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Aviation History
1957
1957 - 1182.PDF
270 The impressiye setting of the docks, storage area and smelter of the Aluminium Company of Canada at Kitimat, British Columbia. The Canadian Industry • Ancillary companies Aircraft Industries of Canada, Ltd., Municipal Airport, St. Johns, Quebec. OVERHAUL, modification and conversion work of R.C.A.F. Dakota, PBY and Harvard aircraft, and of various commercial and executive types, is carried out by Aircraft Industries at St. Johns Airport, some thirty miles south-east of Montreal. Total floorspace is now approximately 120,000 sq ft, following the erection of an additional steel-and-concrete hangar. Aluminium Company of Canada, Ltd., 1,155 Metadfe Street, Montreal. IN a year of "record levels of production, sales and earnings"a net income of over $55jm in 1956 compared with $48m in 1955 was realized by Aluminium, Ltd., and its subsidiaries, ofwhich the principal fully owned company is the Aluminium Company of Canada (Alcan). Total production of primaryaluminium by all subsidiaries and affiliates during last year was 700,000 short tons, of which Canadian smelters produced 620,300tons. A total of 121,500 tons of new primary aluminium capacity wasadded in 1956, consisting of 31,500 tons at Quebec smelters and 90,000 tons at Kitimat, British Columbia, which broughtKitimat's capacity to 180,000 tons per year. Facilities in Jamaica were also enlarged to supply Canadian smelter requirements. Asforeseen in last year's annual report, Kitimat, with the increased production facilities now in operation, is beginning to contributeto the company's earnings. During 1956 a total of $125m was spent on construction ofnew facilities and it is expected that capital expenditures in 1957 will exceed that amount, as the company still has before ita large expansion programme. In the Saguenay area, work is progressing on the new hydro-electric plant at Chute-des-Passes,which is expected to provide an additional 700,000 h.p. upon completion in 1959. Related smelting facilities in Quebec, withan annual capacity of 120,000 tons, are also being planned, together with new alumina and bauxite developments in Jamaica,British Guiana and French West Africa. Aviation Electric, Ltd., P.O. Box 6102, Montreal. A CANADIAN affiliate of the Bendix Aviation Corporationand exclusive Canadian distributor for such British concerns as Hymatic Engineering, Lodge Plugs, and Teddington Controls,Aviation Electric has reported a steady expansion in all fields (including sales and service, design engineering, manufacturingand overhaul) during the past year. The company's achievements have been highlighted by thedesign, development and manufacture of a ball resolver, torpedo course control and hydraulic valves. The ball resolver isemployed in this instance as the brain behind an automatic navigational computer; while the torpedo course control isdestined for service with the Royal Canadian Navy. In addi- tion, Aviation Electric now designs and manufactures specializedhydraulic and fuel-flow equipment. The metallurgical and chemical laboratories have been approved by the R.C.A.F. forcarrying on a wide range of tests and analysis. The engineering department has been expanded and addi-tional manufacturing and overhaul facilities have been added. Manufacturing is restricted to precision, close-tolerance work,the bulk of which embodies aircraft instruments, gyros, and similar units. During the past year the company has taken on100 additional employees, bringing the present total to over 800. Plans for the coming year include the addition of a 32,000 sq ft,wing to the existing plant. This area will be fully air-conditioned and will house additional manufacturing and test facilities. Canadian Aero Service, Ltd., 74 Sparks Street, Ottawa. THIS company is engaged in engineering studies and geo-physical exploration across Canada and in many other areas of the world. The company is associated with Spartan Air Servicesand has offices in Montreal, Toronto and Calgary in Canada as well as in Paris, Johannesburg and Rio de Janeiro.Canadian Aero's experience includes more than 1,000,000 miles of airborne geophysical exploration. The company helped in thesiting of DEWline radar-stations in northern Canada. It has completed about half a million square miles of planimetric map-ping in Western Canada for the oil industry; engineering studies for the location of highways, railroads, pipelines and microwavetowers; log-pile inventories; soil studies; city planning and engineering mapping; forestry surveys; and geological studies. Canadian Aero's prospecting equipment includes the magneto-meter, electromagnetometer and scintillation counter, in addition to Wild and Kelsh stereoplotters. Crews from the Ottawacompany have completed 35,000 line miles of magnetometer survey in the Northwest Territories in co-operation with Spartan.Canadian Aero's specialists are now planning a rail-line into the bushland of Quebec to reach iron deposits found there bya mining company. Canadian Aviation Electronics, Ltd., P.O. Box 915, Station "O," Montreal 9. DURING the last twelve months, C.A.E. has celebrated itstenth anniversary. Among this year's achievements have been the delivery of the first and subsequent production models of theCF-100 flight simulator and weapons-system trainer; and the
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