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1961
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848 FLIGHT, 15 June 1961 THE INDUSTRY rDr Winny's New Post FT is announced that Dr H. F.Winny, BSC, PhD, MiMechE, FRAes,has been appointed chief designer for the Fairey Aviation Division ofWestland Aircraft Ltd. Born in 1908, Dr Winny graduated at theUniversity of London with first-class honours. Following study in aero-dynamics he obtained his PhD in 1930 and continued in research priorto joining the Fairey Aviation Co. ^n ^^ 'le was aPP°'nted deputychief technician and subsequently chief technician, head of design and(in 1950) head of the technical de- partment. Dr Winny has been closely associated with the develop-ment of the Fairey Gannet, the Fairey Delta 2 and the Westland Rotodyne. Interplas 61 NEXT Wednesday, June 21, Interplas 61 is to be opened at Olym-pia, London, by Lord Hailsham, Minister for Science. This, the sixth International Plastics Exhibition and Convention, remainsopen until July 1 and is organized for British Plastics and Inter- national Plastics Engineering by Iliffe Exhibitions Ltd. There willbe over 350 exhibitors from 13 countries, and among the British The Duke of Edinburgh recently visited Northern Ireland in connection with Commonwealth Technical Training Week, and while there he inspec- ted the apprentice-training centre of Short Brothers & Harland Ltd. He is seen greeting Mr David Keith-Lucas, technical director; in the background are (left) Mr R. E. Harvey, joint deputy managing director, and Mr H. G. Conway, joint deputy managing director and chief engineer companies will be a score whose names are well known in the air-craft industry, either as suppliers or as aircraft firms with plastics divisions. Entrance is free to all bona fide trade visitors who havetickets obtainable in advance from the organizers, at Dorset House. Stamford Street, London SE1. Seen here being installed on an airfield is a 6in-bore Epoch pipeline, manufactured by Bristol Aeroplane Plastics Ltd. This low-weight, cor- rosion-resistant piping, which is machine-wound from glass filaments bonded with thermosetting epoxide resin, will be one of the company's exhibits at Interplas 61, referred to above IN BRIEF Valay Industries Ltd, makers of Jove Aerowax, Aeroval, Aerowashand Wadpol cleaning preparations for aircraft and other purposes, are now in a new and larger factory, at Davis Road, Chessington, Surre>(Lower Hook 2166). Cambridge Instrument Co Ltd announce the appointment of MrK. J. Bush, AMIEE, as assistant sales manager, mechanical thermometer division. They also announce the appointment of Messrs W. C. Orford.S. V. J. Crump and W. A. Hall as assistant resident engineers at the company's branch offices in Nottingham. Bristol and Manchesterrespectively. Solartron Electronic Group Ltd have appointed Mr Norrie McFar-lane regional manager covering Scotland and Ireland. He joined the company in 1959 as a senior technical sales engineer. The SolartronGroup deputy chairman and managing director, Mr John E. Bolton. recently visited the USA and spent some time at Solartron Inc, Cal.who are selling the group's equipment in the United States and produc- ing specialized items based on British designs (see page 840). Societe Anonyme des Etablissements Ed Jaeger, of Paris, haveaccepted an invitation to become sole representatives in Metropolitan France of Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd. An agreement betweenthe two companies covers sales and service of the complete range of Smiths aviation instruments and equipment, including the products oftheir associates, Kelvin & Hughes (Aviation) Ltd and Waymouth Gauges & Instruments Ltd. Items excluded are spark plugs, ignitersand jetpipe temperature measuring equipment, which will continue to be handled in France by Smiths" associate K.LG Societe Anonyme. CORRESPONDENCE (Concluded from previous page) Of the unfortunate crew (of which 44 British and Americanofficers and men lost their lives) I saw but one member, a most pathetic figure in a white jersey, clinging desperately to the sternsection of the ship, in the last few moments left for him to live. With imminent death approaching from above and below him,the heart-rending significance of that sunlit pinpoint of white jersey affected me most deeply and I shall never forget it. The roaring inferno, a gigantic inverted vee of flame, went downbehind my close horizon of roof tops, and, by the grace of God, fell into the River Humber and not upon the city. After a pause, tenseand silent, fuel tanks exploded noisily in the water and thousands of shattered window panes crashed upon the pavements. The appallingtragedy was over. Folkestone, Kent MALCOLM ROBERTSON Cunarder ChronologyI AM surprised that Mr Geoffrey Dorman (Flight, May 25), whose accuracy in writing on aeronautical matters is in my view of the highest order, should let fall the resounding clanger of referring to the Queen Mary as the 531. Surely he means the 534? Cambridge DERRICK HANCOCK JuneJune JuneJune June June June June June June June June June June June June June June 15 17 17 17 17 17-18 18 18 24 24 24-25 24-25 24-25 24-25 25 25 30 30- July 3 July July July July July 1-2 5 6-8 7 8 FORTHCOMING EVENTS RN Air Station Lee-on-Solent: At. Home. RN Air Station Yeovilton: At Home. US Armed Forces Day: Open Day at USAF Bases. RAeS Rotorcraft Section: Helicopter Rally and Garden Party, Dunsborough Park, Ripley, Surrey. Opening of Bedfordshire Air Centre, Cranfield. West Aero Club of France: Wines, Flowers and Chateaux of Anjou Rally, Angers. Aosta Rally. Private Pilots' Rally, Elstree. RN Air Station Arbroath: At Home. Bristol Air Day. RAeC: Invitation Rally for Members and Associate Members, La Baule. Vichy Aero Club Rally. "Wings of Joigny" Rally. Coutances and Channel Central Aero Club: Internationa! Rally, Lessay. Leicestershire Aero Club: At Home, Leicester/East Oadby. Wolverhampton Aero Club: Competitions Day. D.H. Technical School Old Boys: Midsummer Ball, Hatfield. Palermo Aero Club: 13th Aerial Tour of Sicily. RAeC: Invitation Rally, Deauville. , RAeS Astronautics and Guided Flight Section: "The Use o. Satellites for Navigation Purposes," by John D. Nikolaides. Italian Aero Club: International Aviation Contest, Rom>- Turin. College of Aeronautics Students' Society: Presentation Ball RN Air Station Abbotsinch: At Home.
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