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Aviation History
1970
1970 - 1317.PDF
RIGHT International. 16 July 1970 manufacture. Delivery dates at Georgia are the responsibility of Scottish, which has therefore to make allowance for any possible transport hold-up, and quality control is exercised by Lockheed inspectors; their satisfaction has been recorded by the award of a Lockheed "High Standard of Quality" award—the only one to be granted outside the USA. , Apart from aircraft activity, a substantial proportion of the 2.300 employees at Prestwick are concerned with aero engines, ' some within the parent company and approximately 60 in an autonomous division called Scottish Air Engine Services. This latter has been responsible for the overhaul of Pratt & Whitney R 1830 and R 2000 engines since 1945 and this work still continues. However, recently, again in line with the company's 4 diversification policy, overhauls have started on the Avco Lycoming range and, with the advent of the Bulldog on the i airframe side, it is expected that the Continental range will also be handled. Such a move would maintain the close ties * between Scottish and Rolls-Royce who some years ago handed over complete responsibility for the Griffon and Sea Griffon * to the Prestwick plant. Even now new Griffons are being manufactured, all machining and assembly being undertaken 1 by the company, and although the end must soon come for supporting Shackletons the Sea Griffon has some years yet. * From originally opening Prestwick in 1935 as a flying train ing school, Scottish Aviation has expanded to a company * having over 600,000 sq ft of production floorspace and operating with an annual turnover of £6 million. Inevitably, * as Prestwick airport grew and assumed a greater importance as a transatlantic stopover, ownership passed to the British * Airports Authority and Scottish Aviation became its principal tenant. However, the company is still concerned with the ' operation of the airfield through its catering division which manages the airport restaurants. The division also meets the in-flight catering needs of the user airlines and is erecting new premises for the task following the decision of one of the major operators to abandon in-house catering and to rely on the service provided by Scottish. Service is a word which fairly epitomises Scottish Aviation: service in terms of work completed on time, to a high standard and at a competitive price. In this climate the future of the Bulldog looks bright indeed. H.F. m Little more than a memory nowadays, this Twin Pioneer (above) spent a few days at its birthplace in preparation for ferrying across the Atlantic Far left, a stored "T-bird" and F-I04s in one of the hangars devoted to supporting the Canadian Armed Forces in Europe Complete overhaul for a Loftleidir CL-44, below left, seen occupying part of Scottish Aviation's largest hangar bottom left, the centre fuselage side panel of a Lockheed C-130 ready for crating and dispatch to the parent company Below, a surprising sight in 1970; new and refurbished crankcases for Griffons and Sea Griffons ready for build-up Bottom, the overhaul shop of Scottish Air Engine Services. Engines are received at the far end of the shop and stripped for examination on the centre benches. Final reassembly takes place in the bay nearest the camera
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