by Jarry Hydraulics. Photographic Surveys (Quebec), Ltd., is another associate com-pany (with headquarters in Montreal) in the Hunting group, covering the same type of work as P.S.C. President and manag-ing director is P. F. Osier. P.S.C. Applied Research, Ltd—Specialists in electronic, electro-mechanical and mechanical instrumentation. The environmental- test laboratory described in last year's Commonwealth issue wasofficially opened in May of this year. The R-Theta navigational computor is now in production for the R.C.A.F., is undergoingevaluation trials in the U.S.A. and U.R., and is under considera- tion by other NATO countries. Other recent products include anairborne profile recorder, a production version of the Gamble stereo plotter, and an auroral recorder which will be used inmeasurements of the Aurora Borealis during the International Geophysical Year. Managing director of A.R.L. is J. M. Bridgman. International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd. LAST year marked the fiftieth anniversary of Canada'sleadership in world nickel production. Deliveries by Inter- national Nickel averaged over 24,000,000 pounds of nickel permonth, or 290,000,000 pounds for the year. This was a record total, representing over 65 per cent of the free world's supply.Copper is the company's second most important product, deliveries of refined copper having increased by almost 10,000,000pounds to a total of 263,000,000 pounds last year. The company's current aircraft products include alloys forhigh-temperature service blading of British gas-turbines; modi- fications of Inconel, as well as the Nimonic alloys, for bladingin Canadian-built turbojets; and Ninomic and Inconel flame- tubes. President of International Nickel of Canada is HenryS. Wingate. Jarry Hydraulics ESTABLISHMENT of a full environmental-test serviceand a continued expansion of design and production facilities have taken place at Jarry's Montreal plant during the last twelvemonths. The prospects there have never appeared brighter for this enthusiastic all-Canadian company, which has risen to its presentresponsible position in only five yeats from its date of formation. The first undercarriage for the CL-28 was completed in theshort time of five months, and the initial batch of CS2F main undercarriages has also been completed. The prototype_ noselanding-gear of the CF-105, and other components of this air- craft, are now at the testing stage. The major part of the company's engineering effort at presentis going into the CF-105, a high proportion of this aircraft's hydraulic equipment being by Jarry. The firm is also enteringthe high-temperature field of afterburner actuators in connection with the Orenda. A new drop test rig is now available for landing gear of air-craft up to 200,000 lb a.u.w. Incorporated in the rig is a 12ft diameter drum rotating at peripheral speeds up to 150 tn.p.h.on which full shimmy and steering tests can be made. In addi- tion to full environmental-test facilities which have beeninstalled during the year, a complete manufacturing shop for wheels and brakes is now in operation. The company is nowmaking all Bendix wheels and brakes manufactured in Canada. The overhaul and repair of T.C.A.'s North Star and SuperConstellation undercarriages continues, and a new building is being constructed to house this section. More land is beingacquired behind the present main plant, and among the new facilities to be built there (in addition to the overhaul and repairblock) are an electric power sub-station and a new warehouse for raw material. The president of the company is Fernand Jarry.
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