, , ·-:. :-..; "":·-.-· . • ' . -v• '• --, i}~ (t : :.;..-:·~ ( . -: __ ; --~?f~' ~..._, AVRO CANADA'S NEW ENG INE PLANT. BEECH OVERHAUL AT MACDONALD BROS. AVRO CANADA'S MAIN PLANT. Elements of t T1 MAKING CANADA STRONG IN T HE GE1'ERIC tc.:rm "C:rnad:1·s Aircraft lndustr\'" \\'as not so mam· years ago being useci loosclv to describ~ a small collection of hal f a. dozen o,·er haul shops a nd assembly shops operated and staffed by a fa ith(ul fe \\'. . ·or m in this modern age: c,-cn in the arrid period of the post\\":tr years. Canada 's A ircraft Industry ha, been the O\\'ner and operator o f substantial plant a nd equipment. l'\ot only has it designed, manufac tu red. and sold the most advanced types of airplanes - ~ s well as the simplest - in the highly competitive post\\"ar market, but it has also de signed and built t,,·o turbojet engines th:ll have e ,·oked the :1clmiration of the a,·i:1tion world . .-\ml now one of these turbojets is going into production and at the same time preparations arc being made for the manufactu re in th is countr\' of a proven reciprocating engine. The \\"artimc industry clifTcred f rom it, 1952 counterpart in th:1t it com prised largdy government O\Yned and c,p:::ra ted companies . or firm s \\'ho had become engaged in a,·i:nion purely a, a wartime measu re. Once the hostil i t ies had ceased. they ,,·ere quick to re turn to their O\\'n famil iar businesses. The job they did desen·es nothing hut praise. hut for the most part they were Pot hesitant in admitting that aYia t ion \\"as not fo r them and in fact the,· considered it strictly iur the bi rds. lt is true that in it, present expan sion the I ndustn· \\"ill not reach the immense proportions attaiw~d durin:! \,\' oriel \Var 1l. H o \\·e,·er. it is just as true that the Industry of today is a much more solid iorce than it was in the roaring clays of 1940--15 . Th'.s can perhaps he explained hy pointing up the fact that the ha rd core is corn prised of firms whose primary con ccrn has been av iation ever since the cl ays of the stone age of the art of Oying . I 11 occasional instances they are pure ly C a11acl ia11 in origin and development. In many o ther cases they arc out gro\\"ths of estahlishmc:nts set up on a f the Industry IN THE AIR KEEPS THEM BUSY smal l scale by highly rcsptTtcd foreign compa nies. Some of these h:m.: ucen in Canada so long that with the excep tion of the connection maintaine\\' passed the 2110 mark . This lig11re would he con sider:1hly higher. h11t the sh,1rt:1ge of L'S. \F-supplicd (;f. J-4, tllrlll)jets has kept the Sabre prod11ction r:1te idling along at :1ho11t ha! f speed . The big ioh a t Can:1d:1ir 1s. of course. the prod11ction of the Sabres fo r the: RC.-\F. as well as fo r the US.\f ,. :111d for !'-:.-\TO . Those supplied to >!.\TO :ire to he m:rnned by the R:\F. C:111adair",s other major projects con sist of orders fo r '>76 T-.B .\ jct tra ine rs :rnd something like 2'>0-300 T -36.\ tw in engine crew trainers. Tht: fo rmer is being b11ilt under license from Lock heed J\ ircr:1ft Corporation and tlu: l:it ter from Beed1 :\ircraft Corpor:1t io n. The tooling program for the T-33 is now several months old . so l 9'>3 should sti ll be fairly young when the first ai rpla nt: comc.:s off the production line. T he T-3(, project has :1dv:1nced co the stage of the ,nnstruction of :1 mock-up. :ind it will prohahly he :1 hit longer getting into production than the: T -33 since: it is ,111 entirely ne\\' type.: ,1 nd involves ..:onsidn:1hl..: det:1il c ngi11ec.:r i11g work and rnol desig ning. ,\,Jarc/1, 1952 HARVARD OVERH AUL AT AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES. DE HAVILLAND BEAVERS FOR THE USAF. CANADAIR LIMITED PLANT NO. ONE. 27 AT OTTAWA, SPERRY ILEFTl OV ERHA ULS INSTRUMENTS WHILE AT FORT WILLIAM CANADIAN CAR IRI GHTl PRODUCES THE HARVARD. This co111p:111y continues :1lso to he one of the m:ii n suppliers of repl:icc ment parts for C--17/ DC-3 aircr:ift. listing among its customers some llill difTerent air lines in -15 rnulllr i<.:s . Its biggest single customer for these parts is the CS.