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1957
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264 FLIGHT, 23 August 1957 The ninth R.C.A.F. Neptune leaving the Fairey plant at Eastern Passage following overhaul and modification. In addition to this main East-coast facility, the company has a branch in British Columbia. The Canadian Industry... R.C.N. and for the Maritime Air Command of the R.C.A.F.) thereis nearly always an electrical aspect to a modification. This, not unnaturally, is leading the company into the fields of testing andcalibration of electronic equipment. Plant expansion is evidenced by the new design office which wasopened on May 6,1957, the opening coinciding with the company's annual general meeting. This office is regarded as having one ofthe most modern layouts in Eastern Canada. The department contains complete photographic, printing and library facilities.The plant now has over 250,000 sq ft under cover and the personnel figure continues around the 1,000 mark with a weekly payroll ofapproximately $55,000. At Patricia Bay, in British Columbia, work has continued onboth civil and military aircraft, with the emphasis on civil con- tracts. A total of 111 aircraft were handled in the past year, ofwhich 98 were civilian. Future prospects for the company appear excellent. It is ex-pected that, within a year, an overhaul and maintenance pro- gramme will be commenced for the Canadair Argus; and it is alsohoped that the Fairey Ultra-light helicopter will commence its Canadian sales tour in the near future. If this tour proves success-ful, there is every possibility that the aircraft will be manufactured by the Canadian company. The company's plans extend also to thenew Halifax International Airport, soon to commence operations, at Kelly Lake, near Halifax.C. E. Hibbert, M.B.E., the managing director, is now a vice- president of the company and, as before, the plant executives areA. Murray Cameron, secretary-treasurer; A. C. Earle, plant man- ager; E. C. Garrard, chief designer; W. J. May, chief inspector;and D. W. Howell, branch plant manager, West Coast. FLEET MANUFACTURING, LTD. P.O. Box 300, Fort Erie, Ontario. T^XTENSIVE sub-contract work for the Canadian aircraft indus-••—' try is carried out by Fleet at its Fort Erie plant. This has included the production of flaps, ailerons and rocket pods for theCF-100, and of bomb-bay and nose-bay doors and escape hatches for the CS2F. Wheel/ski assemblies for the D.H.C. Beaver; wing Interior of the engine instruction school which Rolls-Royce have pro- vided at the company's Montreal plant for the training of operators. Fleet-manufoctured Helio Courier: Powerplant, Lycoming 260 h.p.; span, 39ft; length, 30ft; gross weight, 2,8001b; cruising speed, 157 m.p.h. extensions for the Mk 5 version of the CF-100; and tooling for theCF-105 details and assemblies, have also formed part of the production programme. In addition to the CS2F work, mentioned above, for de Havil-land, the company has also manufactured Tracker components for Enheat Aircraft and CanCar. For de Havilland Beavers andOtters, honeycomb floors have been produced. The facilities of the plastics department have been expanded over the past two yearsand, in addition to its aircraft work, the company has extensive non-aviation projects including the production of large radarantennae. Fleet holds Canadian and Commonwealth manufacturing andsales rights for the Helio Courier, and five Couriers have been manufactured at Fort Erie. President and general manager of FleetManufacturing is H. L. Eberts. ROLLS-ROYCE OF CANADA, LTD. P.O. Box 10, Dorval Station, Quebec. A WHOLLY owned subsidiary of the parent company of Derby,Rolls-Royce of Canada maintain an extensive aero spares department to provide service-support for all Rolls-Royce enginesin North America. Parts are supplied on a carefully'calculated "advanced usage" basis which is under continuous review, and allspares in normal usage can be delivered to operators within 30 days. Technical services are provided for the R.C.A.F., R.C.N., T.C.A.,the Canadian Department of Transport, Capital Airlines, United States Steel, Standard Oil of California and Cubana. A compre-hensive instructional school is operated at Montreal for users' personnel.For the Canadair T-33 Silver Star, 900 Nene 10 turbojets were delivered of which 50 were manufactured at the Montreal plant.All these engines are overhauled at Montreal (the Nene 10 is now cleared for 1,000 hr but is operated at 900 to suit the airframeinspection cycle), and the production of maintenance and overhaul spares will continue for several years. The Montreal factory is alsoresponsible for the overhaul of the Westinghouse J34 which powers the Banshees of the Royal Canadian Navy. Both the Dart and theMerlin have long been widely used in North American transport operations and plans are in hand for accommodating Dart over-hauls at Montreal. This promises to become a major operation for Darts in Viscounts, Fairchild-built Friendships and the manyprojects of American design which will use this engine. It is also relevant to refer to the selection of the Rolls-Royce Conway as thepowerplant of the T.C.A. DC-8. Yet another aspect of the work of the Montreal plant is the provision of service-support for Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars and for the range of Rolls-Royce industrial engines which are becoming increasingly accepted across theAtlantic. A subsidiary company, Rolls-Royce Inc., has just been regis-tered in the U.S.A. to cater for the increased commitments result- ing from the growth of business within the United States. The firstpart of this new organization, which is planned to go into operation next year, is a head office and a spares and service depot which willbe built close to Washington D.C. in Fairfax County, Virginia During the past twelve months additional office space has beenconstructed at the Rolls-Royce of Canada headquarters; together with the extended storage space opened one year earlier, it bringsthe aggregate floor-area up to 100,000 sq ft. The total number of employees engaged upon aero work has now risen to 650. Thegeneral manager of Rolls-Royce of Canada is Mr. R. M. Kendall.
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