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162 FLIGHT, 29 July l%0 THE INDUSTRY Rolls-Royce Board Appointment THHE appointment of Mr D. P. Huddie to the board of Rolls-•*• Royce Ltd was announced last week. Mr Huddie joined the company in 1939 and his first appointment was in the design officestress section, of which he was eventually given charge. In 1946 he was made an assistant chief designer and two yearslater was transferred to development work and given responsibility for the commercial version of the Merlin, at that time the onlyRolls-Royce civil engine. From that time onwards he was almost exclusively concerned with civil-transport engines. He was incharge of the development of the Dart and of other civil engines of later design. Mr Huddie was appointed chief developmentengineer, civil engines, in 1952 and assistant chief engineer, civil engines, in 1956. In 1958 he was appointed general manager,sales and service, and was also made a director of the Aero Engine and International Divisions of the company. "Wakefield" Becomes "Castrol" FROM August 2, and subject to the formal approval of theBoard of Trade, the firm of C. C. Wakefield & Co Ltd is to be known as Castrol Ltd. Giving reasons for the change, the company explains that sincethe war its business has grown enormously. "With the post-war generation it is the name Castrol which has the greater signifi-cance. It is to simplify the work and the identity of the group as a whole that we have, with reluctance, decided to lay asidethe 'family' name of which we have been so proud and go ahead under the title of our principal trademark. . . ." The company was founded in 1899 by Charles Cheers Wakefield,later to become Viscount Wakefield of Hythe. Castrol motor oil made its appearance ten years later. Today the group of 24 com-panies is headed by Mr Leslie W. Farrow as chairman, with Mr Leonard M. Broadway as managing director. A recent item of aeronautical news from the group is that theARB and Rolls-Royce Ltd have given full approval for the use of Castrol 98 gas turbine lubricant in the Avon engine. Thisfollows extensive laboratory and test-bed trials and a thousand hours' flying in Mk 522 Avons of Air France Caravelles. Refuelling-Couplings Agreement AN announcement by Armstrong Whitworth Equipment says**• that in conjunction with Avery-Hardoll Ltd they have com- pleted the first stage of an agreement covering refuelling couplingsfor general aircraft use, and that Armstrong Whitworth sales promotion of these particular couplings has now ended. "As a result," they state, "Ayery-Hardoll will undertake againthe sale of their refuelling couplings and, in consequence, no future orders will be accepted direct by Armstrong Whitworth Equip-ment. Avery-Hardoll wish to assure present customers of Armstrong Whitworth Equipment of a prompt and efficient ser-vice. All orders placed prior to July 31, 1960, will be fully com- pleted by Armstrong Whitworth Equipment to prices and deliverydates quoted." One Firm's War CPEAKING at a recent luncheon in London's Guildhall to^ celebrate the 25 th anniversary of Ultra Electric (founded in the City) Mr Edward E. Rosen, chairman of Ultra Electric(Holdings) Ltd, recalled the World War 2 years of the company. "We already knew something about radar," he said, "so wenaturally thought that we were going to be chosen to help this new secret device. Not on your life. In 1938 we were informedthat we were going to make aeroplanes. We were brought into a team that made the Stirling bomber, and we made great bigchunks of it—and thousands of them. We made the tail—and there was more work, more material, in the tail of a Stirling thanthere was in a Spitfire. We made the bomb doors; there were six of them, and they were 43ft 6in long when they were joined up. Keeping them in touch: with the object of giving employees at sie various Bristol Siddeley factories a clear picture of current products and activities, an exhibition has been touring the Parkside and Anzty (Coventry), Sunderland and Patchway works. A section of the display with an Olympus 104 in the foreground, is seen here "When the war actually broke out we were taken over con;-pletely and from then on wiser councils prevailed. We continued to do our stuff for the Stirling and for the Lancaster and for theMosquito, in a very large way. We