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34 FLIGHT, 8 July 1960 DOVE 8 features visible in the picture at left include the aerodynamic- ally improved canopy and the ejector exhaust system (see news-item be'.ow). The cockpit pic- ture shows the neat light-background instru- ment arrangement. Air- line-standard radio seen here includes Bendix 21- series VHF and Marconi AD.722 lightweight ADF FROM ALL QUARTERS . . . Dove 8 Announced THE de Havilland Dove, which went into production in 1946, hasunquestionably joined that select band of aeroplanes that, based initially on a design conceived with real foresight and then appear-ing in successively improved marks, continue to find a ready market year after year. Announced by the manufacturers last week—though someadvance publicity had previously appeared in America and else- where—was the Dove 8, in which the emphasis is on its suitabilityas an executive aircraft, apart from the light commercial work with which Doves have so long been associated. Increased per-formance is conferred by two improved Gipsy Queen 70 Mk 3 engines, which, with new low-drag cowlings and the well-triedD.H. 1,000-size fully feathering c.s. propellers, give a range of operating speeds from 182 m.p.h. for long-range cruising to 210m.p.h. for shorter sectors. Rated at 400 h.p. for sea-level take-off, the new engines have ejector exhausts and a new power-primingsystem for easier starting (and incidentally obviating fuel lines terminating in the cockpit). Up to six passengers, in addition to pilot and co-pilot, "can becarried in extreme comfort," and a wide choice of cabin styling and furnishing is offered. On the US market, where the Dove 8will be known as the Dove Custom 800, interiors will be provided to customers' requirements by a specialist firm. A new cockpit canopy allows certain items of equipment to beconveniently roof-mounted and yet gives increased headroom. The instrument panel and its lighting system have been redesigned,a new type of pneumatic brake control has been introduced to facilitate taxying, and provision is made for installation of the newlightweight radio and navaid equipments now available. S. T. A. Richards Retires AFTER a lifetime of service in the British aircraft industry,spending the last 32 years continuously with Westland Aircraft and Normalair Ltd, Mr S. T. A. Richards has retired. He is 65and had since last year been patents engineer of Normalair Ltd, the company he helped to found in 1946. Mr Richards' first experience of the aircraft industry was gainedwith Handley Page Ltd (1916-25); then he had three years with Parnall Aircraft and in 1928 joined Westland as a senior designer.One of the early Westland machines with which he was concerned was the Pterodactyl; then during the Second World War, asassistant chief designer, he was responsible for the design and development of cabin pressurization equipment for the Welkin.In 1946 he became chief designer of Normalair Ltd, and from 1954 to 1959 was special-products engineer, one project on whichhe was engaged being the development of one of the first full- pressure suits for use in high-akitude aircraft. Avions Fairey Directors THERE have been new appointments to the board of AvionsFairey SA, Belgian member of the Fairey group of companies, following the retirement of Mr Richard Fairey (chairman) andMr E. O. Tips (managing director). Mr Geoffrey W. Hall, chairman of the Fairey Co Ltd, is now also chairman of AvionsFairey. Mr Arthur Talbott, who has been with Fairey since 1940 and was made a director of Avions Fairey in 1956, becomesmanaging director; and the new board is completed by three directors from theparent company, Mr J. C. Macpherson, Mr A. Vines and Mr C. C. Vinson.Avions Fairey SA, at Gosselies, is cur- rently engaged on bomber and fighter/bomber overhaul and repair contracts for the Royal Belgian Air Force and FrenchAir Force. It produces the Avions Fairey Tipsy Nipper and is negotiating a major contract with the BelgianGovernment for NATO production of Lockheed F-104G StarSghters. • . • ;.;. Biggin Birthday Party ;> TOMORROW, July 9, will be celebrated the first birthday ofBiggin Hill as a private and executive aircraft centre. The occasion is to be marked by the opening of a new airport control tower bythe Right Hon Miss Pat Hornsby-Smith, MP, and owners ot aircraft are invited to a "fly in" for the occasion. It is unfortunatethat the date clashes with the air races and aerobatic contest at Coventry (see page 75). ASSORTED TRIO from No 229 OCU, Chivenor—a Hunter FA witf Hunter T.7 to starboard and Meteor T.7 to port. The picture wo secured by "Flight" photographer Ian Macdonald over Bull Point, neo llfracombe, on the north Devon coast Mr Talbott
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