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Abstract
panies of the Rootes Group, has joined the staff of Electro-Hydraulics Ltd., of Warrington, as Sales Manager of their Industrial Division. Mr Saunders will be in charge of the promotion of sales of the 'Conveyancer' range of fork lift trucks and associated material handling equipment. A monthly feature giving news of recent Government and professional appointments, General Aircraft industrial developments and business changes, etc. With the approval of the Board of Trade, General Aircraft Limited has changed its name to Hanworth Securities Limited, of Feltham, Middlesex. The trans ference of the manufacturing activities of General British Overseas Airways Corporation Air Safety Board Aircraft Ltd. to Blackburn Aircraft Ltd., was an The Minister of Civil Aviation announces that Sir nounced on page 19 of the January issue. Air Commodore F. R. Banks, C.B., C.B.E., has Harold Hartley, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., F.R.S., M.C., has accepted the invitation of Lord Pakenham, Minister informed him of his wish to resign from the Chairman Short Brothers & Harland Research and Development of Civil Aviation, to join the Air Safety Board. ship of the British Overseas Airways Corporation The composition of the Air Safety Board is now: Short Brothers & Harland Ltd., of Belfast, North when his present term of office comes to an end on Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill, G.B.E., ern Ireland, announce that as from January 1, 1949, June 30, 1949. The Minister has, with much regret, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O. (Chairman); Lord Brabazon Mr C. P. T. Lipscomb, Wh.Ex., F.R.Ae.S., who has accepted Sir Harold's resignation. of Tara, M.C.; Professor A. A. Hall, M.A.; Dr L. been associated with the company for the past 34 Bairstow, C.B.E., F.R.S.; Air Commodore F. R. Sir Miles Thomas, D.F.C., the present Deputy years and who was appointed a Director of the Com Banks, C.B., O.B.E. Chairman, has accepted the Minister's invitation to pany in 1942 and Chief Designer in 1943, has become become Chairman in succession to Sir Harold Hartley. The Board's terms of reference are 'to keep under Director in charge of Research and Development. Sir Miles Thomas will be succeeded as Deputy continuous review the needs of safety in British civil Mr D. Keith-Lucas, B.A., F.R.Ae.S., is appointed Chairman by Mr Whitney Straight, who will also aviation and recommend measures calculated to Chief Designer, and Mr A. W. S. Clarke, A.F.R.Ae.S., continue to be Chief Executive of the Corporation. promote safety in respect of both the operation of Chief Engineer. British civil aircraft throughout the world and the efficiency of the system of ground facilities provided Sir John Buchanan joins Dualloys Vickers-Armstrongs Publicity for civil aircraft of all nations operating over the Dualloys Ltd., of Boden Works, Chard, Somerset, Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd., Vickers House, Broad United Kingdom.' manufacturers of bearings and non-ferrous metals, way, Westminster, S.W.1, announce that Mr H. announce that Sir John S. Buchanan, C.B.E., Victor Paine, who for many years has been in charge Associated Light Metal Industries F.R.Ae.S., has joined their board. of all publicity and advertising matters in connexion It was announced in the New Year Honours List that with their aircraft interests, has relinquished his Colonel W. C. Devercux, F.R.Ae.S., has been awarded appointment with the company. Curtiss-Wright Corporation the C.B.E. The duties hitherto carried out by Mr Paine will Executive changes in Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Col Devereux is managing director of ALMIN Ltd. be the responsibility of Mr H. V. Usill, the Manager 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, U.S.A., which (Associated Light Metal Industries), of Farnham of the Company's Publicity Department at Vickers have been under consideration for some months, were Royal, Bucks, and chairman of its associate com House. announced recently. panies, including Southern Forge Ltd., Langley, Mr William C. Jordan, Vice-President and General Structural & Mechanical Development Engineers T.I. Aluminium Ltd. Manager of Wright Aeronautical Corporation, the Ltd., Slough, and Warwick Production Co. Ltd., Tube Investments announces the formation of a engine-building division of Curtiss-Wright Corpora Warwick. He is founder and chairman of the Fulmer new company, Tl Aluminium Limited, to co-ordinate tion, and former General Manager of the Curtiss- Research Institute, Stoke Poges, Bucks, which is and pool the administrative, technical, research and Wright Aeroplane Division, was elected President and claimed to be the first independent non-profit making marketing resources of the group's Aluminium Director of both Curtiss-Wright Corporation and its research institute to be established in this country, and Division. subsidiary, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, at a director of Renfrew Foundries of Glasgow. The companies involved are Reynolds Light Alloys meetings of directors of the two companies. Ltd., with works at Redditch and Tyseley, Birmingham; Mr Guy W. Vaughan, President of