-\f-' . In add ition :i suhst:11ni:d business in C-'i-l repl:tcem<.:nt parts is cirried on hy this rnmp:111\" . How<.:Ycr. the C.-17 ll\·,rh:llll and rc.:p:i ir work that used to he carried out in lar)!t: Yo! ume has had to make \\·av for other more importallt projects. Located at Cartien·ille .-\irport near \lontreal. C:in:idair currently employs about 8.500 persons. a figure wh ich is eventually expected to rise to :1rou11d the I 8.500 m:irk. In existence it has two factori<.:s pro,·iding 1.700.000 squ:ire fc:t:t of cm t:r,d factory space plus 75500 squ:m: kc:t of h:1ng:1r area. Under construction :ire two w:1rc houses "·hich will JHo,·ide an addition:il 178.000 square fret of space. thus m:ik ing much more sp:icc availahk in the main factories which m:n- he dc.:,·ottd to production work. The compa ny ofTers :in :111 inclusive aircr:1 ft m:inufactu ring facility ranging from design and c:11gi rn.:t:ri11g to f:thri catio11. It~ huge 111:tchi11, ~hop is rn11- sidt:r<.:d tr, he one of tht most modern in . ·onh :\merica :111d ha~ a complete range of lathes. mill ing machi nes. dupli cators. profilers, grindt:rs. drills. and related equipment. The de Havilland Aircraft TI-I E MOST ADM IRED and most adm irahk aircraft man uf:tcturi11g company in Canada today is The dt: I l:i villa11d Aircraft of Canada L imited. f-'ew aviation con1p:1ni<.:s anywh<.:r<.: in the wr,rld have ~hown such clet <.:nni11 - a t1011 in getting a , ha re in the postwar 2!S :1irpl:tne market. [\'en le\\'t:r ro111p:1nies h:1ve heen :1hle to do this without suh st:1nt i:1l gm·ernm<.:nt assistance. V/ hile de H:t \' ill:tnd has rc:n:i1·ed a trickle of repai r and convc:rsion co11t racts from th, l{C,\F since the t:nd of World \•Var II. its existence today can be attributed only to the: sucn:ss of it, own products. the Chipmunk and the lk:1,·er. Though no\\· out of production. the Chipmunk \\'as a popular airc raft with air forces all over the: \\'orld and in all 153 were sold hy the Canad ian com pany. They art: still in production hy the parent company in the U.K. Production of the Hca\'er is now th~ most important project und<.:r w:1y at de l-1:1\·illand. with product ion airc r:1ft going to the US.-\f-'. the u .S. Ann\' · and ci,·il operators . Production 1, abou t one a day. and :1pproxim:ttdy one machine a week goes to a ci,·i l operator. :\ s far :ts ci,·il deliveri<.:s ar<.: concerned. this i, the same r:itc as has heen in efTect fo r the past two yc:ar~. 1 n :tll over 150 civil model, h:ive been deli,·ercd . Initial orders from th<.: t..: .S. sen ·iccs for military model, tot:tlkd 108 machine~. hut thi, is <.:XJKCtc.:d to he re,·ised upward, . I nsoiar as the lka,·er project i~ con cerned. the de H:l\·ill:ind factor\' at Downsview Ai rport is mainly :111 :tS· ;cmhly plant. Wi th the exc<.:ption of th<.: for\\'ard s<.:ction of the f usdage :rnJ the undercarriage ( which de 1-Iavill:ind makc.:s itsd f). all the major components are fabricated by three main subcontractors. these being Fleet Manuf:1ctu ring Limited of f-'ort Erie. Ontario; Sander~on Aircraft L imited of Malton. Ontario; and Air Vrnt She<.:t Metal lnrnrporat<.:d. Montreal. Considcrc.:cl tlit: ,er011d most import · ant p rogr,1m ;1t Dow11 ~,· inv i~ the Lanc:1ster p,·erh:iul and modilication program. Though th is ,,·as origi11:tllv st:trtc:d as :1 suh-comr:Kt to , \ ,·ro C:111-1 :ida. it is now heing c1rrinl 011t under direct contract with tht: gc 1\1-:- . The nt·ct:,sary modi:icnion kits arc still ohtain<.:J from :\no C:111:1d:1. hm,·e,-cr. Other projects include: 1t1c \":unpire u,·t:rh:1ul \\'ork - this being more in th<.: natun: of a rcp:iir progr:un than one of o,·erhaul ing timc-<.:xpi rnl 111:1• chines. Tht:re is also the program of o,·nhaul th:ll h:is ht:en under wa,· for se,·c:ral yea rs on (;ol,lin turbojets from th<.: \':unpirc:s. Still anotht:r phase of the clc Havilland husin<.:s, has hn:n th<.: saks and ser\'ire of de I l:11·ill:tnd Do,·e, to L·.s. firms ( ~2 have hc.:en sold). hut the C:111:1di:111 comp:tn) has now gi,·t:11 thi, up :111d it will henet·• forth h, h:111dbl directly throu;.