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912 FLIGHT International, 2S May 1964 INDUSTRY International Products Company News Great Britain Napier Sierraglo for TSR.2 The BAC TSR.2 is the first British military aircraft to use Napier Sierraglo electroluminescence exclusively for all control panel lighting. For the TSR.2 Napier have developed a completely new colour which matches exactly the neon bulbs used in the flight instruments, and which does not vary when the lamps are dimmed. The Sierraglo lamps or panels are finished with a tough, wear-resistant plastic coating which shows legends that appear white in daylight, and coloured in darkness. Owing to the unique colour characteristics and complete uniformity of illumination, the flight crew are able to read control panels with exceptional ease. Sierraglo electroluminescence provides a uniform light area by directly converting electrical energy into "cold light." An a.c. power supply is used to energize the panels, which are characterized by low current consumption and long working life, with elimination of the risk of sudden burn-out associated with incandescent methods of lighting. The electroluminescent panel is a lamp in its entirety, of lightweight thin plastic sandwich construction, in which a special type of phosphor is located between two electrical conductors, and emits light when an alternating current is applied. This method eliminates the necessity for bulb-lit instrument panels, with consequent saving in complication and weight in terms of wiring, bulbs, and fittings. Sierracote, the transparent electrically conductive coating used in Sierraglo lamps, has the high light- transmittance and electrical conductance necessary for efficient electroluminescent operation. The deposition of this trans- parent coating, and the ability to embody electroluminescence in panels constructed entirely of plastic, render Sierraglo suitable for a wide range of applications. Gloster Fuellers Sales of fuellers and road tankers by Gloster Equipment Ltd, which grew out of the old Gloster Aircraft Com- pany and occupies the former aircraft factory at Hucclecote, Gloucester, have exceeded £lm in 18 months. This rapid progress was revealed by Mr T. P. Everett, managing director, in handing over the first of 15 aircraft fuellers of a £150,000 order for Shell International. The Somerset fuellers will be used at key airfields on the air routes to the Far East and Africa. These fuellers are installed on a Leyland Beaver chassis and a trailer manufactured by Hands Letchworth Ltd, another Hawker Siddeley company. The design of the fueller and control equipment represents a major technical advance which permits greater utilization owing to its basic simplicity. This permits operation in different parts of the world where condition of climate, terrain and manpower availability play an important part in aircraft servicing and turnround. Delivery rates up to 500 Imp gal/min with hose-end pressures of up to 501b/sq in will provide refuelling by the under-wing method to all the latest types of aircraft. New Deputy Chairmen for Bristol Sir George White and Mr William Masterton have been appointed deputy chairmen of the Bristol Aeroplane Company. These appointments, which will become effective on June 1, following the death in January of Sir Stanley White and the forthcoming retirement of Mr C. F. Uwins, OBE, AFC, both of whom have been deputy chairmen of the company. , Communications for the Army's Bells Elliott-Automation is to supply the basic communications system for the 150 Agusta- Bell 47G-3 light helicopters being supplied to the Army by Agusta and Westland. Each set of equipment will consist of the AN/ARC-44 VHF/FM radio set and AN/ ARA-31 homing antenna group, which Elliott is supplying in collaboration with the US Electronic Assistance Corporation, and Radio Selector Panels, type RSP-34A, manufactured by Elliott-Automation's Air- borne Communications Division. The equipment will be installed and commissioned by Elliott's Radar and Communications Service and Repair Divi- sion, which will also provide full support and technical services for its introduction into operation. Defence Against Noise A conference on Planning and Design for Protection from Noise is to be held in Coventry from June 15 to 18. The organizers are the Society of Acoustic Technology, and papers by a number of British and Continental spec- ialists in the subject will be presented. Details are obtainable from the secretary of the Society, at the Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Royal College of Advanced Technology, Salford 5, Lanes. Air Photographers All over Europe members of town-planning committees are attending lectures by Birmingham Corpora- tion's public works staff on the new and exciting development of the city. Many of the excellent aerial monochrome and colour photographs illustrating their lectures, commissioned from Graveley Terric Studios of Birmingham, were taken by Mrs Katherine Graveley, widow of the Second World War's first George Cross winner, the late Sqn Ldr Reg Graveley. Released to become a Gloster test pilot, Sqn Ldr Graveley later joined the Brock- house organization as pilot to Mr John Brock- house; and his interest in photography resulted in his being made responsible for the MoS-sponsored film Brockhouse at War. In 1951 Sqn Ldr Graveley bought a commercial photographic studio in Birming- ham with the long-term aim of developing air photography throughout the Midlands. As a member of the Institute of British Photographers, he showed his air photo- graphs—obliques and vertical-line overlaps —at the institution's exhibitions. Many of his oblique views were taken with a hand-held K.20 camera while he was piloting his aircraft, and verticals were secured with a camera installed in the personal Auster of Mr Don Everall, managing director Don Everall (Aviation) Ltd. Mrs Graveley often used an F.24 from the back seat, and 35mm colour trans- parencies were taken if weather permitted. Then—on September 16, 1961—Sqn Ldr Graveley died in hospital after a brief illness. To many this would have spelt the end of a growing business—to Mrs Graveley it was a challenge; she had no intention of letting slide what her husband and his loyal staff had toiled to build. Many advised her to drop air photography even if she One of the Gloster Equip- ment refuellers referred to in a news item above
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