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FLIGHT International, 24 May l% ? 0 1 B -"fe*1 "*" !3 Visitors from Fokker to Bristol Siddeley last week were Mr H. C. van Meerten (left foreground), deputy director and chief engineer, and Mr £. Bile (right), performance and project engineer; between them is Mr M. Farley, BS project engineer. They are watching a BS.75 turbofan on test. Fokker recently said that the choice of powerplant for their new F.28 twin-engined short-haul airliner lay between two British turbofans '4 stations Looking into the Future, BP visualize filling for ground-effect vehicles—which would have jet boost u lift them to the refuelling level. A model of such a station is the centrepiece of their stand at the current British Exhi bition in Stockholm WORLD N EWS . . . Mo A Beagle Order The MoA has ordered two B.206s— the Beagle executive aircraft powered by two 310 h.p. Rolls-Royce Continentals— for evaluation purposes. This news is given in the chairman's statement issued in advance of the annual general meeting (June 4) of the Pressed Steel Co Ltd, of which Beagle is a subsidiary. It is felt, says the statement, that the evaluation could lead "towards what we may well hope will be a substantial production order." From the outset, Beagle have visualized the B.206 for military as well as civil roles: it has obvious potential as a communica tions, ambulance or aircrew-training air craft. It is also mentioned that an Army order has been placed for the Beagle Waliis WA.116 light autogyro (70 h.p. McCulloch two-stroke). As reported in Flight Inter national for February 1, one is being pur chased, and two borrowed, from Beagle; the three are likely to undergo a 500hr evaluation programme. Included in the report of the chairman (Mr Alex Abel Smith) are comments on Beagle progress in general. After referring to the "favourable comment and large number of enquiries" which have followed the appearance of the B.206, Airedale, Terrier and AOP.ll at the Farnborough Show, he adds "The outlook, therefore, is promising, but it was nevertheless con sidered prudent to write-off the develop ment expense of the aircraft project pending an evaluation of its earning capacity." The profit-and-loss account accompanying the report shows that prototype design and development costs amounted to £778,462. "Flight International" and "Flugwelt" A recent agreement provides for the interchange of editorial material between Flight International and the German aero nautical journal Flugwelt. Bristol Progress Current activities of the principal sub sidiary and associated companies of the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd are neatly sum marized in the statement by the chairman, Sir W. Reginald Verdon Smith, issued in advance of the annual general meeting on June 4. The following points are made:— British Aircraft Corporation Ltd has been selected to prepare the designs, in partner ship with nominated French associates, for the first supersonic airliner. Bristol Siddele/s pioneer work on vertical take off and landing is advancing rapidly in co operation with Hawker Aircraft Ltd: the Pegasus vectored-thrust VTOL propulsion system, financed and sponsored in the first place by the United States Government and the company, now has the backing of the British Government also .. . British Aircraft Corporation is making excel lent progress both with the BAC One-Eleven . .. and with the tactical strike reconnaissance aircraft (TSR-2), intended as the multi purpose replacement of the Canberra in the RAF and elsewhere. Bristol Siddeley turbojets power the greater part of the RAF's V-bomber force, and a supersonic version of the Bristol Siddeley Olympus is being developed for the TSR-2. British Aircraft Corporation Bloodhound surface-to-air guided weapons (SAGW) pow ered by Bristol Siddeley ramjets and Bristol Aerojet boost rockets are already well estab lished in service with the RAF and have been selected after intense international competition by Australia, Sweden and Switzerland. Bristol Aerojet's solid-fuelled motors or Bristol Siddeley's liquid-fuelled motors provide the propulsion for British high-altitude research rockets, for meteorological sounding rockets, and for practically the whole range of British guided weapons. The Bristol Aeroplane Company of Canada Ltd has recently been selected by the Canadian Government to establish a plant for the manu facture in Canada of rocket-motor propellants. This is to be done jointly with Aerojet General Corporation of USA. The chairman's statement records that net profit before taxation was £2,162,000 for the year ended December 1961, an increase of £114,000 on the previous year's figure. Net assets showed an increase of £615,000, and bank overdraft fell from £3,133,000 to £1,797,000, the lowest year- end figure since 1952. After analysing various items in the accounts, Sir Reginald remarks that "... the significant changes in the appear ance of the balance sheet during the year are all attributable to the progressive transition from pre-merger aircraft and missile work for the account of the Bristol Aeroplane Co to new work done by British Aircraft Corporation. This trend will continue during 1962 and 1963 with consequent release of funds to your company which will then be available for further investment in British Aircraft Corporation and our other interests." In a general review of future prospects the chairman observes that "... one is entitled to be more confident and encourag ing about our own affairs than the critics and commentators of the industry as a whole are willing to allow. In the short term, that is over the next two years, our associated companies have full order books and settled programmes: given freedom from industrial disputes in the factories, reasonable stability in the cost of materials and services, and consistency on the part of their customers, the manufacturing com panies have as good a prospect of maintain ing an efficient level of production as we have seen for some years." In the longer- term view, adds Sir Reginald, there are again "solid grounds for confidence." Cranfield Open Days Friday and Saturday, June 29 and 30, the College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, Bedford shire, will be Open Days. There will be flights from the airfield for members of the public, and the RAF Central Flying School is to contribute a display by its Jet Provost aerobatic team.
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