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740 FLIGHT International, 31 October 1963 English Electric Co Aircraft Equipment Division executives (see item below): left to right, Messrs J. Wyper, H. Fairbrother, E. 8. Lynch and N. C. Cole INDUSTRY International Products Company News Great Britain Fafhir at Lisburn Capt the Rt Hon Terence O'Neill, Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, laid the foundation-stone on October 15 of a new factory for the Fafnir Bearing Co Ltd in Lisburn, NI. The company, British subsidiary of the Fafnir Bearing Co of New Britain, Conn, at present operates two factories in the United Kingdom, at Wolverhampton and Hednes- ford, Staffs. Fafnir also have an extensive organization in West Germany, jointly owned by them and a German company, and a technical agreement with an Indian company. The new factory at Lisburn is described as a logical extension of the West German operation, and the German com pany will have an interest in the US factory. Some 250 people will be employed at Lis burn when the first stage of the factory is completed. Initially, high-quality steel balls for bearings are being made there, but it is also intended to produce a line of competitive small bearings. Finished products will in some cases be returned to England but in others sent direct to customers. Fafnir bearings go into engines and air craft all over the world, a recent example being the BAC One-Eleven. Main bearings in its Spey engines are by Fafnir and the company also provide 678 bearings of 34 different types for control systems in the aircraft. Fafnir bearings are also incor porated in Rolls-Royce Conway, RB.162, Medway, Dart and Tyne engines. English Electric Bradford Changes The projects office and commercial departments of the English Electric Company's Aircraft Equipment Division, Bradford, have been re-grouped to provide for present and future expansion of business and to strengthen services offered by the division to its customers in the aircraft industry, particularly during the development phase on new equipment. The division designs, develops and manufactures electrical sys tems—constant-speed drives, alternators, generators, control and protection panels, engine auxiliary gearboxes and associated equipment—for numerous types of air craft, both civil and military. Mr John Wyper has been appointed assistant manager of the Aircraft Equip ment Division, with Mr H. Fairbrother reporting to him as contracts manager. In this capacity Mr Fairbrother will be res ponsible for contracts, service and technical publications departments under their present heads. The sales and projects offices have been combined and Mr E. B. Lynch has been appointed manager, sales and projects, to co-ordinate the work of both offices. This reorganization, it is stated, will improve continuity in the technical and liaison services already provided to custo mers in the planning stage of the electrical systems for new projects to full type- approval and satisfactory flight develop ment. Mr N. C. Cole, previously in the division's London office, has been appoin ted chief sales engineer to work with Mr Lynch in the Bradford sales and projects department. HSA and HSD Directors Board appoint ments in the de Havilland Division of Haw ker Siddeley Aviation, and in Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Ltd, were announced last week. Air Cdre F. R. Banks, who has been acting director and chief executive of HSA's de Havilland Division, has been confirmed in this appointment from Nov ember 1; Mr R. E. Bishop has expressed his intention of retiring in February next year and will remain a special director of Hawker Siddeley until then, but is not taking part in the divisional organization; Mr C. T. Wilkins has been released by HSA to take up a new appointment on the board of Hawker Siddeley Dynamics Ltd as director with special responsibility for space projects; and Mr A. Sewart relin quishes his appointment as a director of HSD to take up a new position with the de Havilland Division. From November 1, the board of HSA's de Havilland Division will be:— Air Cdre F. R. Banks (director and chief executive); Mr A. S. Wheate (divisional director and general manager); Mr J. P. Smith (divisional director and chief engin eer) ; Mr R. M. Clarkson (divisional director, research); Mr A. G. T. Peters (divisional director and deputy chief engineer); Mr J. Cunningham (divisional director and chief test pilot); and Mr A. Sewart (divisional director, production). R.F.D, Group Ltd The name of R.F.D. Co Ltd, Godalming, Surrey, has been changed to R.F.D. Group Ltd, and a new subsidiary which has succeeded to the title R.F.D. Co Ltd has taken over the business and manufacture of life-rafts and other safety equipment. It will be recalled that earlier this year the R.F.D. Co Ltd acquired Elliot Equipment Ltd, the life-raft manu facturers, and the G.Q. Parachute Co Ltd became a member of the R.F.D. Group. A statement explaining the change to R.F.D. Group Ltd says that "it has now been decided, due to the present size and importance of the company and to facilitate administration within the group, to turn the parent company into a holding company which will be concerned solely with matters of general policy and the provision of finance required by the other companies forming the group." R.F.D. Group Ltd now control eight main operating subsidiaries. These are: RF.D. Co Ltd; Perseverance Mill Co Ltd (textile manufacturers); G.Q. Parachute Co Ltd; Elliot Equipment Ltd; R.F.D. Co (Australia) Pty Ltd; Parachutes Pty Ltd; R.F.D. (New Zealand) Ltd; and R.F.D. (Africa) Pty Ltd. In addition, R.F.D. Group Ltd has six associated companies bearing the name R.F.D., in Holland, Germay, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Italy. Companies have also been incorporated in the United States, Canada and Northern Ireland. USA General Precision Presidency The ap pointment of Mr Lloyd L. Kelly as president of the Simulation and Control Group of General Precision Inc, Binghamton, New York, was announced recently. From November 1 he succeeds Mr W. W. Wood, Jr, who has resigned to become president of Applied Dynamics Inc. Mr Kelly, who has been with General Precision's Link Division since 1945, will continue as president of the Link Division of the Simulation and Control Group. France French Arrester Gear Constructions Aeronautiques Aerazur, 58 Boulevard Gallieni, Issy-les-Moulineaux (Seine), are producing a net and lifting device for air craft arrester gear which is available m three different types for aircraft of varying configuration. Type U is for aircraft with considerable sweepback, such as the Mirage JH; and it is also said to be suitable for the Hunter, Mystere, Vautour, Canberra, Buc caneer, F-100, F-86 and Fiat G.91. Type r is suitable for aircraft having a sharp leading edge, such as F-104; and it also is suitable for the Hunter, Mystere, Vautour, Canberra, Buccaneer, F-100, F-86 and Fiat G.91. Type C is for wide-span civil aircrait, such as the Boeing 707, DC-8 and Caravelle.
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