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36 FLIGHT International, 6 January i9(,6 INDUSTRY International Products Company News Great Britain Further US Orders for GPS Two re- cent orders for flight simulators, each worth over £100,000, are announced by General Precision Systems of Ayles- bury, Bucks. Both were placed by Flight Safety Inc at La Guardia Airport, New York. The first is a simulator for the HS.125, the second for the Fan-Jet Falcon. Both incorporate a hydraulic- ally actuated three-axis motion platform, operated through an analogue computer. ESRO Contract for Pye-Ling The three vibration systems which Pye-Ling is to supply to ESRO's European Space Technology Centre (Flight, December 23, 1965) will include power amplifiers and control and monitoring facilities, and will have a frequency range in excess of 5c/s to 3kc/s. The value of the contract is £200,000 (and not £20,000 as stated). Obituary We regret to record the death of the following members of the industry, in addition to those named in "World News" in this issue:— MR G. F. HEMSLEY, FCGI, FRAes, on December 20, aged 56. Mr Hemsley, who was director and chief engineer of British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge Division), joined Vickers-Armstrongs in 1931 and in 1951 became chief aero- dynamicist. In the ensuing years he occupied increasingly responsible techni- cal posts, culminating in that of chief engineer (aircraft) eight years later. He was appointed a full director in March 1960. Latterly he was responsible for development and flight test of the VC10, Super VC10 and One-Eleven. MR W. G. GLENDINNING, BSC, ARIC, FRAes, on December 21, aged 76. Con- For over a year the "Flight" Beechcraft Baron has been equipped with a set ofChelton electrostatic dischargers. Of flexible glass-fibre construction, the wicks have proved robust and serviceable and show no sign of deterioration. As to performance, suffice it to say that our airborne electronics have performed faultlessly in several highly charged situations. Chelton (Electrostatict) Ltd, of 68 Chapel Street, Marlow, Bucks, also offer advisory service to designers and operators sultant chemist to Graviner (Colnbrook) Ltd, Mr Glendinning was from 1918 to 1952 with RAE Farnborough, where he did valuable work on ice-formation and fire-protection problems. From there he went to Graviner as chief chemist. "POP" SPILLER, who, in the words of a friend, "was for many years the guiding hand for non-corporation aircrew taking ARB technical examinations." He was a former member of the ARB and also connected with the engineering side of the Schneider Trophy team. IN BRIEF Sir Leslie Rowan, KCB, CVO, deputy chairman of British Aircraft Corporation Ltd, has been appointed deputy chair- man of Vickers Ltd, the managing direc- torship of which he retains. Mr F. C. Wright, CBE, FCGI, MIEE, has been appointed deputy chairman of Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. Da we Instruments Ltd have appointed Mr W. V. Richings product manager and chief engineer. A Hawker Siddeley Group company, High Duty Alloys Ltd, has appointed Mr A. V. Donaghy as export manager. USA Drawing Aids Bishop Industries Corp, 10757 Magnolia Blvd, North Hollywood, California, has produced drawing symbols on adhesive acetate film for use on layouts and master drawings of integrated circuits, welded modules, printed circuit layouts and pert charts. Called DieKut StikOns, the symbols are absolutely opaque and may be reduced many times without loss of line quality. ATC Equipment for Greece Radar equipment to modernise the air route traffic control centre at Athens will be supplied by the Federal Aviation Agency under a recent agreement. The FAA will be re-imbursed by Greece for equipment and engineering costs estimated at $376,670 (£134,000). The equipment will include one radar bright display system and one video mapper to be used in conjunction with the existing Athens radar system. The FAA will also furnish one microwave link to bring radar data to the Athens centre from a site some distance away. I AT A has granted a 12 per cent reduction in air freight rates for shippers using approved Tri-Wall Pak containers of the type illustrated here in part section. The containers are triple-walled for heavy-duty packaging and have (in packaging industry terms) a puncture strength of 1,100 units and a compression strength of TW 140 SC. The makers are Tri-Wall Containers Ltd, 14 Curzon Street, London W. I Israel IAI Reorganisation Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd, which has been produc- ing, repairing and servicing aircraft and equipment for some years, is to be split into several companies under a parent organisation. A single management is not felt capable of controlling all the firm's varied activities and new capital is needed to exploit further potential fields. Maintenance and repairs carried out at the company's plants include regular overhauls of French and other foreign military aircraft.
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