Curtiss-Wright British European Airways Corporation Reynolds Rolling Mills Ltd., with works at Oldbury; Corporation since 1935 and President of Wright The Board of B.E.A.C. regret to announce from and the South Wales Aluminium Company, with Aeronautical Corporation since 1930, and associated 6 Hill Street, W.1, that the Managing Director, Mr works at Resolven, S. Wales. with the two companies for 25 years, was elected J. V. Wood, is suffering from overstrain, and has been The range of products handled by TI Aluminium Chairman of the Board of Curtiss-Wright Corpora advised by his doctors to take a complete and ex Limited, which started trading on December 1, 1948, tion. In addition, he retains the office of Chairman of tended rest. In the meantime, they have approved that covers aluminium and aluminium alloy, ingot, slabs, the Board of Wright Aeronautical Corporation. the Chairman, Mr Gerard d'Erlanger, should, in addi billets, sheet, strip, tubes and extrusions. Sales and Mr Paul Shields, a Director of Curtiss-Wright tion to his duties as such, assume the functions of technical inquiries regarding all these products will Corporation and senior partner of the investment Managing Director. be dealt with at the company's head offices at Redfern banking firm of Shields & Company, was elected In view of the heavy demands on the chairman's Road, Tyseley, Birmingham. Chairman of the Executive Committee. time that this arrangement entails, the Board have ap Mr E. Austyn Reynolds, Mr J. H. Catling and Mr proved the appointment of Mr Peter Masefield, whom 'W. H. Bowman are appointed executive directors Electro-Hydraulics Ltd. the Minister of Civil Aviation has agreed to release of the new Company jointly responsible for the pro from the post of Director-General of Long Term Mr E. M. Saunders, formerly assistant to the duction, administration and marketing of the products Planning, as assistant to Mr d'Erlanger. of the companies involved. General Sales Manager of the manufacturing com Water-Alcohol Injection in a Supercharged Jaguar Aircraft Engine'. Water Injection for Increasing Power This paper described work done on an Arm- strong-Siddeley Jaguar engine where up to eighty An Interesting Letter Giving Information on pounds of water were injected into the eye of the Early Experiments in Canada supercharger for each hundred pounds of fuel burned. It may be of interest at this time to point To The Editor into use in the country of origin was the tendency out that the Jaguar engine was then rated at 385 horse-power on an 80-octane number fuel, and on the part of those responsible for making a DEAR SIR: On the editorial page of the December we had already increased the power output of final decision to look upon the work of home issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING reference is made the engine to 450 horse-power by the use of a n 87- grown scientists in a rather tolerantly amused to the question of the difficulty of getting in octane number fuel and increased boost. With the manner, in much the same way that many of us ventions or discoveries into practical use, particu addition of water injection we stepped up the assume our religion; purely to add respectability larly in the country of origin. power output a further 90 horse-power, giving a with a minimum of effort. On the same basis, one Unfortunately this problem is one of the greatest maintained scientists in the past because they total output of 540 horse-power under optimum difficulties a researcher encounters in almost any lent an air of respectability. water injection conditions, while still maintaining type of work. Why it should be has never been normal cylinder head temperatures. I believe that there is a slight improvement in fully explained but I should be inclined to believe this outlook presently but we still have a long Another proponent of the water (or steam) that it sometimes stemmed in the past from a way to go. injection was Mr Ricardo, and I recall discussing natural disinclination on the part of a rather In your editorial you indicate that the use of the matter with him in 1939. However, as you practical manufacturer to adopt a somewhat water injection for increasing the power output of state, it remained for the United States to develop theoretical idea advanced by a 'long-haired' aircraft engines originated in Great Britain. On this for use in combat aircraft engines. That this individual who was not too familiar with the development was a valuable contribution is a this point I believe you are in error. T o the best of problems of the manufacturer, nor was the matter of record. my knowledge, the first published report on this scientist really interested in learning of the subject was on work done by the Engine Labora Yours very truly, manufacturer's problems. He had isolated his tory of the National Research Council of Canada, National Research Council M. S. KUHRING fact, published it, and that was an end to it. published in the August 1938 issue of the Canadian Ottawa, Canada Engine Laboratory Journal of Research under the title 'Water and January 4, 1949 A second reason for the delay in getting ideas 60 Aircraft Engineering
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Published: Feb 1, 1949