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Aviation History
1964
1964 - 1333.PDF
FLIGHT International. 7 May 1944 Unique Liferaft Stowage ABOARD THE VG1O The last word in modern aircraft design . .. and safety. The superb VCIO incorporates brand new think- ing on liferaft stowage and accessibility, by the British Aircraft Corporation, Weybridge, in collaboration with R.F.D. Company Limited. The liferafts—six 26-seaters—are stowed in the roof of the passenger compartment, and lowered on steel cables, controlled by friction devices. Launching from the aircraft's emergency exits can be achieved in a matter of seconds. An altogether new container design was evolved, with separate packs for rafts and emergency equipment. (Incidentally—the R.F.D. liferafts aboard the B.O.A.C. VCIO aircraft have a further difference. AIR- ASPIRATED INFLATION, achieving a useful weight saving and greater inflation efficiency under all climatic conditions.) Also aboard B.O.A.C.'s VCIO aircraft are R.F.D.jElliot Escape Slides, deve- loped in collaboration with the Walter Kidde Co. Ltd. R.F.D. UNIVERSAL LIFERAFTS AND R.F.D./ELLIOT ESCAPE SLIDES R.F.D. COMPANY LIMITED . GODALMING . SURREY . ENGLAND Tel: Godalming 1441. Telex: 8533 (A member of R.F.D. Group Limited, which includes G.Q. Parachute Co. Ltd., Woking) Also in: N. Ireland, Australia, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, U.S.A.
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