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1965
1965 - 0110.PDF
70 FLIGHT International, 14 lanuary 1965 THE INDUSTRY .. . loped by Fokker gives information in numerical form about the quality of the cured adhesive layer, by introducing a vibrating load at a high frequency and measuring the response of the bond electronically. The readings obtained are correlated to results of destructive tests, enabling an accurate forecast of the bond quality to be made. The bond tester was originally developed when Fokker adopted Redux bonding for the F.27 Friendships and has since been widely sold. STC's New London HQ The office block being built in the Strand opposite St Clement Danes—the Royal Air Force church—is to be the new London head- quarters of Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. To be known as STC House, the ten-storey air-conditioned building will be completed in the spring. A delegation of Royal Thai Air Force officials recently visited Hawker Siddeley Avro Whitworth's Division airfield at Woodford to accept the Hawker Siddeley 748 aircraft ordered for service with the King's Flight of the RTAF. Here Air Chief Marshal Harin Hongskula, Assistant C-in-C of the Royal Thai Air Force, is seen wit/i Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry broadhurst, chief executive, Avro Whitworth Division USA Record Contract for Lycoming Avco's Lycoming Division has been awarded its largest-ever single production contract by the Aeronautical Systems Division, USAF Systems Command. Worth $42,839,548, it is for an undisclosed number of T53-L-11 gas-turbine engines for use in Bell UH-ID Iroquois helicopters for the US Army and in UH-1E versions for the USMC. Recent big Iroquois purchases, with which this contract is undoubtedly linked, are detailed on page 77 in this issue. 's Big Sales Cessna's total 1964 sales amounted to $122,942,000, a $26,500,000 increase over 1963. With final audited sales figures for the financial year ending September 30, 1964 sales established an all-time record for the 37- year-old Wichita firm. Commercial aircraft sales accounted for 171,700,000 of the total, a 25 per cent gain over 1963. Cessna's military aircraft business showed a 41 per cent increase over 1963 and totalled $21,690,000. Much of the gain was attributed to increasing deliveries on the McDonnell sub-contract under which Cessna manufactures wing-tank and missile pylons for USAF and USN versions of the McDonnell Phantom II fighter. Construction of a new Cessna plant in Scotland is under way to alleviate crowded conditions at the present plant, which manufactures hydraulic components for customers in the United Kingdom and Europe. Low-Temperature Effects NASA experi- ence at the Marshall Space Flight Center is reported in Effects of Low Temperatures on Structural Metals, a 55-page booklet (reference NASA-SP5012) available at 40 cents from the Superintendent of Docu- ments, US Government Printing Office, Washington DC 20402. Canada DHC Developing Mauler IRA The de Havilland Canada Special Products & Applied Research Division is developing, under joint sponsorship of the US Army Missile Command and the Canadian Department of Defence Production, an infra-red acquisition unit to provide passive surveillance and acquisition for the Mauler weapon system. France French Control Rods for One-Eleven BAC has placed an order with SARMA for 53 sets of elevator control rods for the BAC One-Eleven. The SARMA rods, made under a licence from Sud-Aviation, reduce the number of parts from 34 to six, con- ferring a considerable weight gain in addition to improved mechanical efficiency, it is claimed. Progress at Toulouse in production of the first 25 Potez 8411842s. The fourth aircraft, an 841 with UAC PT6A engines, flew on December 22 and one 842 with Astazous has been ordered by the French civil aviation authority
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