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FLIGHT, 10 June 1960 811 THE INDUSTRY Teddington Controls' US Collaboration AN important association has been announced between Ted-dington Aircraft Controls Ltd and a US firm, Western Gear Corporation. The Precision Products Division of the lattercompany, whose headquarters are at Lynwood, California, has irade a statement from which the following are extracts: "Our two companies are collaborating to provide considerablyexpanded design and manufacturing facilities in the controls field for customers in the United States. Western Gear's activity willutilize Teddington's design and products . . . incorporate these products in missile, rocket and aircraft systems, and assumecomplete sales, service and manufacturing responsibilities. Western Gear will also provide factory service for Teddington equipmentcurrently in use in the aviation industry in the United States. Teddington controls are extensively applied on aircraft jet engines,including Rolls-Royce Conway powerplants on DC-8s and Boeing 707s. "The equipment which Western Gear will make available asa result of this association with Teddington includes electro- magnetic valves, hot-air and gas valves, time and pressureswitches, pressure regulators and related control equipment. "The Precision Products Division of Western Gear has pre-viously specialized exclusively in aircraft, rocket and missile com- ponents systems, as well as ground handling and test equipment."The new development, say Teddington, should be of great significance in the effect it will have on their export business,and should also be of interest to makers of British aircraft which operate in the United States and use Teddington equipment. Firth Cleveland Acquire Habershon T'HE Firth Cleveland group have announced the acquisition ofA the old-established firm of J. J. Habershon & Sons Ltd, of Rotherham, Yorks, manufacturers of hot rolled strip in mild,carbon, alloy and stainless steels. Well known in the aircraft industry, Habershon have held AID approval since 1926 and haveexhibited at the SBAC Show for many years past. Firth Cleveland already have a number of steel interests, including Firth Cleve-land Steel Strip Ltd and the Sheffield Wire Rope Co Ltd. Stored-Air Starters • FROM I.V. Pressure Controllers Ltd comes a brochure con-taining detailed reports compiled by technical representatives of three organizations which have placed aircraft at the company'sdisposal for test demonstrations of the Jetstart Mk IV and Mk V stored-air starter trolley. The three organizations and their air-craft were A. V. Roe (Vulcan B.2); USAF, Wethersfield (F-100D); and Pan American Airways (Boeing 707). Also included is areport by a de Havilland representative who visited the IVPC factory at Isleworth, Middx, and investigated the equipment. On two or three detail points the reports are critical, and thefirm is to be congratulated on publishing them in extenso; it is apparent that where practicable the various suggestions madeare being acted upon. I.V. Pressure Controllers have experience in the design anddevelopment of stored-air-type starter units and air distribution panels dating back to early experiments in air-starting the Perhaps puzzling at first sight, this photograph shows the first stage in the manufacture of glass fibre—molten glass from an electric furnace being drawn in fine filaments through platinum dies. It was taken in the new Camberley, Surrey, factory of Glass Yarns & Deeside Fabrics Ltd (a company of the Microcell Group), opened recently by Harold Watkinson, the Minister of Defence. Also at Camberley is another Microcell subsidiary, Artrite Resins Ltd, where glass fibre is used in the manufacture of reinforced polyester filastics This Britannia of Air Charter Ltd, at the Southend Airport maintenance hangar of the associated company Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd, is seen in the brilliant but shadow-free radiance of a lighting system installed by the Benjamin Electric Co Ltd, of London N17. The installa- tion consists of 8ft 125W Taskmaster fluorescent fittings coupled in continuous runs, with reflectors permitting a degree of upward lighting Armstrong Siddeley Python engine when it was installed in theLancaster flying test-bed. Their first production order was for the Royal Navy, and the trollies concerned have been used forseveral years in the Fleet Air Arm. Their trolley specifically designed for large jet engines is Mk IV, and this is designed toproduce air at a minimum of 2.21b/sec, with a controlled down- stream pressure of 401b/sq in. The current range of equipment is available in three principalvariations as follows: — Package Unit.—A portable control and distribution unit for use withair cylinders provided by the operator on his own transporter vehicle. Jetstart Mk IV.—A towable trolley carrying 12 air storage bottles.With or without heat exchanger, it is capable of three to four engine starts. Jetstart Mk V.—As the Mk IV, but with 24-bottle capacity andcapable of six to eight starts. Other Variations.—The basic starter unit has been incorporated intovarious design-studies to meet diverse requirements. The most sophisti- cated of these consists of a prime mover with built-in twin compressorsand an alternator to provide heating for a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger, which is optional in all variants, can consist of an electricallyheated element or a burner unit using kerosine. Geoffrey E. Knight (left) and Eric L Beverley, who—as re- ported last week— have been respec- tively appointed com- mercial manager and sales manager (guided weapons) of the British Aircraft Corporation Lox for the AW.660 AN initial order for 20 sets of 25-litre liquid oxygen breathing>• systems has been received by British Oxygen Aviation Ser- vices in collaboration with Aro Equipment Corporation of USA.The order has been placed by Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd, who are installing the equipment in the AW.660,the military transport version of the Argosy. This means, state BOAS, that the AW.660 will be the firsttransport aircraft in service in the United Kingdom using lox breathing equipment. The crew system will employ diluterdemand regulators designed and manufactured by British Oxygen Aro Equipment Ltd. IN BRIEF D. S. Maclntyre, BSC, has been appointed projects manager of UltraElectronics Ltd, following the resignation of F. W. Holmes. Appointments announced by the Dowty group include those ofF Bastow as managing director of Dowty Seals Ltd and C. N. King as a director of Dowty Hydraulic Units Ltd. Mr Bastow, who joinedDowty in 1937, was originally with Avro, and Mr King, who joined in 1953, was with the MoS (on radar development) and subsequendywith Exactor Ltd, where he was chief engineer and a director.
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