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1968
1968 - 0058.PDF
60 FLIGHT International, II January (945 INDUSTRY International Products Company News Bendix in One-Eleven FieldTech Ltd, the Heathrow-based sales and service distributors for the Bendix Corp, have received a contract from BEA for the supply of Bendix ALA-51A radio alti- meter systems for installation in the airline's 18 BAC One-Eleven aircraft. For the past 18 months the Bendix ALA-51A has been used by BAC for part of the Cat 2 landing system for the One-Eleven, and the equipment is now fitted to the prototype 500 Series aircraft G-AYSD. HUD Contract The Ministry of Tech- nology has awarded Telford Products Ltd, Greenford, Middx, a member of the Bentima group, a production contract for pilots' head-up display photographic equipment in the Hawker Siddeley Hairier. The contract, worth several thousand pounds, is for pilot's display recorders which will film, from the pilot's eye level, cockpit information seen on a beam-splitting mirror, and also the forward view from the cockpit seen simultaneously through the mirror. Spaceflight Alloy A cobalt-tungsten- iron alloy of high strength, with good magnetic properties in the 1,200°- l,400°F range, has been developed at the NASA Lewis Research Centre (21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44135). Percentage contents of the new alloy are cobalt, 88; tungsten, 7.5; iron, 2.5; titanium, 1.0; zirconium, 0.5; carbon, 0.5. The team responsible for it observed, in the course of developing structural cobalt-tungsten alloys for ducting and radiators for space power systems, that the alloys possessed high-temperature magnetic properties which would be use- ful in electrical power conversion com- ponents. Metallurgists at the centre then experimented with modifying the composition of the alloys in order to achieve the best balance of strength and magnetic induction—the principal pro- perties required in metals for possible future space systems, particularly for electrical power generation. The new Lewis alloy, it is claimed, enables generators to operate at higher temperatures; this increases the efficiency of the power conversion system, while the high temperature-strength of the material makes more compact systems possible. Together, these features should enable significant weight reductions to be made. A family of cobalt alloys developed at the centre under the direction of Mr John C. Freche, chief of the Fatigue and Alloys Research Branchy are said to have good high-temperature strength and workability and to be "less subject to evaporative loss in space than are commercially available cobalt-base alloys." GE Reorganisation Five operating divisions have been set up within General Electric's (USA) newly created Aircraft Engine Group. The five divisions (with names of their general managers in brackets) are: Commercial Engine (Mr Edward E. Hood Jr); Military Engine (Mr Edward Woll); Aircraft Engine, Operating (Mr Fred O. MacFee); Air- craft Engine, Technical (Mr Fred W. Garry); and Aircraft Engine, Support and Service (Mr Ramond E. Small). Vice-president of the Aircraft Engine Group is Mr Gerhard Neumann. Special-purpose installation of Atlas Atlantic-range lighting in No 4 hangar of British Eagle International's maintenance base at Heathrow. To ensure a completely un- obstructed area above high-tailed aircraft, and to simplify installation and main- tenance, the fluorescent fittings have been positioned just below roof level, using parallel rows of Atlas Atlantic trunking. The scheme was planned by Atlas Lighting Ltd, Thorn House, London WC2, on behalf of Aviation Property Consultants Routine Smin submergence test of a new trimmer potentiometer developed by Kynmort Engineering Co Ltd, 19 Buckingham Street, London WC2. It is claimed to be non-magnetic, airtight, watertight, vibration-proof and suit- able for use at temperatures of about + 70°C (I6O°F) and storage at up to +125°C (250°F) IN BRIEF The Automation Systems Division of Ferranti Ltd has delivered and commis- sioned the first of BOAC's 30 Argus computer information displays ordered for use with the airline's complex of three IBM System 360/65 central pro- cessors recently installed at Heathrow. Transporturile Aeriene Romanie, the Rumanian national airline, has placed an order with the Marconi Co for air- borne VHF navigation equipment for 12 11-18 aircraft. Dawe Instruments Ltd have opened a branch office at Ingrow Lane, Keighley, Yorkshire (Tel: Keighley 7573-4). The manager is Mr Leslie Wood. PEOPLE AND POSTS Mr Philip J. Brown has been ap- pointed director of purchasing for English Electric, with a central purchas- ing organisation based on Stafford. Mr E. R. Sisson, who was appointed chief executive of Smiths Aviation Divi- sion in September, 1967, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Mr William D. Rennie has been ap- pointed financial director of Stone-Wall' work (Charlton) Ltd, the non-ferrous foundry and foundry engineering com- pany in the Stone-Platt Group. Mr B. J. Haill, who joined Dunlop 50 years ago as a trainee and subse- quently became general manager in charge of all the company's industrial products operations in the UK, retired at the end of last year. He is succeeded as group general manager by Mr W. D- Grove.
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