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1960
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fLIGHT, 19 August 1960 THE AMERICAN INDUSTRY 255 Hextend"production into 1961.Tinder development is the S-60, first of a family of large flying cranes, hich utilizes the engines and rotor system of the S-56. The S-64 willha developed version with two shaft-turbines and a 16,0001b payload. nth current projects include the S-57, a small delta-wing aeroplane«Hth a retractable single-blade rotor for VTOL operation. In Britain, the Westland Widgeon, Whirlwind, Wessex and West-inster have been developed with the assistance of Sikorsky licences. Mitsubishi is building the S-55 in Japan and has acquired licence rightsfor the S-61. •Klvaire Aircraft Company, PO Box 719, Fort Collins, Colorado. Thiscompany builds the little Silvaire Model 8-F all-metal two-seat cabin monoplane the original version of which was designed by Don LuscombeWi 1936 Powered by a Continental C90, the current model can be recognized by its square-tip fin and rudder. L B Smith Aircraft Corp, International Airport, Miami, Florida.L* B ' Smith Aircraft Corp entered the executive market early this year with the ten-passenger high-performance Tempo II, a pressurized con-version of the Douglas B-26 Invader bomber. Powered by two 2,100 h.p. Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radials, this aircraft will cruise at 350 m.p.h. at17 000ft, and has a range of 2,400 miles, with 45min reserve, when fitted with 190 US gal tip-tanks. An unpressurized version is available as For many years L. B. Smith has specialized in C-46 conversions, and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft lead the world in liquid-hydrogen rocket engines. Here an LR115 is mounted for test at West Palm Beach, Florida more than 120 have been modified to 60-passenger Super 46-C standardsince 1958, either by the company or through the use of kits and com- ponents which it supplied. Other major activities include aircraft over-haul and the design and production of airliner seats, galleys and toilets. Solar Aircraft Co, San Diego 12, California. After specializing forseveral years in the design and manufacture of gas-turbine engines for use as auxiliary power units and for ground support, Solar has branchedout into the field of aircraft propulsion. The tiny 65 s.h.p. YT62 Titan shaft-turbine, developed under a Navy Bureau of Weapons contract topower one-man helicopters, has been flown successfully in a Gyrodyne YRON-1 Rotorcycle, and it is now being developed into the 275 s.h.p.T-150 for helicopter propulsion. Both engines are equally suitable for use as auxiliary power units. Solar's main production turbines are the 50 s.h.p. Mars, used as anauxiliary power unit and portable pump drive, and the 500 s.h.p. Jupiter for aircraft and missile support. It is also a major source of heat-resistantalloy products, such as liquid and solid rocket cases, ducting and gas-turbine components, and special processes have been evolved formetallic, ceramic and "cermet" coating of materials for high-temperature, corrosion and abrasion resistance. Sperry Utah Engineering Laboratory (Division of Sperry-Rand Corp),Salt Lake City, Utah. This Division of the huge Sperry-Rand Corp has been prime contractor for the US Army's Sergeant medium-rangesolid-propellant ballistic missile since 1956. Sergeant is scheduled to replace the Corporal in the near future, offering much improved mobility,accuracy, reliability and invulnerability to countermeasures. Stits Aircraft, PO Box 3084, Riverside, California. Ray Stits is the North American Aviation have diversified into a large number of fields., some of which have only remote connections with aviation. One which re- tains dose ties is Auton- etics, and above is seen o dust-free assembly room in this division's plant at Downey famous builder of transport aircraft is Doug]aSl and it would ne unthinkable for the company not to have entered the /e( age Nevertheless, the venture has cost them dearly, and 'ost year they lost three "Wes as much money as any other US firm. Right, '• the DC-8 fine at Long Beach, California
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