ran six factories at that time for the Government, but we also made other contributions ofwhich we are very proud. We did ground work for anti-submarine warfare which, I believe, was pretty effective in helping the Navyand the Air Force in their overcoming Britain's almost greatest enemy, the U-boat. Our other contributions were that on prac-tically every British aircraft that flew there was something of importance that was Ultra." Mr Rosen went on to describe the company's present-day pro-ducts, which include electronic engine controls; completion of a million passenger-carrying hours of these controls on the Proteusengines of Britannias was recently celebrated (Flight, May 6). Flight Refuelling in France ITTNG in appreciation of our recent "France's AircraftIndustry" number, Flight Refuelling Ltd include a note on current use of their products in France. They hold the Frenchlicence for all Flight Refuelling ancillary equipment. Licence- made fuel-system equipment (non-return and shut-off valves, floatswitches, refuelling adaptors, etc.) is supplied by the French Zenith company for the Sud-Aviation Caravelle, Vautour andSE-3200 Frelon; Breguet 1050 Alize; and Dassault Mirage III and IV, Etendard IVM and Super Mystere. Zenith, incidentally,also hold the Saunders Valve Company's licence for the Saunders spherical cock. Goodyear-Equipped Vanguards TPYRES, wheels, brakes and anti-skid equipment of Goodyear-*• manufacture have been specified for the 23 Vickers Vanguards ordered by Trans-Canada Air Lines. By special arrangement withTCA the wheels and brakes were manufactured by Goodyear in the USA, whilst the tyres and anti-skid equipment were suppliedby the British company. After-sales service will be provided by Goodyear-Canada in conjunction with the US and Britishcompanies. Other news from Goodyear is of the transfer of Mr W. U.Chapman, manager of the Industrial Products Department, to the Export Sales Division. He is succeeded by Mr J. T. Pearson,who served with the RAF during the war and (in Technical Training Command) for several years afterwards. IN BRIEF Dunlop Aviation Division are supplying tyres, wheels and brakes for the new German VEB.152 airliner. Mr Geoffrey F. G. Hinings, general manager of Newton Brothers(Derby) Ltd, has been appointed a director of the company. A bronchoscopy chair (for use in the visual examination of the interiorof the bronchial tubes and respiratory passages) made by Dowty Group apprentices has been presented to Cheltenham General Hospital. The Swedish Government has awarded Solartron Radar SimulatorsLtd contracts totalling £200,000 for radar simulating systems. "These orders," state the company, "will take Solartron into new fields ofsimulating equipment." Indian-buik Avro 748s are to be fitted with Marconi AD.722 sub-miniature DF. This equipment is being manufactured by Bharat Elec- tronics Ltd in Bangalore, under a recent agreement between the IndianGovernment and Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Co Ltd. Following the lifting of import restrictions, Honeywell Controls Ltd,of Greenford, Middx, have arranged with their US associates for the marketing of the Visicorder 14-channel direct-reading oscillograph, ata basic price of £750. Instruments will shortly be available from stock. Palmer Aero Products have been awarded "a large contract" to supplythree types of filter specially developed for the English Electric Lightning. All three are equipped with "Parmesh" stainless-steel elements for filter-ing DTD 585 hydraulic fluid. Short Bros & Harland have chosen a twin 25-litre liquid-oxygenbreathing system for the Britannic aircraft, and 11 sets of the equipment will be required. This follows an initial order placed with British OxygenAviation Services by AWA for 20 sets for the A.W.660. A filled 25-litre lox assembly weighs only 1021b. The peripheral rotor of the Britten-Norman Cushioncraft (the vehiclewas described in Flight for June 24) is made of laminated wood glued with "Cascophen" resorcinol resin glue. The rotor is also covered with"Cascover" sheathing by a process utilising specially woven and treated nylon cloth, resorcinol resin and a vinyl coating. Both glue and sheath-ing products are specialities of Leicester, Lovell & Co Ltd, of Nortfl Baddesley, Southampton.
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