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94 FLIGHT, 20 January 1961 THE INDUSTRY Aircraft Industry Employment POURING October last year the number of people employed on*-* "aircraft manufacturing and repairing" in the United Kingdom rose by 2,100—the largest monthly increase for morethan four years—to 285,600. This total compared with 283,500 in September and 281,700 in August, and with the October 1959figure of 278,600. A peak post-war employment level of 265,000 was reached inJanuary 1957, this total being computed on a different basis to that of the 1960 figures. From then until August 1959, the industry'slabour force decreased to 235,200 (or 279,400 by the new system of reckoning); and apart from fluctuations of a few hundred, themonthly figure has remained constant until July last year, since when there has been an increase of 5,400. The October 1960figure (285,600) is roughly equivalent to 241,500 by the old system of computing, indicating that in a period of 3 years (sinceJanuary 1957) there has been a reduction of some 23,500, or nine per cent. The SBAC president, Sir George Dowty, said in a recentinterview with Mr Frank Beswick (Flight, January 6) that he did not expect "any substantial change" in the aircraft industryemployment situation "over, say, the next two years." English Electric Plastics A NEW reinforced-plastics division has been formed by theEnglish Electric Co Ltd. Its address is The English Electric Co Ltd, Reinforced Plastics Division, Freckleton Works, MillLane, Warton, Lanes (Freckleton 521), and reinforced-plastics work of the group will be centred at these works. The division,which has had long experience in the manufacture of aircraft components at Preston, will concentrate on twelve of the fifteenprocesses accepted in reinforced plastics. Manager of the division is Mr Charles Hayes. German Spraymat Manufacture BY a recent agreement, Westfalische Metall Industrie KG,Hueck & Co, of Lippstadt, have acquired the exclusive right to manufacture and sell Napier Spraymat electrical de-icingsystems throughout West Germany. D. Napier & Son Ltd are to supply all necessary drawings, reports, technical information andassistance, while in return WMI will in due course make available to Napier details of any refinements and improvements whichmay result from their development of the system. WMI production personnel are at present undergoing trainingat Napier's Luton factory, and full-scale production of Spraymat is due to start at Lippstadt in May next year. The Germancompany's initial task will be to equip the Lockheed F-104G Starfighters being built in Germany for the Dutch, Belgian andGerman air forces. Spraymat is also on order for the wings and tailplane of the Transall C.160. Blackburn Developments IN his New Year message to employees of the Blackburn Groupof companies the chairman, Mr A. F. Jopling, said that further expansion of the engine side of the industry was certain andoutside companies would have to be called in to help. He added: "the coming year seems certain to see a further increase in activity Appointed chief execu- tive (engineering) re- sponsible for all research and development acti- vities at the Manor Road factory of the de Havil- land Aircraft Co Ltd: Dr G. H. Hough, PhD, who since 1959 has been chief engineer in charge of all D.H. air-to-air guided weapon work. The plant, which before the D.H. aircraft and propeller companies amalgamated operated under the name of de Havilland Propel- lers Ltd, is engaged on air-to-air missiles, pro- pellers, fuel controls and other aircraft equipment One of the Industrial Acoustics Company's multi-jet suppressors ordered by the Royal Norwegian Air Force about to be loaded into a RNoAF C-119 at Northolt for delivery to Stavanger. The suppressor is mounted on a trailer fitted with hydraulic devices, allowing it to be angled into line with the jet orifice and so used for a variety of aircraft The one illustrated is for use with RF-84Fs, F-S6Fs, F-86Ks and T-33s. References to Industrial Acoustics suppressor equipment (in use at Lossiemouth and Prestwick) were made in "Flight" for April 75 and June 3 last year at Brough. In the Buccaneer, Blackburn Aircraft Ltd has anaircraft of the greatest importance and it is entirely reasonable to predict many years of development and production of thisaircraft, apart from other projects which we are studying. Black- burn Engines Ltd has expanded throughout 1960 and the existingand anticipated orders will call for further expansion at Brough and, in addition, for considerable help from outside." Blackburn Electronics Ltd, the latest Brough offshoot, reportssteady expansion and a healthy order-book. News of a production order for a second batch of starter trolleys for use by the RAFwas given by Blackburn on January 7. The number involved has not been stated. IN BRIEF Mr W. Spires, ARAes, MSE, has been appointed to the board of DownRotol Ltd. He joined Dowty in 1935 and was made service manager in 1944. The new address of Texas Instruments Ltd is Manton Lane, Bedford (Bedford 67466). Sqn Ldr David Masters, DFC, AFRAeS, until recently senior test pilotfor Fairey Aviation at Ringway Airport, Manchester has been appointed special contracts representative to the Derritron Electronics Group. Mr T. White Wilson, a director of Plessey International Ltd, has beenmaking an extensive tour of the Union of South Africa and Northern and Southern Rhodesia to further Plessey interests in those areas. Mr L. W. Tingle, commercial manager of the aviation division of theDunlop Rubber Co Ltd, recently retired after forty-nine years' service with the company. He was presented with a cheque subscribed for byexecutives and staff by Mr J. Darby, general manager of the Aviation Division, at a farewell party in his honour. Mr Stanley H. Goss has been appointed joint managing director, withMr L. G. Oxford, of Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd, a member of the Firth Cleveland Group. In January last year Mr Goss was made ar.assistant managing director of Simmonds Aerocessories Ltd, parent company of Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd; and he became a directorof Firth Cleveland Pumps Ltd when that company joined the Firth Cleveland Group in 1959. Smiths Aviation Division have received an order for Waymouth fuel-contents measuring equipment for the 24 D.H. Tridents now being built for BEA. As in the case of the Vickers VC10 (for which Smithsreceived a similar order), the Trident will have a development of the basic Waymouth Type 4 transistorized fuel contents gauge incorporatingfacilities for the accurate control of fuel load during ground handling. Delivery of the equipment is scheduled to begin early next year. Services provided by Welding Supervision Ltd and Cathodic Corro-sion Control Ltd (wholly owned subsidiaries of Constructors John Brown Ltd) have been amalgamated and will now be provided by a singlecompany, Corrosion & Welding Engineering Ltd, operating fro1" January 1 this year. The directors are Messrs R. M. Wynne-Edwards,C C. Bates, R. A. Lowe, H. M. Powell, J. A. R. Staniforth and H. D. Walker. Firth Cleveland Group have acquired the lease of 7 Cleveland R°«St James's, London SW1, a large block adjacent to the group's head- quarters at Stornoway House, Cleveland Row. The new offices will ™occupied by the home sales divisions of Simmonds Aerocessories Da. Firth Cleveland Instruments Ltd and Surfonn (Firth Cleveland TOOKLtd), and the home and export sales departments of British Lead bw* Ltd, Seculate Ltd and Richard Hill Ltd.
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