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964 FLIGHT International, 12 December 1963 Airport Equipment A "FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL" GUIDE TO REPRESENTATIVE PRODUCTS The products reviewed in these pages are mainly of British manufacture, though in a few instances reference is made to foreign equipment for which British concerns are concession aires or which they are preparing to manufacture under licence. We have not attempted to cover what might be termed "indoor" maintenance and test equipment; its vast quantity and variety places it outside the scope of such a feature as this. Addresses and telephone numbers of all companies mentioned in this review are listed alphabetically on page 974. SECTION ONE: FIXED INSTALLATIONS Buildings and Runways Among well-known airport building and runway construction contractors are those listed in the panel on this page. Widely used are Arcon steel structures, the components for which are made by United Steel Structural Co Ltd, a member of the Arcon Group, and marketed by Taylor Wood- row (Building Exports) Ltd. Their wide-span Structures are suitable for hangars and, in general, a 40ft-module system is followed to facilitate erection and subsequent enlargement. Well tried in civic building and now available to industry, another 40ft-module steel system is the Clasp, by Brockhouse Steel Structures Ltd. Spans of up to 53ft 4in can be provided. Buildings for the new airport at Castle Donnington utilize the Clasp system. The ingenious transportable buildings offered by the Walter Kidde Co Ltd are especi ally useful for the protection of equipment temporarily kept in the open, or to give shelter to men on outdoor erection work. These buildings consist of a tough, waterproof 1ft'V5, • Jetway rail-type passenger corridor in retracted position; BO AC have ordered three for London Airport from Mercury Airfield Equipment fabric covering tailored to fit over a framework of inflatable tubes. An addition to the range is a high-pressure type which, with a tubular framework inflated to lOOlb/sq in, constitutes a structure large enough to shelter a light air craft. The standard CS.30 type measures 30ft wide X 70ft long X 15ft high, but widths up to 60ft are available. Extendable covered passenger-ways to connect terminal buildings with aircraft are one of the products of Mercury Airfield Equipment Ltd, who hold a manufacturing licence from the Stanray Corp of Chicago. The design and construction of mechanically operated folding doors for hangars and maintenance buildings is a specialized art, one of the oldest-established practitioners of Airport Building and Runway Contractors Amey's Asphalt Co Ltd, Sutton Courtenay, Abingdon. Berks. T: Sutton Courtenay 275. Constable Hart & Co Ltd, Lion House, Red Lion Street. Richmond, Surrey. T: Richmond 6044 Costain Ltd, Richard, I 11 Westminster Bridge Road, London SEI. T: Waterloo 4977. En-Tout-Cas Co Ltd, The, Syston, near Leicester. T: Syston 3322. Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, 100 Park Lane, London Wl. T: Mayfair7484. Laing Construction Ltd, John, Page Street, London NW7. T: Mill Hill 3636. McAlpine & Sons Ltd, Sir Robert, Luton Airport, Beds. T: Luton 8073. Taylor Woodrow Group Ltd, Western House, Western Avenue, London W5. T: Perivale 6641. Trentham Ltd, G. Percy, Pangbourne, Reading, Berks. T: Pangbourne 411. Wimpey & Co Ltd, George, Hammersmith Grove, Londcn W6. T; Riverside 2000. Consultants Author/ties and others contemplating the placing of contracts for airport construction commonly avail them selves of the expert knowledge of consulting engineers, architects and surveyors. For professional reasons such specialists are reluctant to have their names included in a review of this kind, but full details of the services they offer ore obtainable from their professional associations, such as the Association of Consulting Engineers, Abbey House, 2 Victoria Street, London SWl telephone Abbey 6557) and the Incorporated Association of Architects and Surveyors, 29 Bel grave Sq, London SWl (Belgravia 3755). Hangar door by Bolton Gate Co Ltd which is Esavian Ltd. Over the years many airports and aircraft manufacturers have utilized these doors, which include the world's largest—on the BAC hangar at Filton, opening to 1,045ft in three sections 345ft wide X 65ft 9in high. A recent order is for the maintenance hangar at Kuwait International Airport. Another well-known manufacturer is the Bolton Gate Co Ltd, whose doors may be erected in pairs in sizes up to 200ft wide X 30ft high. Top-hung for ease of operation, these doors are operated by a 1 h.p. electric motor. Lighting The General Electric Co Ltd supply practic ally every variety of airport lighting equipment. including high- and low-intensity approach lights, elevated and flush-fitting runway and taxiway lights, apron floodlights, obstruction lights and, for airport buildings, lighting and heating equipment. In addition, GEC also manufacture a full range of equipment for the supply-distribution side, so they are in a posi tion to offer a comprehensive service of air port electrical requirements from the planning stage onwards. Thorn Electrical Industries have recently joined with GEC in the production of the VASI (visual approach slope indicator) approach lighting system by Research Engi neers Ltd, who have obtained a licence for commercial sales from the NRDC. Research Esavian doors to BEA's engineering base at London Airport / x Left, Atlas-Thornray VASI light unit; right, Atlas high-intensity unidirectional approach light
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