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Aviation History
1963
1963 - 2282.PDF
FLIGHT International supplement, 26 September 1963 Air-Cushion Vehicles ! 3 : ^.L^1 -BPy# " •-- * ^ *•*** 1 * *^^a j nspecting progress at Cowes see news item opposite) is Mr Neil Marten, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Aviation second from left). !he other personalities (/ to r) are L. Boddington, assistant managing director technical), Westland Aircraft; D. C. Collins, deputy managing hector, Westland Aircraft; E. F. Gilberthorpe, general manager, Westland's Saunders-Roe Division; E. C. Wheeldon, managing director, Vestland Aircraft; and R. Stanton Jones, chief designer, Westland''s Saunders-Roe Division. In the right-hand picture Mr Marten observes tsts with an SR.N3 model >obson Air Dart Said to be capable of rising at 25 m.p.h. at a height of 9in, this Vie American craft is reported to cost £175 town by BP as part of their exhibit "BP 'esents the British Hovercraft Industry" I the Zurich Fair is this model of a "hover- "ft of the future" see news item) tefter with a tethered model of a hovercraft of the future." These "dels travel on their own air cushions 'er typical delta terrain. Silhouettes on * walls behind the diorama showed gress made since the earliest experi- j^al craft proved the practicability of air-cushion principle. The actual Kerell prototype was exhibited, and ^ was a separate display, with a *ng model, of the Denny D.2. 7*z was also an animated cut-away /10ned model of the Westland SR.N2 Wl"g air flow through the plenum chamber and peripheral jets. A BP film was also shown. Widely distributed were BP-sponsored reprints, in English and German, of annotated reprints of Air-Cushion Vehicles sectional drawings. Westland Sales Manager Westland Aircraft Ltd announces that, in order to strengthen still further its world-wide sales effort in the air- cushion field, it has appointed Mr J. L. Thorne as sales manager (hovercraft). Mr Thome's appointment follows closely upon a recent announcement that the company had decided to lay down a production line of ten SR.N5s without waiting for orders. The move is stated to reflect Westland's continued confidence in future prospects in this new transport field. Mr Thorne was born in 1920 and educated at Grove Park School, Wrex ham, and Corpus Christi, Oxford. He joined Westland in 1960 from Fairey Aviation Ltd (where he was sales managei) on the take-over of that company by Westland. He was appoin- Mr J. L. Thorne, whose new Westland post is announced here ted London sales executive, a post he held until October 1, 1962, when he was appointed London manager. VA-2 for Malmo Sound Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineers) Ltd have announced their intention to show the VA-2 on the Sound which lies between Sweden and Denmark. The demonstrations, which will take place between September 19 and October 1, will be undertaken in conjunction with Kockums Mekaniska Verkstads Aktie- bolag, who will be providing all sup porting services. In April of this year the VA-2 was demonstrated before senior officers of Open-sea Journey of 105 nautical miles along the English Channel was made on September 13 by the Westland SR.N2. Leaving the River Dart, she proceeded via Portland where she is seen) to Cowes. Average speed, over 60 m.p.h. 33
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