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1962
1962 - 0380.PDF
Mr Peter Thorneycroft, Minister of Aviation, arriving at Woodford for a visit he paid last week to the Avro works there and at Chadder- ton; at left is Sir Roy Dobson, chairman of the company and Hawker Siddeley Group managing director. Purposes of the Minister's visit were to see Blue Steel and Skybolt/Vulcan progress and to discuss the Avro 748MF INDUSTRY International UK by Monsanto Chemicals Ltd, who have now withdrawn their own similar product, Montosil E, since the Coolanols have been service-proved in many US airborne and ground applications. Cool- anol 45, introduced in 1954, operates reliably in the temperature range —54 to + 205CC. Coolanol 35 was developed more recently for easier start-up equipment at extremely low temperatures. Its operating range extends well below — 55°C. Carvair Intercomm Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd have ordered a further eight sets of Ultra Electronics intercomm equipment for their ATL-98 Carvairs. Ultra Electronics had previously supplied intercomm for ten other aircraft in the BUA group, to which Channel Air Bridge and Aviation Traders (Engineering) belong. Approximate value of the current order is £8,000. NAA to Build 150ft Radome After con structing a pair of 110ft radomes for the US Air Force, one in Alaska and the other in New Hampshire, the Columbus Division of North American Aviation have been awarded a contract—expected to be worth over $500,000—for a hemispherical dome 150ft in diameter. The new assembly, which will cover an existing USAF radar in eastern Oregon, will be built for Sperry and will consist of a 97ft support tower carrying 39,600 sq ft of glass- fibre panels, each 17ft along a side, attached to aluminium beams and extrusions. About 595 panels will be required, and the whole radome is being stressed for 150 m.p.h. winds. Columbus division's largest current structure of this type is the 600ft reflector for the US Navy's Sugar Grove radio tele scope. 380 Company News English Electric Year Group profit for 1961 attributable to members of the English Electric Co Ltd, after all charges had been deducted, was £2,232,999. The equivalent figure for 1960 was £3,142,580. The company state that certain current assets of D. Napier & Son Ltd pertaining to the Eland project and existing prior to 1961 are considered to be no longer of value. These losses, after allowing for taxation relief, have been written off in the consolid ated accounts by transferring £3m from taxed reserves of the group. R.F.D. Life-saving During last year, 80 lives were saved through the use of equip ment manufactured by the R.F.D. Co Ltd of Godalming, Surrey. The company point out that this total is based on infor mation supplied by the company's sub sidiaries, agents and customers throughout the world "and is not necessarily exhaus tive." R.F.D. manufacture more than 20 different liferafts for marine and aero nautical use, supplying over 40 airlines and charter companies in addition to shipping concerns. In 1960, 114 lives were saved by R.F.D. equipment. Mr W. F. List (right), who has retired as assistant managing director of Castrol Ltd after 52 years' service, being presented with a piece of antique silver by the chairman, Mr Leslie W. Farrow. The gift was subscribed to by Castrol Group staff throughout the world Flight Refuelling-Hayes Agreement Under a new agreement witli Hayes International Corp of Birmingham, Ala, USA, Flight Refuelling Ltd are to licence-manufacture a range of advanced Hayes towed targets. Modification and development work will also be carried out where necessary by Flight Refuelling to meet special operational requirements, and the targets will be marketed throughout the UK, Europe, Middle East and the Commonwealth. One of those involved in the new agreement is the T.17, a low-cost lightweight target FLIGHT International, 8 March 1962 carrying as basic equipment four infra-red or visual acquisition flares together with a miniaturised UHF receiver and battery pack, and a Luneberg lens for radar augmentation. A considerable proportion of its internal volume is available for further trials equipment and there is built-in provision for the introduction of a scoring system and radar beacon. Intended for both subsonic and supersonic operation, the T.17 has been tested under a wide range of flight conditions in both e.g. and nose-tow configuration. Flight Refuelling target activities started in 1951 when the company began work with the RAE on the Lincoln drone project. The company is at present responsible for Meteor U Mk 16 and U Mk 21 drones. Buccaneer Memento Mr B. P. Laight, who recently relinquished the post of director and chief engineer of Blackburn Aircraft to become chief engineer of HSA Advanced Projects Group (this page, February 15), was recently presented with a silver Buccaneer model by Capt E. D. G. Lewin, Blackburn managing director. A plaque on the base of the model is inscribed "BPL—His Marque! Blackburn Aircraft 1952-62." Mr Laight, designer of the Buccaneer, was also presented with pieces of silver from his colleagues and associates and from members of the technical depart ment. Aircraft Golfing Captain Mr E. B. M. Grubb, sales director of Davis and Tim- mins Ltd, has been elected captain of the Aircraft Golfing Society. He has been a committee member for the past two years. Southend Airport Factories Two new factory buildings for Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd, engineering subsidiary of British United Airways, have just been completed at Southend Airport by E. W. Tyler and Co Ltd, precast reinforced concrete engineers of Cannon Lane, Tonbridge, Kent. They are both 75ft long and 16ft to the eaves; one has a 48ft 6in span and the other two 50ft spans. These premises bring the total number of buildings erected by Tylers for Aviation Traders— all at Southend Airport—to eleven, repre senting a total area of 65,210 sq ft. Employing over 1,000 people, Aviation Traders (Engineering) Ltd carry out main tenance work for BUA and are currently building the Carvair. Mechanical Handling Quickly accessible information on mechanical handling equip ment and services, and the firms supplying them, is provided by Mechanical Handling Directory*. The first volume of its kind, it is arranged in five main sections: classified guide to equipment—^x)ntaining over 8,500 entries; foreign language glossary—for French-, German- and Spanish-speaking users; specifications and description of equipment; proprietary names—over 800 entries; and names and addresses. * lliffe Books Ltd, Dorset House, Stamford Street, London SEJ. Price 40s (by post 42s 3d).
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