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1936 - 2990.PDF
NOVEMBER 5, I936- FLIGHT. 469 HERE and THERE News of the Latest Developments in the Industry C. W. A. Scott's Display Closes Down THE following statement was issued last Monday from the London offices of C. W. A. Scott's Flying Display, Ltd. : "Mr C. W. A. Scott has agreed, in conjunction with his co- directors, that C. W. A, Scott's Flying Display, Ltd., should TO into voluntary liquidation. "A statement of affairs will be available at a creditors' meeting to De held on November 10, and from this it will be seen that the unfortunate trading results were due almost entirelv to the abnormally bad weather during the summer of 1936." A Titanine Dividend AN interim dividend of 7j per cent, actual for the first four months of its existence as a public company has been declared by Titauine, Ltd., whose shares were issued to the puhlic in June this year. This dividend follows the recent announcement made by the company of a 50 per cent, expan sion in its Colindale works. It was stated that this expansion had been necessitated by the great increase in aircraft produc tion and also by the increasing industrial demand for cellu lose lacquers. Mollarts Move In SO great has become the demand for the M.E. patent universal ball joint that the makers, The Mollart Engineer ing Co., Ltd , have laid out tne whole of their new factory on the Kingston By-pass at Surbiton for its production in large quantities. Both aircraft and engine manufacturers have found a great many uses for this accessor '-, and it is worth y of note that it figures in the specification of the Short Empire flying boats. The new factory covers an area of 21,000 sq. ft. and stands on a site of 2| acres. There are five bays measuring 150 ft. by 27 ft. 9 in., and two more will shortly be added. The firm is moving over from its Thames Ditton factory within the course of the next few days. Blackburn Affairs TT may be recalled that the firm of Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., -L was incorporated last April in order to acquire, inter alia, the whole of the issued share capital of the Blackburn Aero plane and Motor' Company, Ltd., and North Sea Aerial and General Transport, Ltd., with a view to taking over in due course the businesses carried on by them. In order to enable these businesses to be acquired as part of the scheme of reconstruction then contemplated, it has now been arranged that both the original companies should be put into voluntary liquidation to-morrow, November 6, and that they should forthwith hand over their businesses without inter ruption to the new company. It is emphasised the liquidation is in the nature of a for mality only, that all debts and liabilities of the original com panies owing at the date of liquidation will be paid in full in the ordinary course of business by Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., and that the businesses of the two companies will be carried on exactly as hitherto by that company. A.G.S. Requirements THE firm of Aircraft General Supplies, Ltd., whose bonded warehouse is at London Air Park, Feltham, are extremely bu sy at the moment supplying material and A.G.S. requirements. A director of A.G.S., Ltd., Mr. A. D. Duncan, late of Kollasons of Croydon, tells us that in order to maintain their reputation for deliveries of all parts and materials from stock . y are having to look eighteen to twenty-four months ahead m replacing stocks for which there exists a heavy demand. in tin- present circumstances, with material manufacturers working to capacity and the consequent lengthy delivery P«iods, A.G.S., Ltd., by thus anticipating the demands of j^lr customers, are able to offer very useful service to the rang16 c(omPany's steel tubing section is stocked with a wide float niaterial covering a variety of specifications, and a Mont^f S,t0ck of over Io.ooo gross of bolts is to be maintained. lontniy hsts of stock are to be published. I Intricate workmanship in a windscreen and cockpit en closure for a well-known type of aircraft—an example of the work now being carried out, as related below, by Helliwells, Ltd., of Dudley. Exclusively for Aircraft HAVING had considerable experience in the manufacture of such parts as windscreens for the automobile industry, Helliwells, Ltd., of Dudley, have forsaken their old activities to concentrate on aircraft parts. The entire factory is now devoted to such work, and the firm is in a position to manu facture a variety of intricate articles to A.I.D. limits. Among the items that are at present being made are bomb-traps, wind screens and complete cabin enclosures, ammunition con tainers, windows and window frames, fuel tanks and many other parts necessitating the use of sheet metal. When all the proposed new plant and tool room equipment is complete—and it is rapidly nearing completion—production will be speeded up considerably, and the firm does not antici pate any delivery difficulties. The organisation is well equipped to deal with sheet steel, aluminium, light alloys, welding and glazing. Aircraft at Alder grove N the note under an illustration on page 428 of last week's issue it was stated that the machines depicted belonged to No. 502 (Ulster) (Bomber) Squadron. We now learn that they belonged to a visiting squadron. Windows on the Empire AN interesting feature of the photograph of the Short Empire flying boat's cockpit, on page 433 of last week's issue, was the characteristic curvature of the windows. These were made of Rhodoid—manufactured by May and Baker, Ltd., of Dagenham, London—and moulded to shape by Short Bros, themselves. Looking Ahead UMBER 6 model Luxor goggles, fitted with " Meyflex" synthetic lenses, as now used by the R.A.F., are offered for Christmas gifts in pigskin cases at 52s. 6d. with any two or three initials stamped on the case. The number 12 model goggles will be priced at 35s. inclusive. Full details may be obtained from E. B. Meyrowitz, ia, Old Bond Street, Lon don, W.i. On the Spot • IT is announced that the Exactor Control Co., Ltd., has moved its registered offices from Lower Regent Street, London, Wi, to its works at Mount Pleasant, Alperton, Middlesex. This, it is stated, will enable closer contact to be made with production of the Exactor remote control and its allied hydraulic systems. The increasing demand for these components has made considerable extensions necessary. N
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