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42 FUGHT International, 9 January 1964 WORLD NEWS. . . Dunlop Gun-gear Inventor Retires The man responsible for such famous aviation inventions as the Dunlop pneu- matic gun-firing gear—fitted to all British fixed-gun fighters in the 1939-45 war—and the Maxaret anti-skid braking device has just retired from Dunlop after 39 years' service. He is Mr Henry Trevaskis, the company's 62-year-old director of develop- ment. Mr Trevaskis Born in Paris, the son of a jeweller, he came to England in 1919 and found employ- ment as a sweeper with a Birmingham firm, the Lombard Tyre and Rim Co. In spite of language difficulties his keen brain quickly got him into the drawing office, and soon after Dunlop took over the company in 1925 he began to emerge as an inventor, initially in the bicycle field; he designed a machine for painting decorative lines on cycle rims— a job usually done by hand at 1 Is a hundred —at a cost of 2£d a hundred. Before long his genius was imprinting itself on the aircraft equipment which Dunlop were manufacturing in increasingly large quantities. In addition to the gun gear and Maxaret, he was responsible for im- provements in windscreen wipers, thermal de-icing equipment, hydrostatic release valves for use with inflatable life-rafts, and other items too numerous to detail. Eurocontrol ATC Simulator A contract was being signed in Brussels last Tuesday, January 7, for one of the largest civil ATC simulators ever made. It will be manufactured during the next 18 months, for installation in the Eurocontrol experimental centre at Bretigny, by Decca Radar (displays), C.S.F. (systems and in- stallation) and Telefunken (computer). Kelvin Hughes will supply a rapid-process- ing photographic projector. The simulator will cover the whole Eurocontrol area with primary and secondary radars, navaids, control centres and provide 300 aircraft tracks under control. Exercises will be recorded for subsequent analysis. Iraqi AF a British Customer Again Jet Provosts and spares to a value of over £1.5m have been ordered by the Iraqi Air Force, which has been increasingly reliant on Soviet equipment in recent years. The type to be supplied will be generally similar to the T.4, which continues in production at BAC's Luton Division for the RAF. Delivery will begin in the summer. The Iraqi Air Force is the fifth overseas Service to adopt the type, the others being those of Ceylon, Kuwait, Sudan and Venezuela. Its order follows several years of operations with piston-engined Provosts, a number of which were exported to Iraq in 1955. Dutch Army adopts Alouette in Christmas week was particularly fruitful for Sud-Aviation, who on Christmas Eve announced that the French Government had authorized production of the Super Frelon heavy military helicopter and followed with a Boxing Day announcement that they had secured the Dutch Army's order for a light observation and liaison helicopter—21 Alouette Ills, with an option taken on a second batch. The order raises to 202 the number of Alouette Ills now sold. Defensive Screen Protecting the RAF's first Lightning F.3 fighter from a marauding photo- grapher on January I, when it was handed over at BAC Preston Division's airfield at Warton: from the left, J. L. Dell, Lightning chief test pilot; F. D. Crowe, BAC Preston divisional director and chief engineer; Wf Cdr J. M. Nicholls, RAF; R. F. Creasey, divisional director of engineering; and "Roly" Beamont, divisional director and BAC deputy chief test pilot. Wg Cdr Nicholls, OC of the Air Development Sqn, Central Fighter Establishment, later flew the Lightning to RAF Binbrook. More about this virtually new fighter appears on page 71 The Dutch order was placed by the RNAF, which will operate the helicopters on behalf of the Army (the Air Force already uses ten Alouette Us for its own purposes). The Dutch Army is believed to require up to 40 light helicopters, to replace its present 35 Hiller OH-23 Ravens. This was an order which Westland had some hopes of winning; the Yeovil company had recently supplied the Netherlands author- ities with details of the Scout and Wessex for the Army's requirements and the Wasp and Wessex for the RNN's needs. The ordering into production of the Super Frelon follows some 300 hours' flying with two prototypes, the first of which has been flying for about a year and the second for six months. No details are given of military orders for the Super Frelon, but it is expected to be used for a variety of pur- poses by several NATO forces. Sud emphasize that delivery and export will begin in the second half of 1965. In view of the civil potentialities of the Super Frelon, application has been made for a C of A. Aerodynamicists' Academy The Training Center for Experimental Aerodynamics at Rhode-Saint-Genese, Bel- gium, is now accepting applications from graduate engineers and scientists, fluent in English or French and citizens of a NATO country, for a one-year diploma course in experimental aerodynamics running from October 5, 1964 to July 3, 1965. No fees are charged for the course and a number of student fellowships are available to cover the cost of travel and living expenses. Additionally, a number of short courses are to be given within the next few months, in English, open to technically qualified persons on payment of a small fee. They are: February 3-7, application of aero- dynamics to turbomachinery, introduction; February 10-28, application of aerodyna- mics to turbomachinery, standard course; March 2-13, physics of gases for aero- dynamicists, basic; April 13-17, physics of gases for aerodynamicists, applied; May 4-8, use of flexible models in aero-elastic research. Further information and application forms can be obtained from the Director, TCEA, 72 chausee de Waterloo, Rhode- Saint-Genese, Belgium. Low-down on High Jumps A three-day symposium on parachute technology and evaluation is to be held at the US Department of Defense Joint Parachute Test Facility, at the US Naval Air Facility, El Centro, Calif, on April 7, 8 and 9. One day will be devoted to observing actual test operations and inspecting the Joint Parachute Test Facility, which is conducting programmes on such varied uses of parachutes as guided missiles and re-entry vehicle recovery, human escape systems, aerial assault, supply and cargo dropping for both government agencies (including NASA) and private industry. Papers for the technical sessions are being solicited and the proceedings of the sym- posium will be published. Further infor- mation may be obtained from Mr Howard Fish or Mr Earl Myers, technical directors of the Joint Test Facility.
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