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Aviation History
1961
1961 - 1819.PDF
hoove, crashjfire finder by Fire Armour Ltd on Thornycroft Nubian chassis. Right, Pyrene-equipped Scammell vehicle in service with Shell of Venezuela. Lower right, light appliance by Alf'd Miles Ltd on a Land-Rover chassis PART FIVE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT (including Protective Clothing, etc.) Crash/Fire Equipment Well known for many years as manufac-turers of fire-fighting equipment. The Pyrene Co Ltd have closely studied airport require-ments. One of the largest and most powerful crash/fire tenders in their range is the Mk VI.onanAlvis Salamander 6 A 6 chassisjpowered by a Rolls-Royce B.81 engine. At the otherend of the range are small tenders carrying foam and dry-chemical equipment, and thereis also a range of extinguishers of hand and trolley-mounted types. Fire Armour Ltd offer four basic types ofappliance: Thornycroft Nubian, six-wheel drive, Rolls-Royce B.81 engine; Thornycroftfour-wheel drive, Rolls-Royce B.80; Bedford R-type, four-wheel drive; and Land-Rover109in-wheelbase chassis, four-wheel drive. These vehicles can be equipped to carry foam.CO 2 and dry chemicals in various com-binations and quantities, and high-pressure pumps for "Waterfog," a finely dividedspray, can also be fitted. Scammell Lorries Ltd, a member of the Ley-land Group, offer a fire-fighting vehicle Apart from general-duty work, the Jones 10-10 crane is designed for aircraft salvage duties; used with sheer-legs and a special hoist block, it can lift a 45,0001b aircraft to enable bogies or a new undercarriage to be placed under it based on their Constructor chassis. Poweredby a 210 h.p. diesel engine, it incorporates two more diesels driving four fire pumps. Alf'd Miles Ltd utilize the standard Land-Rover short-wheelbase four-wheel-drive chassis for their B-type appliance, equippedwith a Coventry-Climax 300 gal/min pump, which can be remotely controlled. Other suppliers of complete appliancesinclude Dennis Bros Ltd. F. L. Douglas (Equipment) Ltd, General Fire Appliance CoLtd. Merryweather & Sons Ltd, Sun Engineer- ing (Richmond) Ltd, and Red Devon Ltd.R. J. Searle Ltd supply Land-Rovers equipped for fire-fighting duties. For airports with areas of water on or neartheir boundaries, the R.F.D. Co Ltd supply the Zodiac high-speed inflatable boat, which,carrying a fire-pump and crew, can quickly be towed on a trailer to a convenient pointand launched; inflatable rafts can be carried to give additional rescue capacity. The mobile floodlighting equipment madeby Harley Aircraft Landing Lamps can provide valuable assistance at the scene ofa crash after dark. Runway Clearance "Tracjacks" for the quick removal ofcrashed aircraft are made by Skyhi Ltd, and most of the manufacturers of cranes listmodels suitable for runway clearance; these include Anderston Clyde Engineers Ltd,K. & L. Steelfounders & Engineers Ltd (makers of the Jones cranes) and Steel & Co Ltd(Coles cranes). John Curran Ltd manufacture a 60-ton mobile crane specially designed forthe salvage of aircraft in the 150-ton class, together with other items of clearance equip- PART SIX ment. Another practical method of raisingaircraft is the use of the pneumatic lifting bags made by the R.F.D. Co Ltd. Protective Clothing Makers of protective clothing—some of itfor emergency use. some to give protection against deleterious industrial processes—include Siebe, Gorman & Co Ltd, Baxter, Woodhouse & Taylor Ltd, Bell's Asbestos &Engineering Ltd and P. Frankenstein & Sons (Manchester) Ltd. The R.F.D. Co Ltd manufactures anti-kerosine clothing for refuelling crews. Sonex ear defenders, giving an attentuationof 15-3db. are made by Amplivox Ltd and are in use at LAP and other airports. Headsetsincorporating ear defender fittings are also part of the Amplivox range of this type of equip-ment. Other manufacturers of hearing-defence equipment include Airmed Ltd, The Anti-coustic Co and Siebe, Gorman & Co Ltd. Breathing apparatus may fittingly beincluded in this section, and among its manu- facturers are Siebe, Gorman & Co Ltd andNormalair Ltd. The Walter Kidde Co Ltd supply oxygen resuscitation sets. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT Access Equipment Anderston Cyde Engineers Ltd make avariety of access equipment under the names •'Move-on" and "Spaceman." The former aresimple mobile platforms, in three models with maximum working heights of 4ft 6in. 16ft and20ft. which the operator is able to propsl by means of a handle on the platform. The latter,in four models giving maximum heights from 15ft to 34ft. is hydrauhcally operated (pluselectrical power if required) and is of a par- ticularly compact nature when in the retractedposition. Another well-known type of adjustable work-platform is the hydraulic "Ciirafi'e," by Access Equipment Ltd, in models giving heights of up to 42ft; the same firm also offer the scissors-type ""Safety Raiser" and "Zip-up" light-alloy staging, which can be erected to heights of 100ft or more without the use of bolts, nuts or assembly tools. Mercury Airfield Equipment Ltd provide an electro-hydraulically operated equipment whereby up to three men can be elevated on a 6ft * 3ft platform through a height-range of 7ft 6in to 45ft. At heights below 20ft it will form a horizontal cantilevered platform reach- ing 20ft over an aircraft,
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