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Aviation History
1958
1958 - 0121.PDF
FLIGHT, 24 January 1958 123 THE INDUSTRY Canadair Re-appointments REORGANIZATION and expansion of the sales division ofCanadair, Ltd., Montreal, have been announced by Mr. Peter H. Redpath, vice-president for sales.Mr. A. J. Lilly, who since 1956 has been deputy sales director and executive assistant to the vice-president for sales, is appointeddirector of sales and also remains executive assistant. He joined Canadair as a pilot in 1946 after service with Imperial Airways,R.A.F. Transport Command and Maritime Central Airways. Mr. Louis S. Adamson, who has been with Canadair since 1942and for several years been spare parts sales manager, is named director of service, parts sales and special projects.Mr. Karl H. Larsson, who has been with the company since 1950, latterly as manager of commercial aircraft sales, is appointeddirector of that department. Before moving to Canada, he was active in Swedish aviation for 25 years, including ten years incharge of engineering for A.B.A., the Swedish airline, from its inception, and later for S.A.S. Mr. Arthur G. ("Tim") Sims, who has been Canadair's salesservice manager since 1948, is appointed director of military air- craft and missiles sales. Born in England, Sims moved to Canadain 1927 and became one of the nation's early bush pilots. Latterly he has had the responsibility of directing Canadair's technicalrepresentatives stationed in many countries. Other Canadair promotions and appointments include those ofMr. H. J. Everard to manager of Sabre 6 and CL-41 sales and Mr. J. J. MacBrien to manager of missiles sales. Jackaroo Aircraft in Africa RECENTLY appointed aviation sales manager of Jackaroo Air-craft (Africa) (Pvt.), Ltd., of Salisbury, S. Rhodesia, is W/C. D. W. Balden, R.A.F. (retd.). The company is responsible forsales of the Thruxton Jackaroo four- seat Tiger Moth conversion throughoutAfrica. W/C. Balden's Service career, which began in 1933 at Cranwell, hasincluded appointments as commanding officer of No. 261 Squadron, Malta(1940); of 112 Squadron, Western Desert (1941-43); and of R.A.F. stationWoodvale. Prior to retiring from the Service last year, W/C. Balden wasengaged on administrative duties at Kinloss. The African Jackaroo company is tooperate a maintenance organization in Salisbury, and may establish an assem-bly plant. Chairman of the company is Mr. V. Britneff; managing director is Mr. D. Vaughan, overseassales director of Jackaroo Aircraft, Ltd., of Thruxton, near Andover. Also on the Board of the company is S/L. J. E. Doran-Webb, managing director of Jackaroo Aircraft, Ltd., and of Wilt- shire School of Flying. Peter Twiss, Fairey chief test pilot, recently completed a helicopter conversion course with Air Service Training, Ltd., in order to obtain a helicopter endorsement before taking part in flight trials of the Fairey Ultra Light. He is seen with S/L. George Webb, the C.F.I. W/C. Balden. Adaptable Panel T\IFFICULTY in foreseeing•*-' the ultimate number of instruments likely to be requiredfor a new test rig makes flexibility of space on the instrument panela most desirable feature. It was with this in mind that the "Wyn-unit" test rig instrument panel was designed by Wynstru-ments, Ltd., of Staverton Aero- drome, Gloucestershire. Shown in the accompany-ing photograph, it consists of a basic frame 32in by 24in onwhich three lOin square and ten 6in square blank panels aremounted by spring-type quick attachments. As additional instru-ments become necessary they can be mounted on the appropriatesize of panel and inserted in place of the blank. In this way instru- ments, switches, indicator lights and so on can be mountedindividually as required without disturbing or affecting the appearance of the panel as a whole. The frame can be mounted on a wooden desk supplied by themanufacturers, or on a wall, from which it can be hinged to provide access to the back. Wynstruments can provide anyrequired instrument mounted on a panel ready for insertion, or, alternatively, will mount the customer's own instruments. Wynstruments' test-rig panel. IN BRIEF Mr. S. Hinchliffe has been appointed to the Board of DowtySeals, Ltd.; he is also production manager. From 1942 to 1948 Mr. Hinchliffe served as an executive officer in the MerchantNavy, and in 1953 he joined the Dowty organization as a produc- tion engineer, subsequently becoming works manager, and ulti-mately production manager, of Dowty Seals, Ltd. * * * A new publication by Muirhead and Co., Ltd., Beckenham,Kent, provides data on their synchros, servomotors, resolvers, motor tachometers and tachometer generators. Mr. Raymond J. Pflum, who recently retired from the United States Navy with the rank of rear-admiral, has been appointed vice-president sales (and a member of the Board) of Napier Engines Inc., Washington, D.C., a company formed last July to handle the United States interests of D. Napier and Son, Ltd. Mr. Pflum, who has logged more than 12,000 hours as a pilot, both with the U.S. Navy and with Pan Ameri- can and Eastern Airlines, had a dis- tinguished flying record in World War 2 and in the war in Korea. Mr. A. St. G. Prynne, M.A., A.M.I.E.E., has been appointedcommercial manager of Racal Engineering, Ltd., and will be responsible for sales, service, contracts, and estimating. Mr.I. H. M. Cambell has been appointed chief of sales, with responsibility for home and export sales, publicity and advertising.* * * A Christmas vacation course at the Cheltenham factory ofSmiths Aviation Instruments, Ltd., was unusual in that out of a total of eight students from West Country grammar schools twowere girls. The course was designed as an introduction to the opportunities existing for physicists and engineers in the high-precision light engineering industry. * * * Mr. S. W. G. Foster, A.F.R.Ae.S., of 37 Broad Lane, Hampton,Middlesex, has resigned his position as technical director of the Broadway Engineering Co., Ltd., in order to devote the whole ofhis time to his design consultancy practice. He is at present engaged on various contracts including investigations of aerialagricultural equipment, airliner conversions with special-purpose equipment, and safety equipment.
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