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1969
1969 - 0062.PDF
FLIGHT International, 9 January 1969 46 WORLD NEWS . . . Westland's Brunei Order The Government of Brunei has ordered a Wessex 50 Series helicopter from Westland Aircraft Ltd for use by the Brunei and Malay Regiment. It is due for delivery in the autumn of this year and will be used for liaison, troop transport and rescue duties. Boron Fibre Rotor Flight tests have begun on an Sikorsky S-61R helicopter with the tail rotor blades manufactured of advanced com posite material composed of boron and glass fibre. Said to be lighter, stronger and stiffer than metal blades, the tail rotor showed itself resistant to cracks, KNIGHTHOODS for Mr Christopher Cockerell, of Hovercraft fame, Mr R. E. Hardingham, who has just retired from the Air Registration Board after 32 years as its chief executive, and Mr Morien Morgan, Controller of Guided Weapons and Electronics, Mintech, were announced in the New Year Honours list last week. Similarly honoured is Mar coni's chairman, Mr F. Neil Sutherland. Some of those concerned directly or indirectly with aviation who have received honours are named in the following extracts from the civil categories of the various Orders. Abbreviations (familiar, but not widely understood): CB, Com mander of the Order of the Bath; CBE, OBE, MBE respectively, Knight, Com mander, Officer and Member of the Order of the British Empire. Knights Bachelor D. T. Barritt, chairman, Simon Engineering Ltd (for services to export); C. S. Cockerell, consultant, Hover craft Development Ltd; R. E. Hardingham, lately chief executive, Air Registration Board; Aid J. R. Lyons, Lord Mayor of Cardiff and chairman of Glamorgan Airport Committee; M. B. Morgan, Controller of Guided Weapons and Electronics, Ministry of Technology; F. N. Sutherland, chairman, Marconi Co (for services to export). CB J. V. Dunworth, Director of the National Physical Laboratory. CBE R. Appleby, deputy chairman, Black and Decker Mfg Co; Wg Cdr R. P. corrosion and erosion. Designed and built under a company research pro gramme introduced last March, the blades are constructed of boron fila ment developed by United Aircraft Research Laboratories and produced by the Hamilton Standard Division of United Aircraft Corporation. The spar and trailing-edge strip of the blade are made of boron, the fibres being interlaced at the root for strength at the attachment point. The rest of the blade is made of translucent glass- fibre-reinforced epoxy resin. Resistance to fraoture under severe loading cases is said to be beyond expectations. Use of a nickel abrasion strip on the blade leading-edge is expected to overcome most of the erosion problem. Sikorsky is proposing to build the tailcone of the U.S. Army's CH-54A Beamont, director of flight operations. British Aircraft Corporation Ltd; D. C. Collins, chief executive, Westland Aircraft Ltd, and chairman, British Hovercraft Corpn (for services to export); G. V. Hole, chief executive, British Airports Authority; G. R. Jefferson, chairman and managing director, Guided Weapons Division, British Aircraft Corporation Ltd (for services to export); W. A. Mair, Professor of Aero nautical Engineering, University of Cam bridge ; A. J. Nicol, deputy managing director, Joseph Lucas (Industries) Ltd. OBE A. F. Atkin, Lightning project manager and special director, British Air craft Corporation (Preston) Ltd (for services to export); J. Cuming, general manager (supplies), BEA; W. C. Greaves, general manager, central planning department, British Petroleum Co Ltd; Miss H. Grimshaw, principal scientific officer,. Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough. J. G. Harrison, chief test pilot, Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd, Stockport: G. M. Hobday, sales and service manager and special director, British Aircraft Corporation (Preston) Ltd (for services to export); Miss Vera Lynn (Mrs V. M. Lewis), for services to Royal Air Forces Association and other charities; Captain B. E. E. Marshall, Com mander, Civil Aviation Flying Unit, BoT; Captain S. C- Middlemiss, general manager, Airlines of New South Wales and Ansett flying-boat services. Wg Cdr F. D. Nugent, principal, Airwork Services Training, Perth (Air Holdings Ltd); D. G. Orchard, State treasurer, Air Forces Association, South Australia; R. D. flying-crane helicopter from boron filament. Its use is expected to stiffen the cone and improve ifhe helicopter's dynamic characteristics, as well as pro viding a weight reduction of about 1001b. Hamilton Standard has ordered 3,0001b of filament at a price quoted as $251 per pound weight, said to be largest-ever order for the material. Boron is regarded as a strong com petitor to carbon fibre, developed in Britain, which has been given much publicity recently through the investi gation into it by the Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and Technology, whose report on the subject is due to be published shortly. The boron filament is made by slowly depositing the vaporised metal on a tungsten wire at white heat and under carefully controlled conditions. Phillips, First Assistant Director-General (Policy), Department of Civil Aviation, Melbourne; A. H. Travis, former Assistant Director of Aero Engine Research and Development, Mintech; J. M. J. Whellens, principal engineer, GEC-AEI (Electronics) Ltd (for services to export); R. C. G. Williams, chief engineer, Philips Electronic and Associated Industries Ltd (for services to export); A. J. Willis, chief experimental officer, HQ RAF Training Command. MBE Wg Cdr R. A. C. Brie, personal assistant to the managing director, Westland Helicopters Ltd: G. Bristow, chief test engineer, Small Engine Division, Rolls- Royce Ltd (for services to export): P. G. Graham, air traffic controller, Australian Department of Civil Aviation; H. W. Hencher, executive officer, RAF College, Cranwell: Miss E. M. M. Jeffery, private secretary to director and general manager, Moston group of factories, Ferranti Ltd (for services to export): S. Jowett, head of equipment services group, Aviation Division. Smiths Industries Ltd (for services to export). A. M. McDearmid, stores liason officer London Cargo Terminal, BOAC; J. K. Macleod, deputy manager, civil aircraft contracts, British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge) Ltd; Miss C. C. MacPherson, station superintendent, BEA, Barra; Obs Lt T. J. Madew, Group Officer, No 16 Gp, Royal Observer Corps; Miss M. Parry, wel fare Officer, SSAFA, RAF Coningsby; O. Pryke, sales manager (overseas), Hoffmann Mfg Co Ltd (for services to export) ; G. F. Roper, chief welfare officer, Royal Air Forces Association: S. G. W. Ross, senior warning officer, Horsham Group, UK Warn ing and Monitoring Organisation; C. F. Williams, chairman, No 54 (Eastbourne) Sqn Committee, Air Training Corps. Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air Miss S. E. Graham, flight cabin services officer (stewardesses), BOAC: L. J. S. Houston, chief test pilot, Ferranti Ltd, Edinburgh; E. McNamara, experimental test pilot, British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge), Ltd; Captain P. Mains-Smith, senior captain 1st class, BOAC ; P- Murphy, deputy chief test pilot, Handley Page Ltd: Captain E. O. Noble, senior captain 1st class, BEA. In the New Year's Honours Left to right, Messrs C. S. Cockerell, R. E. Hardingham and Morien Morgan, all of whom are knighted; and Wg Cdr R. P. Beamont (CBE)
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