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1963 - 0873.PDF
Found Bros FBA-2 FRB modular connector with various contact elements Garrett central air data system for F-104 PARIS 1963... and gives reasonable performance at low throttle settings to ensure powerplant relia bility and low operating cost. Four-door access is a feature. The wing is a cantilever of exceptionally strong construction; outer panels are bolted on and may be removed with ailerons, if necessary, then replaced without re-rigging. The standard Lycoming O-540 engine gives a minimum cruising speed of 129 m.p.h. L'avion a cinq places a utilisations multiples FBA-2, equipe d'un moteur Lycoming O-540 a ere etudie pour etre utilise dans la brousse. La manutention en est simple et la Vitesse de croisiere est superieure a 208kmjhr. F.R.B., B.P. No 8, Saint-Aubin-les-Elbeuf (Seine Maritime), France. Stand C.143. The Connectors Division of the F.R.B. company is exhibiting various types of con nectors, printed circuits and modular con nectors. The company state that the versatile modular connectors enable a customer to choose and order any connector in which the number of contacts may reach 160 without the need for an extractor, and even 400, with an extractor. La Division Connecteurs de la sociitt presente des ensembles de raccordements per- mettant le branchement de jusqu'a 160 fils sans extracteurs et jusqu'a 400 avec extracteurs. The Garrett Corporation, 9851-9951 Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles 9, California, USA. Stand C.42. Highlighting this company's exhibit is a new turboprop engine, displayed for the first time. This engine culminates an extensive develop ment programme which has produced more than 9,000 small gas turbines for world-wide applications. Also shown for the first time is a mock-up of the environmental control system developed for Project Gemini, the two-man, two-week space vehicle. This system creates an artificial environment for the astronauts while they orbit the Earth at temperatures and pressures so extreme they could only survive for seconds if unprotected. Garrett's central air data system for the F-104 is shown. This system serves as the nerve centre for all electronic systems of this aircraft. In all, a total of 45 components and systems are on display. Parmi les quaranle cinq equipements exposes, le plus important est un nouveau turbopropulseur derive de plus de 9.000 turbines produit par la societe. Une maquette du systeme de controle de I environnement pour le vehicule spatial bi-place Gemini qui a une autonomic dans I'espace de deux semaines est aussi exposee, ainsi que la centrale aerodynamique du F-104. Groupement Beige des Constructeurs de Materiel Aerospatial A.S.B.L., Gebecoma, 1470 Chaussee de Haecht, Haren-Brussels, Belgium. Stand A.41. General Dynamics/Pomona, Box 1011, Po mona, California, USA. Stand C.8. General Dynamics/Pomona is the largest development and production facility in the United States for tactical guided missiles. It also produces advanced Terrier guided missile systems for the US Navy and is developing the Redeye, a new surface-to-air guided missile system, for the US Army and US Marine Corps. 844 FLIGHT International, 6 June 1963 At Paris is featured the Tartar, which now arms 19 ships of the US Navy and is included in shipbuilding plans for France, Italy, Australia and Japan. Also featured is the Mauler weapon system now under develop ment for the US Army. A one-third scale model of Mauler is displayed. Tartar is 15ft long and slightly more than a foot in diameter. It contains a complex hom ing system, a two-stage rocket motor and a new type of auxiliary power supply. The Mauler system consists of the missiles themselves, a weapon pod and a carrier vehicle. This systsm is completely self-contained, possessing its own acquisition and tracking radar, com puters, launcher, communication system and associated equipment. La General Dynamics/Pomona, est la societe la plus importante des USA en ce qui concerne r etude et la production des missiles guides tactiques. Elle construit aussi I'engin surface- air Terrier pour la US Navy, et Redeye, un nouvel engin surface-air, pour la US Army et US Marine Corps. La societe expose au salon I'engin Tartar qui equipe maintenant 19 navires de la US Navy et est destine a equiper les marines de la France, de I'ltalie, de I' Australie et du Japon. Une maquette du Mauler, actuellement en etude pour la US Army, est aussi exposee. General Electric Co Ltd, Magnet House, Kingsway, London WC2, England. Stand C.200. The centrepiece of GEC's stand is a display of the Z.A.707 VASI (visual approach slope indicator) equipment which is installed at many international airports. Also on the stand is a representative display of airfield approach, runway and taxiway lighting. This includes the Z.A.406 and the Z.A.401 high- and low-intensity approach lights; the Z.A.105 high-intensity bi-directional runway light; the Z.A.106 uni-directional high-intensity runway light; the Z.A.109 and the Z.A.201B centre line runway and taxiway lights; and the Z.A. 759 high-intensity neon obstruction light. All the lights on the stand are operating "live." From its comprehensive range of airborne catering equipment in use with over 100 airlines and air forces, the company is showing a water- storage heater, a hotcupboard, a rapid water boiler, a heater container, a beverage con tainer and an air circulation oven. Two fluo rescent units for cabin lighting such as those being installed in the VC10 are also present. General Dynamics Mauler weapon system
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