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FLIGHT International, 16 January 1964 oil burners. The burner fires downward in a stainless steel tube situated at the centre of a large diameter weir tube in which water is maintained at a constant level. The hot gases from the burner pass direct into the water and cause a constant flow of warm water to cascade over the lip of the weir and descend on snow dumped in the main tank, from which the run-off is so fast that even in sub-zero conditions it does not freeze but runs away freely through drains and sewers. The 25 ton/hr capacity model uses about 1 Jgal of fuel, at 1 Id a gallon, to melt a ton of snow, and in volume, capacity is about 2,500 cu ft an hour. During last year's protracted 72-day snow period, when the machine could have been used for about l,200hr, Hie tetal-hourly operating cost would have been about £3 7s, the distri- butors claim. For a more normal utilization of 300hr a year, the estimated cost is £4 6s 2d. Mr H. Pearson, BA, FRAeS, MIMechE, whose appointment to the new post of direc- tor of personnel and administration in the Aero Engine Division of Rolls-Royce Ltd was announced early this month Cossor Transponders Following ten months' bench and flight evaluation of all available transponder equipment, BOAC have ordered the Cossor SSR 1600 equip- ment for their VC10s and Super VClOs. The SSR 1600 complies with ICAO and Arinc characteristic 532B standards for both two- and three-pulse sidelobe suppression and full encoding and automatic reply in modes A, B, C and D. The equipment is fully transistorized except for the final trans- mitter stage, using under-run components, and there is a built-in self-test facility. Cossor are already supplying four SSR ground stations for the UK Southern FIR. The SSR 1600 is currently flying in the VC10, BAC One-Eleven and HS Trident. Floors for the One-Eleven Included in the specifications of all the 40 BAC One- Elevens already sold is Aerolam flooring, developed and made by Palmer Aero Pro- ducts Ltd, Penfold Street, London NW8. Under a contract recently received, Palmer will supply 35 full aircraft sets and 10 part sets, each full set comprising 54 panels. Aerolam comprises two thin aluminium skins sandwiching a layer of Plasticell rigid P-v.c foam. A thin layer of Durestos may also be incorporated on the top skin, to reduce wear to a minimum. Although only •frin thick, the panels will withstand a load of 1001b on any sq ft, factored to 6.5g. In addition to the One-Eleven floors, Palmers are making Aerolam panels for replacement floors in Viscounts; in this 113 case the foam layer is increased in thickness as the panels are of a greater area. Another type of Aerolam, with a load-spreading plywood top layer, is suitable for freight aircraft floors. Texas Managing Director On January 1 Dr J. A. Powell, assistant managing direc- tor of Texas Instruments Ltd, succeeded Mr A. N. Provost as managing director. Mr Provost, Semiconductor Group manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is moving to Geneva, where he will be devoting more of his time to directing con- solidation and expansion in the European market. /:..-.' ^-^vst— ..,.\. •. .. • Castrol Research Laboratories Move Cas- trol's main research laboratories have now moved to a new centre at Bracknell, Berks. The engine test department remains at Hayes, Middx. The address of the labora- tories is: London Road, Bracknell, Berks (Bracknell 2550). Read about Resins Bakelite Ltd has produced an illustrated booklet which classifies the 34 types of polyester resins produced by the company into separate groups by function. The booklet is avail- able free of charge from the Resin Sales Dept, Bakelite Ltd, 12-18 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1. , .. Standard for Machmeters The BSI has prepared a new British Standard, G.I82, to give general design requirements and test procedures for Machmeters used in the range Mach 0.5 and Mach 1.0 at altitudes up to 50,000ft. The standard is concerned primarily with instruments for use in transport aircraft, where a high degree of accuracy is required only from 20,000ft. The requirements of the standard are, therefore, relaxed at high Mach numbers at low altitudes and low Mach numbers at high altitudes. G.I 82, in addition to provid- A recently announced addition to the Douglas range of aircraft tractors is this small but powerful vehicle, the Tugmaster NS4. Tractive effort is 4,0001b, and manual or automatic (torque-convertor) transmission is available to choice. F. L. Douglas (Equipment) Ltd, Arle, Cheltenham, Glos, are the manufacturers ing details on construction and calibration gives information on suitable type, produc- tion and quality tests for these instruments. The standard costs 4s, from the BSI Sales Branch, 2 Park Street, London Wl. USA Titan m Tooling Only 15 per cent of the tooling used in manufacturing the three liquid-propellant stages of the US Air Force Titan III Standard Space Launch Vehicle has been developed specifically for the programme, according to Martin Company officials. Conversion of tooling required for Titan III has been integrated into the Martin-Denver schedule; production of Titan II and Titan I vehicles is unaffected by Titan III, and in addition Titan III pro- gramme costs have been cut by several million dollars. According to Mr John P. Healey, Titan III factory manager for Martin-Denver, only some 5,647 man-hours have been spent modifying dome, barrel, and other weld fixtures (jigs) for Titan III, although over 63,000 man-hours were spent fabricating comparable tools for welding the aluminium This advertisement, which appeared as two separate, non-facing, pages in "Flight International" for January 31, 1963, has been judged joint winner of the 1964 Layton annual advertising awards, Group E (covering engineering products of all kinds). The text on the first page, a duologue, concluded with the words "one aeroplane stands out" . . . "and I know which it is—page five"; and the continuation page simply said "as you were about to say on page three—the Cherokee." The advertisement appeared exclusively in this journal, and the advertiser was CSE Aviation Ltd of Biggin Hill, Kent; the agency was Longleys and Hoffman Ltd of Kingsway, London
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