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FLIGHT International. 28 February 1974 look" interiors DC-9-50S. to Swissair's ten Dowty Kotol (Cheltenham) has licensed Sundstrand (4747 Harrison Ave, Rockford, 111) to build and sell Dowty ram-air turbines and associated equipment. The agreement gives Sundstrand exclusive sales rights in the United States and Canada, and provides for exchange of technical information. Heath Tecna (19819 84th Ave, South Kent, Wash 98031) and the Hamburger Flugzeugbau Division of MBB (2103 Hamburg 95, PO Box 95 01 09) are co-operating on aircraft in terior conversions. MBB is responsible for sales and installations in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and will fit Heath Tecna "wide-body- A new 250 h.p., two-shaft auxiliary power unit being developed by the Electrical Group of Lucas Aerospace (Maylands Ave, Hemel Hempstead. Herts) will be unveiled at the 19th International Gas Turbine Conference and Products Show, organised by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, which opens in Zurich on March 31. Who's selling what L. A. Rumbold (Old Oak Common Lane, London NW10) has signed con tracts worth £500,000 with Sabcna and South African Airways to design and manufacture passenger seats. The seats will be installed in Sabena Boeing 727s and SAA's 727s and 737s. B. F. Goodrich (Troy, Ohio) has been awarded a contract to supply wheels, brakes and tyres for the VFW-Fokker 614. Douglas-Rownson (Daneshill West In dustrial Estate, Basingstoke, Hants) has been awarded a £400,000 contract by Cairo Airport Authority to supply a baggage-handling system. The British Airports Authority has installed a £200,000 Honeywell 2050 computer in its Hayes offices. This fire-fighting foam trailer has been develop ed by Scottorn Trailers (Bell Lane, Amersham, Bucks). It carries 200gal of fast-acting foam compound which is delivered through Slim of 63mm-diameter hose. The foam tank is lined with epoxy resin to allow the trailer to be left loaded for long periods Curtis and Green Engineering (High Bridge House, 93-96 Oxford Rd, Ux- bridge Rd, Middx) is to supply BAC with an in-flight entertainment system for installation in an executive One- Eleven. People and posts Mr S. E. Kay has been appointed chairman of Triplex Safety Glass. Mr John Pashley succeeds him as manag ing director. Rockwell International is to create an aircraft group, based in Los Angeles, to be led by Mr Dale D. Myers. Letters Short Bacon Sides? SIR,—Re Straight and Level in the February 7 issue, I was greatly amused to see reference made to myself as I happen to be the Mr Trimmings of Strike Command HQ who! announces himself as Chief of the Air Staff when answering the 'phone. This all started in the time of C-in-C Air Chief Marshal Sir George Wills. I wrote a ditty in the station magazine duly signing off as Chief of the Hair Staff and it caused such a giggle that it has stuck ever since. Upon the amalgamation of the commands to Strike I was presented with a crested plaque in appreciation of my services to the Heads of Bomber Command. Especially in these days of stress and turmoil it is indeed good that such a sense of humour still persists and it's great to see you perpetuating the same. I shall continue to make the usual cutting remarks and be told that I should have been a farmer with all the corny quips. 28 Westover Road, ERIC TRIMMINGS High Wycombe, Bucks The Competition Game SIR,—Most businessmen accept the realities of competition. Seldom does one meet the immaturity inherent in a "want my cake and eat it' attitude. All the more amazing there fore is the almost childish pique displayed by Mr Adam Thomson of British Caledonian. He complains that the independent airlines built up the European package holiday market, which British Airways is entering. But BCAL is entering several trunk scheduled ser^ces that were built uo by British Airways. He is critical of British Airways entering this market when the industry as a whole is far from profitable, but he sees nothing wrong with competing with British Airways on trunk scheduled services which are far from profitable. He says that British Airways "is undoubtedly going to lose a bomb," but he accepts that BCAL will lose money initially on its new scheduled services, a normal aspect of the business of launching a new product. He is desperately trying to get the Government to inter vene yet again to prop up BCAL when he says that com mercial shareholders would not back entry into an un profitable market. But the fact is that, because of the shortcomings of some sectors of the industry, British Air ways has a product that the public want to buy. This is proven by the 127 per cent increase in Sovereign bookings. Shareholders would certainly back such a prospect. How can BCAL have the unbelievable impudence to want British Airways taken off the direct route to Los Angeles "to avoid wasteful duplication," when one considers the wasteful duplication that BCAL is putting on to other British Airways routes? If British Airways is playing Mr inomson at his own game, then he has no one to blame but himself and he should be man enough to avoid such pathetic outbursts. Copperfield, BARRY MARLOW Beaconsfield, Bucks Lateral Thinking SIR,—I wonder if you would explain why the characters on CAAC Boeing 707s and Tridents do not read in the same order on both sides of the aircraft as shown in the photo graphs in Airline Profile No 45 (Flight, February 7). The characters on the Viscount do, however, appear to be consistent. 68 Spencer Road, Strawberry Hill, F. J. ESSEX Twickenham, Middx [Chinese characters are normally arranged vertically, so it makes no difference from which end one begins. New readers start here.—Ed J
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