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cHGHT International, 12 July 1962 7? INDUSTRY International Flight Systems Products Company News Flight Systems Midas in the VC10 The Vickers VC10 is fitted with a 270-channel Royston Midas flight recording system intended for "lifing and trouble shooting." The picture below shows the electronic units installed in their racks in the fuselage, the tape transport being mounted further back in the tail, where it can be ejected in an emergency. As already reported, the first three BAC One-Elevens are also to be fitted with Midas; and a Strategic Air Command B-52 has recently completed trials with a non-ejectable version. The RAF has fitted a Transport Command Britannia and BUA are fitting one of their Britannias. Trans- Canada Airlines are evaluating Midas in a DC-8. GATCO Dines At the annual dinner of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers, held in the House of Commons recently, Mr Christopher Woodhouse, Parliamentary Secretary to the MoA, said that Britain was discussing with the other members of Eurocontrol the problems and equipment for joint civil/military control of air traffic. AVM Sir Laurence Sinclair was to become chief executive of a new joint organi zation for ATC over Britain, a project in which the Guild was greatly interested. Steps were also being taken to lay down licensing regulations for civil controllers at non-state airfields. The contract for the new integrated control centre for Southern England at West Drayton was soon to be put out to tender, and a new training school was being set up at Hurn. These steps, together with the adherence of GATCO to the International Feder ation of Air Traffic Control Associations, and the encouragement and assistance of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navi gators—whose master, Capt J. T. Percy, was guest of honour—were all satisfactory developments during the past year. Motorola ADF-T-12B Without altering the US price of $1,095, Motorola have introduced the ADF-T-12B radio compass, which is smaller, lighter and more sensitive than the existing ADF-T-12. The receiver is lin shorter and weighs 1.51b less, and the indicator is half as long as before, because the servo amplifier has been greatly reduced in size. It now fits into a standard 3in instrument case. Current drain has been reduced to 0.5A and dry batteries may be used to operate the receiver in emergency. Pocket Audio Amplifier The Ampliphone pocket intercommunication amplifier has been developed by Amplivox Ltd to provide a completely self-contained communi- Amplivox pocket audio amplifier cations system using two-wire lines and boom microphone head-sets. The amplifier unit, illustrated here, is fully transistorized and can be carried in a pocket or strapped to a belt. It can operate from a 6V internal battery or from a central power supply, and various microphones can be used. Watching Hot Wheels Two EMI closed- circuit television cameras mounted behind bullet-proof glass windows are being used by the Shenuit Rubber Co, Baltimore, Maryland, for safe observation of tests of high-speed aircraft tyres. Both cameras have zoom lenses and large-screen monitors and operate well despite interference from electronic test equipment close by. Royston Midas installed in the VCIO. The two lower units are measured landing equipment and crash recorder attenuator Motorola's new ADF-T-/2B. ft is lighter, smaller and more sensitive than the existing ADF-T-12, but no more expensive
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