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444 FUGHT I International, 19 March 1964 On the bench—a Conway engine from a BOAC VCIO in the new Heenan and Froude test plant installed at the airline's Treforest overhaul base and opened on March II. (Details below) INDUSTRY International... words themselves are in parallel and sequences in series. On wire, this^parallel recording is replaced by serial recording, the first word of each frame being a frame- synchronization signal and subsequent words resulting from scanning of the counter. Many of the circuit boards are common to several parts of the system and a simple form of self-checking can be included. More Gnomes for Agusta The Italian helicopter manufacturer Giovanni Agusta has placed a large follow-on order for Gnome turboshaft engines with Bristol Siddeley. The engine variant ordered this time is the H.I2001,250s.h.p. model, which will give the Agusta-Bell 204B helicopters in which it will be fitted an improved performance over those already in service, which have the H.100 1,050 s.h.p. model. Three Gnomes have also been installed in the new Agusta AZ-101G transport helicopter, which will begin ground running shortly. Conway Test Plant for BOAC Heenan & Froude have recently completed a new test plant for BOAC's engine overhaul factory at Treforest, Glam, for the testing of the Rolls-Royce Conways 540 and 550 being used in the VC10. The plant was opened by Sir Giles Guthrie, BOAC chairman, on March 11. The test cell itself was originally supplied by Heenan & Froude in 1958 for testing Proteus turboprop engines and has been converted. Static thrusts of up to 30,0001b can now be accommodated and measured and certain parts of the basic structure have been designed to accept thrusts up to 50,0001b, for future engine developments. To achieve maximum utilization of the Which is the bigger, the Great Hall of Westminster or the Great Hold of Belfast? Sir Alec Douglas-Home peers into the far distance to see the forward bulkhead of the Belfast freighter's hold during a visit to Shorts at Queen's Island on March 6, in the course of a pre-election tour of Ulster. Flanking the Prime Minister are Mr C. D. Hatton, chief engineer, left, and Mr Denis Tayler, chief test pilot plant each engine is pre-rigged in the work- shops on a duplicate mounting frame with all the necessary connections being made. This assembly is transported to the overhead Heenan thrust measuring stand by means of a monorail crane, and is then fitted to the test frame by means of self-locating connec- tions and automatically sealing pipes. This method enables a pre-rigged engine to be prepared for test within about 20min. The control room is acoustically treated to ensure excellent working conditions and a large window makes the engine visible during tests. The presentation of thrust measurement is in digital form. New Service for Furnishers An entirely new service is offered to aircraft manu- facturers and furnishers by the Modern Veneering Co Ltd, of High Wycombe, Bucks. Following the completion of an expansion and modernization programme the company is producing shaped panelling and parts, in wood and plastic veneers, for armrests, seat tables, vanitory units, bulkhead facings and so on. A shaped-parts division, under the direction of Mr M. R. McLaren, has been formed to handle this type of product. JSA Boosting Bonanzas and Barons Garrett- AiResearch Aviation Service Division is flight-testing turbo-supercharger kits on a late model Beechcraft Baron and a new fuel-injection model P-35 Bonanza. The kits are designed for retrospective installa- tion by overhaul contractors throughout the world. On the Baron the turbocharger offers its owners, says Garrett, "a tremendous in- crease in climb performance and cruising speeds at altitudes between 15,000 and 25,000ft. The modification widens the pilot's choice of cruising altitudes and fills the gap between present small piston- engined aircraft and turboprop business transports. The P-35 Bonanza application gives owners of fuel-injection Bonanzas the per- formance increases which AiResearch turbocharging already offers on the A-35 to G-35 models, in which recent develop- ments have given speeds of over 210 m.p.h. at 18,000 or 20,000ft, and full sea-level take- off power to altitudes of over 16,000ft. The turbocharger systems have auto- matic controls with fail-safe over-boost protection. Since beginning air-cooled turbocharger production ten years ago, Garrett AiResearch have made over 108,000 units for engines of between 50 h.p. and 2,000 h.p. Republic Gain Fill Contract Republic Aviation Corporation, of Farmingdale, NY, has received a contract for work expected to total nearly $1,000,000 to manufacture major structural parts for the F-lll bi-service fighter aircraft. Awarded by General Dynamics Corp, Ft Worth, Texas, the contract calls for both tooling and fabrication of parts for 23 aircraft—the US Defense Department's initial order of the F-lll. Republic spokesmen said their work will involve a new aluminium alloy designated 2024 T-851. Production of the structural parts will employ "the most advanced numerically controlled milling machines in existence." Sales Reps for Canopies Helicopter Sales Inc of New York have been appointed ex- clusive sales representatives for the plastic cockpit canopies and helicopter bubbles produced by Plastal Manufacturing Ltd of Granby, Quebec, for all countries of the world except Canada. Plastal has supplied canopies for many well-known US military' aircraft, such as the T-33, F-86 and F-104 and produces bubbles for most helicopters. Its FAA- and DOT-approved bubble for the Bell 47-G, for instance, is 101b lighter than the standard bubble.
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