NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S . . Aeronautical Lab On April I. 1936. the aeron::iutical :lllJ tire haz:1rJ l:iboratories, formerly p:trt of the Di\'ision or Physics :rnd Engineering or the :\"ation:1I Research Laboratories at Ottawa and the instrn ment a nd model shops. were organ izeJ in a scp:tr:lle d i\'ision JcsignaccJ as the Di"ision o( .\ lcch:111i..::1I En gineering with I. H . P:trk in as Direc tor. ,\ t that time the l:1hor:nories wt1e housed in temporary quarters. Lne itt I 939. \\"hrn the need for bettcr :teronautic:1I facilit ies to :iss ist Cana da's a\·iation industry bec11ne u rgent because of w:1r requirements. a new I ~0-acre site \\":ts secured just e:ist 0£ Ott:iwa and there the .\[ontre:il Road L1bor:1tories \\"ere established. There :tre now some fourteen scparate build ings on this site ( See top photo) . Opening Attraction: ··Open H ouse·• ;It these lahor:ttories .\[ay 3 1. June: I and 2. 1950. :ltlr:icteJ more th:tn 7.500 \·is itors. including many industrialists from distant points. as well :ts repre scnt:nives o t Go\·ernmcnt depart- lllCn ts. Service s~ctions rorce. including. of course. m::inv person ncl from the tee h n ica I of the :\":t\·y . . \ rmy. and :\ir The facilities of the :1eronautic:1I l:iboratories an: grne rall y of :1 c hara~ tcr and c:1pacity not clSC\\·here a\·:1il :1hle in Crnad,1. fn this way the l:1l,o r,1tori::s ful til their main funct ion to prm·idc C:111:1da"s :l\·i:1 tion indus- Sc:ptember, / <) 50 try. both contractors a nd operator, . with r..:sc:t rch. Jc\·clopment :ind test ing facilities and also function as the research organization of the Royal Canadian A ir Force. .·\!most ::II phases of aeronautics are LO\·cred - :1::rodvnamics. supcrson ics and g:ts d ynamics. internal combustion engines and accessories. lit111id fuels. luhric:ints :1nJ structures - and the fac ilities include :11111osphcric ,111J sp inning wind tunnels. model-testing b:1si11. \\·;1ter tunnel. eq u i pmcnt for testing full -sc:tlc inte rnal combust ion c ng incs and g:ts turb ines. aircr:1ft wings and rnmi:onents anJ for work on vibr:i tion. fatigue. photoebsticity. gasoline;. turbine fuels, lubricants and a ircr:ilt and allied inst ruments. Performance Studies: The perform :rnce o( newly Jesigned airc raft and the effects ot m o ! THE SPRAYING BEAVER l :: The latest thing in Beavers is DDT solution in less than ten ~ < this utility model equipped for minutes . In subsequent tests the { ~ aerial spraying for weed and/ or pest Bea\'er sprayed 400 acres in a single > -. con trol. Before making the decisio n Hight and took off and landed with { ',~ to adapt the Bea\·er as an aerial a full load from summer fallow, sprayer, de Havilland noted that in which w:is sufficien tly soft to bo" ._ • I . " " past years a wide va riety of aircraft down most ot 1er ai rcr:itr. •: had been used :is aerial sprayers, for .. Business was brisk, farmers ~ the most part surplus training air- foun d that aerial spraying is far ~ craft with little to recommend them cheaper than ground methods. ~~.. hut low initial cost. :\,[oreo\·er, the modern highly toxic -. chem.icals are extremely dangerous Says R. D . Hiscocks in Jc Havil- to handle with ground spraying l:tnJ's :S-:ew Letter: "The import- equipment and se\'eral farmers ha\'e ~ ance of using the proper type of been serious injured. with rhe re '• equip:m:nt cannot be O\·er-emphas- suit that they are sold on the aerial :: ized. During a r::cent six yea r in- method. Possibly e\'en more im :: ter\'al in the L'.S .. nearly 100 ex- porta nt is the rapidity of applica •<, perien.:ed pilots were killed in a tion. The period during which cer- total of iOO accidents. The record l ._ rain pests and weeds a re most vu - •, is not quite so dark in many other nerable to the chemicals is often :: countries but there has been a g row- quite short, and prompt action is !: ing demand for better aircraft from essential." ~ private operators and go\·ernment The Be~l\·e r can carry I ~ :igenc,es. gallons spray HuiJ . which is sprayed ', '·To manv it appeared that the by a 48 foot boom (see cut). It can ~ Bea\'er was ideally suited for aerial co\·e r 240 acres in about ~0 minutes ~ spraying. and design work was in- at a rate of one gallon per acre. It 'I itiated .... In the first demonstra- carries two hours of fuel for spray ~ tion 80 acres \\'ere sprayed with ing operations. ~ •, ~ 13

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