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40 FLIGHT, 13 January 1961 FROM ALL QUARTERS GNOMES FOR ITALY: Mr Hugh Buckingham, managing director of the de Havilland Engine Co (left) with Sr Domenico Agusta, president and general managsr of the Italian Agusta company. The model is of the new Agusta Bell 204B helicopter now entering production in Milan and for which—as reported recently in "Flight"—D.H. Gnome engines have been ordered in quantity The 24th Paris Show ANOTHER notable Paris Show—the 24th—is promised this year.At Le Bourget, between May 26 and June 4, there will be a series of special "days," dedicated to air transport, private flying, rotary-wing aircraft, electronics, ambulance flying and the exploration of space. A unique feature of the 1961 Salon is that the West Germanaircraft industry will be taking part in a foreign exhibition for the first time, airframe, engine and equipment companies participatingon a joint stand as well as exhibiting a number of aircraft. Tynes for Transalls ROLLS-ROYCE have received a West German Defence Ministrycontract for the supply of Tyne turboprops for the three prototype C.I60 Transall military cargo aircraft scheduled to fly early in1962. A report from Bonn gives the value of the contract as DM10.5m, or about £875,000, and it probably buys at least nineengines. Engines for production Transalls would probably be manufactured by Hispano-Suiza and FN. Decca Enters Space A RESEARCH and development group for space electronics isbeing formed by Decca Radar Ltd. The group will be located at new laboratories on the company's site at Somerton Airport,Cowes, Isle of Wight. It is expected that initial programmes will include tracking systems and low-noise receiving systems. Hunting Changes IT was announced last week by Hunting Aircraft Ltd that SirPercy Hunting had relinquished the chairmanship of the company and that the board had elected Sir George Edwards, CBE, HonFRAeS, Hon FIAS, executive director of the British Aircraft Corpora- tion, in his place. This is in accordance with arrangements madein July last year when BAC acquired a controlling interest in Hunting Aircraft, Sir Percy agreeing to continue as chairman fora limited period to ensure smooth integration of Hunting Air- craft within BAC. Sir George Edwards, managing director ofVickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd, was elected to the Hunting board last September. Other changes consequent upon BAC's controlling interest inHunting Aircraft are that Mr W. A. Summers, CBE, FRAes, MiProdE, and Mr K. D. Morgan, Hunting Aircraft directors, haveresigned from the boards of the following Hunting Group com- panies as from December 31 last year: Hunting AviationManagement Ltd, Hunting Engineering Ltd, Hunting Mhoglas Ltd and the Henderson Safety Tank Co Ltd. The Swiss Mirages FROM a correspondent in Lucerne, where the competitive trialsbetween the Dassault Mirage IIIC and Saab 35H Draken were held, we have learned some of the factors underlying the choice ofthe French aircraft for the Swiss Air Force. As reported last week, the Swiss required a multi-mission aeroplane, and it wasfelt that the French had a more highly developed weapon system, particularly in the offensive role. Although the take-off run ofthe Mirage was generally about 35 per cent longer, it came within the 2,000m (6,560ft) stipulated; and, although in most configura-tions the Draken had a better climb up to about 8,000m (26,250ft), the rocket-assisted intercepter version of the Mirage had superiorperformance at altitude. Our correspondent further claims that for most missions, and particularly during attack sorties, theMirage had 140 to 200km (87 to 124 miles) greater range, and its smaller overall size made it more amenable to undergroundstorage at Alpine bases. RING IN THE NEW: A Bell HUL-1 powered by the first Allison T63 turboshaft engine to be delivered. Another machine is also undergoing flight trials under US Navy contract. Hovering ceiling in ground effect is raised to 13,900ft and top speed is 105 m.p.h. Gross weight at 2£50lb is unchanged, but useful load is increased to 7,500/6 Mr J. T. Lidbury, now chief executive The engine will be the SNECMA Atar 9C, and the brakes willhave capacity greater than those in the French aircraft. Three or four machines are being imported from Dassault, probably earlyin 1963, and the 100 Swiss-built aircraft will be delivered between early 1964 and late 1966. They will cost approximately 900mSwiss Francs (£75m), of which 500m will buy the aircraft and the remainder the armament, electronics and spares. HSA Board Enlarged FIVE new directors, representing the air-craft and missile manufacturing companies in the Hawker Siddeley Group, have beenappointed to the board of Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. They are Sir Aubrey Burke(deputy chairman), Mr A. S. Kennedy (finance director), Mr A. F. Jopling (Black-burn Aircraft), Mr W. S. D. Lockwood (Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft) and MrH. S. Sturgeon (de Havilland Aircraft). Mr J. T. Lidbury has been appointed chiefexecutive and the other members of the board are as follows: Sir Roy Dobson(chairman), Mr J. A. R. Kay (sales director), Mr S. D. Davies (technicaldirector), Mr H. Burroughes (Gloster Aircraft), Mr J. F. Robert- son (group finance), Sir Sydney Camm (Hawker Aircraft) and SirWilliam Farren (missiles). Commenting on the change, Sir Roy Dobson says that "thisstrengthened board aims at the complete consolidation and integration of all the Hawker Siddeley Group's aircraft andmissile interests into one solid and powerful organization." With its recent acquisition of the Folland, Blackburn and de Havillandcompanies, Hawker Siddeley Aviation now has 73,300 employees. 1960 Exports DURING the first eleven months of 1960 the British aircraftindustry's exports amounted to £129m, engines accounting for £67m of this total. The latter figure exceeds the previous recordannual total for engines (1959), which was £64^m. Overseas sales during November totalled £12,110,049, madeup as follows: aircraft and parts, £5,047,536; engines and pans, £6,475,107; electrical equipment, £283,008; instruments,£229,747; tyres, £74,651. Viscount 700 Speed Restrictions LAST weekend Vickers-Armstrongs announced that operators ofsome Viscount 700s were being advised to inspect the wing joints of their aircraft within seven days and that in the meantimeindicated airspeed should be restricted to 190kt. At 20,000ft this is equivalent to 260kt TAS. The action follows the discovery, in two Viscount 700s operatedby Central African Airways, of minute cracks in the spar-boom lug of the inner-to-outer wing upper attachment, immediately
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