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Aviation History
1962
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An aircraft tyre inner tube after vulcanization at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham. During the first half of this year, over £530,000 worth of aircraft tyres was exported from Britain INDUSTRY International... Fairehild Sales Representatives The ap pointment has been announced of Air- Trading of Paris and A/S Danbridge of Copenhagen as sales representatives for the defense products division of Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation, Syos- set, Long Island, New York. Under this new agreement, both companies will serve as exclusive representatives for their respective countries. They will handle the sale of Fairchild reconnaissance and map ping systems, data processing, display and interpretation systems, communication, special television and radar systems, elec tronic control and support equipment. Belgian Boeing Order The industrial products division of The Boeing Co have announced the "first sale of gas turbine- driven ground-support compressors for the European F-104 tactical fighter program"— an initial order for 30 from the Belgian Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre, one of the licensees building F-104 power- plants. These compressors, "designed to provide pneumatic starts for large jet engines," will support F-104s operated by the Royal Netherlands Air Force. They are being installed in wheeled ground- support carts by Fabrique Nationale. It is anticipated that overhaul and repair of the complete equipment, as well as servicing on bases, will be carried out by Fabrique Nationale. Douglas Appointments New appointments have been announced in the international military sales department of the Douglas Aircraft Co. Mr Russell A. Denzer has been made assistant director and Mr J. P. Robinson has become Washington rep resentative. Mr C. A. Fardelius has joined the department as international military sales representative, working from Santa Monica. Mr Denzer joined Douglas in 1939 and as an international military sales representa tive has made frequent visits to Europe, Asia and Australia. Mr Robinson has been manager of marketing and product support at the Douglas Tulsa division; he was a USAF experimental flight test engineer before joining the company in 1950. Mr Fardelius has been with Douglas for 22 years. 580 Thorn's Distributors It was announced last week that Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd had appointed SASCO, the Stewart Aeronautical Supply Co, of Adastral House, Nuffield, near Redhill, Surrey, as stockists and official distributors for the complete range of components, connectors and relays marketed by their special products division. This should allow considerable economies for Thorns. Important news also announced was that Thorn have now received type approval against specification DEF 5325/3, pattern 105, for their pigmy connectors. These were licensed from Bendix some years ago, have been developed further by Thorn and have undergone a successful programme of months of gruelling tests. The Thorn pigmy connector is the first for many years to receive such approval. Mr Geoffrey Clark, who has been appointed deputy technical sales manager of Hunting Aircraft- He joined the company (then Percival Aircraft) in 1953 as technical liaison officer C-130 Cargo Winches Garrett-AiResearch, Los Angeles, have received an order from Lockheed worth more than 1283,000 to supply cargo winches for USAF C-130s. Design of these winches incorporates a patented anti-fouling mechanism aimed at preventing cable fouling and backlash even when it suffers a high axial compressive load. This mechanism consists of a spring shroud device covering the winch's drum. The device separates the width of the cable for orderly and efficient reel-in and reel-out operations. Spraymat for the Belfast It is announced that the Napier Spraymat electrical ice- protection system has been ordered for the Short Belfast, to protect the tail unit, with cyclic de-icing being provided for the fin and tailplane and continuous anti-icing for elevator horn balances. Spraymat heaters for the Belfast tail unit are straightforward in construction and built-up directly on to each leading-edge section. First, a base insulation of syn thetic resin and glasscloth is applied, followed by the heating elements, consisting of Sprayed Kumanal; finally, the whole is covered with an outer insulation similar to the base insulation. To provide added protection against possible damage by hail or runway debris, an area on either side of the leading-edge centreline is covered by Napier Stoneguard anti-damage coating. This consists of a special stainless alloy bonded with synthetic resin. FLIGHT International, 4 October 1962 B.M.B Centralization Emphasizing that "basically the policy of the company is to bring all its activities together under one roof," B.M.B. (British Manufactured Bear ings Co Ltd) have announced development plans for their new Crawley works, where now the B.M.B. ball plant "is laid out, in operational sequence, under one roof." At present the factory area is 25,800 sq ft, but within three years it is intended to increase this by an additional 32,000 sq ft which will be occupied by the miniature bearing plant from Charlwood and the stylus plant from Lowfield Heath. All the offices are being accommodated at Crawley. At Charlwood, B.M.B. produce high- precision miniature bearings at a rate "in excess of 10,000 each day": the balls used in these bearings are manufactured at Crawley at the rate of more than 6m per day. The gradual centralization of all B.M.B. facilities has been dictated by thefact that Charlwood lies in a Green Belt area, and the company suffered disastrous fire damage at their Victory Works there in July 1961, moving production to Shoreham. STC Changes Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd announce the appointment of Mr K. P. Wood, BSc(Eng), MEEE, as general manager of the company's radio division. Located at New Southgate, London, this division is mainly concerned with the design, manufacture and marketing of radio communication and navigation equip ment, both ground and airborne, for the aviation industry. Mr Wood joins STC from British Communications Corporation Ltd, where he was director and general manager. Mr K. P. Wood (left) and Mr C. £. Strong, whose new appointments with Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd are referred to in the accompanying paragraph Standard Telephones and Cables also announce that Mr C. E. Strong, OBE, BA, BAI, MIEE, FIRE, head of the radio division since 1938, has been appointed to the executive staff at STC headquarters in London, reporting to the managing director, Mr R. B. Grey. He will act as the company's representative on Government and industrial bodies and also assist in the planning of development work on navigational and radio equipment at Standard Telecom munication Laboratories Ltd, an STC subsidiary.
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