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Aviation History
1956
1956 - 1172.PDF
318 FLIGHT The Australian Industry... Commonwealth Aircraft Sabres at the company's Fishermen's Bend factory,outside Melbourne. DE HAVILLAND AIRCRAFT PTY., LTD. 'T'HE decision to make the Mk 33 Vampire Trainer the standard•*• R.A.A.F. advanced training aircraft has been substantiated by an order for a further 68 machines. Construction of fuselages isalready under way and it is anticipated that the production line at the Bankstown factory will be in full swing by April next year.Manufacture of Winjeel (primary) trainer wings and centre sec- tions is now nearing completion. The service department has received a number of Mk 53 SeaVenoms from H.M.A.S. Melbourne for familiarization purposes. Modifications and servicing are scheduled to begin shortly. Asecond large service hangar is under construction and its comple- tion will provide badly-needed floor space for Sea Venom main-tenance. Retrospective installation of ejection seats is continuing on Vampires (both fighter and trainer versions). The engine shopis currently installing high-energy ignition systems on all Trainer engines. Service department strength has been increased overrecent months, the intention being to increase staff by 100 trades- men by the time Sea Venom servicing begins. Similar expansionhas been the case with the Australian Propeller Division. The de Havilland team at Salisbury, South Australia, has doubled itsnumber over the past 12 months to keep pace with the increasing activities of the Weapons Research Establishment. The PropellerDivision at Alexandria, Sydney, has added to its staff by 50 per cent over the last year to cope with the increasing amount of work.Aircraft sales since last year's report include a Beaver and three Drovers. The Beaver is the second to be bought by the AustralianNational Antarctic Research Expedition. Two of the Australian- designed and built Drovers were sold and shipped to Fiji Airways,Suva, where they will join the existing Drover fleet, and another Drover was delivered in July to the New South Wales section Production of Rolls-Royce Avons is the responsibility of the Engine Division of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation. Vertical assembly is employed. Commonwealth Aircraft Corp- oration: the Winjeel production line. Over 25 of the order for 62 have now been delivered.
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