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1958
1958 - 0216.PDF
226 THE INDUSTRY Mr. Massey Hilton's Retirement AS was briefly recorded in our news pages last week,Mr. L. Massey Hilton, D.F.C., A.F.C., A.F.R.Ae.S., has retired from the Board of the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., formedical reasons. He is 58 years of age. Mr. Hilton was educated at Sed-bergh and joined the R.N.A.S. in 1917, flying solo in a Maurice FarmanLonghorn after only 80 minutes. Trained to fly Sopwith Camels froma 16ft platform mounted over the turret of a lignt cruiser, he was postedto the Grand Fleet for anti-Zeppelin duties. In 1919 he sailed with theNorth Russian Relief Force aboard H.M.S. Pegasus, a seaplane carrier,and for his part in operations there, with Fairey IIICs and Short sea-planes, was awarded the D.F.C. He served with various Naval unitsuntil 1927 and during this period was responsible for much of the earlyexperimental work on aircraft carriers. Among the trials he carried out were deck landings with the Fairey Fox, which atthat time was the fastest light day bomber in service with the Royal Air Force. For his pioneer work he was awarded the A.F.C.In 1927 he was posted to H.Q. Coastal Area as an air staff officer and in 1930, as a flight commander, to No. 41 FighterSquadron. In 1931 he resigned from the R.A.F. to accept a post with the Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., becoming a director threeyears later. As technical director, from 1939 to 1941, he adapted two different naval specifications so that the Firefly met both.Mr. Massey Hilton was also responsible to a large degree for the formation of the company's Australian and Canadian sub-sidiaries and was appointed assistant managing director in 1951. He was forced by ill-health to give up this post in 1956. Airliner Catering Aid DESIGNED for installation in the galleys of Britannia 103 and312 and Comet 4 aircraft, the Lee refrigerator illustrated below serves a dual purpose. With a capacity of 8 cu ft, it is dividedinto two compartments, that on the left being a deep-freeze for storage of the frozen foods commonly used in airline catering andthe other providing normal food-storage temperatures. The deep- freeze compartment can be changed over to normal temperatures,e.g., for the storage of such produce as fruit on return flights to Britain. The cabinet measures 33in high by 18in deep by 35in wide andweighs 183 lb complete with power unit (these figures are approximate). In the Britannia installation the 112V D.C. powerunit is fitted remotely, whereas in the Comet model the 28V D.C. unit is mounted on the side of the cabinet. A total of 65 of these refrigerators have been ordered byB.O.A.C., and delivery of the first batch is due diis month. Lee Refrigeration, Ltd., whose H.Q. are at Bognor Regis, Sussex, arealso manufacturing refrigerators for Israeli Airlines. Lee refrigerator cabinet as used in the Britannia (see news item above). FLIGHT, 14 February 1958 Quick-action Hose Coupling "COR use with low- and medium pressure compressed air and*- fluid hose-lines, the "Free-end" coupling recently announced by Airtech, Ltd., is expected to have diverse industrial applica-tions. It is stated that the coupling can be fitted without tools or any preparation of the hose-end. It can be removed and refitted asoften as required, and for a given hose diameter can accept varying wall thicknesses. The joint is effected in a matter of10 sec by inserting the free end of the hose and then screwing up the body of the coupling by hand, this causing the hose to be pro-gressively gripped by an internal helical spring. Two types of coupling, manufactured in nylon, are at presentoffered: Type D, for uniting two lengths of rubber or plastic hose, and Type S, for joining a length of hose to a pneumatic tool ora supply point, one end being threaded for this purpose. Similar couplings will be available in brass in the near future. Details ofsizes and prices are available from the engineering division of Airtech, Ltd., Haddenham, Bucks. Portable Battery A NEW addition to the Exide range of batteries designed for•**• use in light radio and communications equipment, tape recorders, instrumentation and similar applications, will have port-ability as its main feature. Designated 3EN5, the new model is a 6-volt unit, weighing 3J lb filled and measuring 3$ in by3 ^in by 5in high. Capacity is> 5 a.h. at the 20-hour rate. The multi-compartment container is made from high-impacttranslucent polystyrene through which the level of the electrolyte can be seen, high and low limits being indicated by two red lines.The unit is unspillable. Double separation by means of microporous Porvic sheet andglass wool is used, and inter-cell connections are made internally through the partitions, thus saving weight and reducing internalvoltage-drop. The manufacturers are Chloride Batteries, Ltd., Exide Works, Clifton Junction, Manchester. IN BRIEF Mr. M. R. Mobbs has been elected to the Board of the M.L.Aviation Co., Ltd., and also becomes a director of M.L. Engin- eering Co., Ltd., the parent company.* * * Aeroservices, Ltd., have changed their address from CroydonAirport, Surrey, to East Hoathly, Lewes, Sussex. Their telephone number is now Halland 393 and their telegraphic addressAeroserv, East Hoathly. * * * Mr. N. G. Worster, A.M.I.E.E., A.M.I.Mech.E., A.I.Loco.E.,F.B.H.I., has been appointed chief development engineer of Measuring Instruments (Pullin), Ltd. Until recently he was withS. Smith and Son (England), Ltd., where he was responsible for the design of many of the group's products. * * * On April 1, Evershed and Vignoles, Ltd., will open a Brusselsoffice, under the management of Mr. C. Samyn. Through it their entire range of electrical instruments, instrumentation and controlequipment will be available to Belgium, the Belgian Congo, and Luxemburg. The address of the new office is Evershed andVignoles, Ltd., Succursale 142, Rue Gallait, Brussels. * * * "Production Fights Inflation" will be the slogan of the 1958Production Exhibition and Conference at Olympia, London, from May 12 to 21. Its purpose is to show the best production methodsapplied in this country, and special sites have been made available to enable the smaller firms to exhibit at reasonable cost. Detailsare available from the Secretary, the Production Exhibition, 32, Millbank, London, S.W.I. * * * The Permaglass division of Permali, Ltd., Gloucester, are now operating one of the largest presses in the country devoted exclu- sively to the production of glass-fibre flat sheet. A multi-daylight unit, it has automatic temperature control and water-heated platens working at a pressure of 450 lb/sq in. Most of the sheets produced measure 70in by 34in, in thicknesses from Jin upwards,* and are available in more than 30 different grades. * * * Where a quick indication of general vibratory conditions is.required the complicated and sensitive equipment used for vibra-' tion analysis may in some cases be unnecessarily expensive and,complicated. For applications of this kind a small portable vibrar- tion indicator has been produced by Dawe Instruments, Ltd., of99 Uxbridge Road, London, W.5. The instrument utilizes a vibration pick-up of the inertia-operated crystal type and givesreadings of peak acceleration, velocity and displacement.
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