\h :\111eric:1n distributors. This company's latest iron in tht fi re i, the de: H:11·illand Olltr. \\'hich has al r<.:ad y st:trted to make :1 n:imc ior itsd f a~ :1 tru<.: son of a lk:1,-c.:r. f-in :lllccd jointly hy the: RC .-\17. th<.: DoT. and de H:11·ill:111d. one prototype h:1~ ht:cn built and flown : the s<.:rn11d pro totype i~ well ad \'anr<.:d . hut thi, ma rhinc: i, hc.:ing financc:cl cnt irdy hv de Havi~. The.: go,·ern1nent i11 ,·,q. 111c.:nt \\'ould i11dir:ttc: th:11 suhst:inti:il orders \\'ill he forthcoming frorn the IZCA f-'. To car ry out this wide :111d ,·:1 ried program, de H :11· illa nJ 110w em ploys ahout 2,20(). which it considers the pc:ak fig ur<.: rtquired to meet its prc:s<:nt r rnnmitments. The three main de I l:1villa11d ,11hco11tr:1rtors employ an other 2k(J prnpl<.: <.:xcl11\ively on the fahr ira tion of l\e:1\'<.:r com ponents and hi1 \ and piec-c.:s. AIRCRAFT LEFT IS THE INTERIOR OF THE BIG AVRO CA NADA ENGINE PLANT. AT RIGHT IS BRISTOL AEROPLANE ENGINES (WESTERN) SHOP. Canadian Car & Foundry p llODL'.CTIO'.\ of H:ir1·:1rds at the Fort \\'illiam fa,·ili11· of C:111:idi:111 Car & f-'ou11dry Co111pa11y Limi ted has _ea i 11ed con siderahlc momelll u 111 s i nee: the first machine 11':IS deli,·ercd last October. At time ol \\'fitini:; tl\'Cr 30 had been turned <•ut. a,~en1hlnl 111ai11- ly from ll'artimc man ubnurcd p:1rt~. Holl'Cl'er. the -l 1st m;irhinc and tlw~c that folloll' it ll'ill he 111;1nuhctu rcd from completely ncll' part~. O rder, from the Canadi;in go1·ernmc11t arc for ~00 l-lan·ard I\' aircraft and for 300 Harvard T (, j :1ircraft. the two order, having a total l'aluc of nearl y ~36.000.· 000. At the company's Point St. Charles plant in 1'1ontreal. Harl'ard propellers. undercarriages. and hydraulic units arc in production. Insofar ;is the pro pellers are concerned. inability of the Canadian go\'ernmcnt to oht:iin blade profiling lathes has limited Canadian Car's effort to date to the production uf huhs. The blades are coming out of surplw. stock and th<.: firs t propt:lkr ll'ill he ddi,·crcd in August. The fi rst u nit complete ll'ith C1nC::1r-111:l(k blade~ ll'ill he dcli,·ered the folloll'i11g 1nonth. The St. Laurent plant ( at Cart ier- 1·illc Airport) conti nue~ it, lo11g-s1:111d ing program of liar\'ard 01·crhaul :111d production of H ar\'ard part.,. I 11 regard to th<.: lancr. Canadian Car receives practically all the I larl'ard parts busi ness. supplying every air force in the world that is using the familiar tr:iiners . .. including the USAf-'. The . 'orseman VII project. while still ollicially alive seems 10 he play ing :i poor ~econd fiddle lo the l hn·:ird ll'ork. Emplc,yn1rn1 t>ll airnaft ll'ork at the 3() St. Laurrnl is :1hou1 ~00: al Point St. Charles. ahout 'iOO. Employment :11 the Fort \\'illiam pl:1 111 is ahoul -l .00() and thi, is t'Xf1t'Clt'tl to hit 'i .000 ll'he11 Han·ard production hit, its peak. Since a ro11sidrrahlc l'olume ol huscs i, abo produced at thi, plant. d10,c cnga)!ed in airrr.1f1 ll'Ork p1 ohahly nun1- hcr :1bout half the total. The Fort \\' ilk1111 factorr ha, about l .lll l0.000 square feet of noor sp:1Ce. Avro Canada A D!\IIT1TOLY hehind ~chedulc i, the production of the er-. 100 all weather lighter at the Mahon plant of A. V. Roe Canada Limited - though how much this is due to :ictual delays :it Avro Ca nada :ind holl' much it may he attr ibuted to unrealistic production schedules is sou rce for considerahle thought. There is much to indicate that in its eagerness to promise that the ]{C/\F would hu ild up to strength in a remarkahly short time. the Government 11':I~ prone lo an overly optimistic ,·icw of how fast CF-I OOs could he made ;1\'ai lahle. or ro11r,c. :1 ;.::nnhle \\':IS taken that thl' figh1e1 ·, ,nag ,heel ll'ould he kept 1l'a.,onahly clea r. I lad it hccn. then ll'itl101ll do11h1 the situation would he much he11er than it is now as far as C:F-1 ()() deliveries are concerned . /\~ is only too well known. al least one major snag did develop fol lowing de livery of the li r,1 m:ichine to the RC/\ P. While eliminating this , nag is not an insurmoun1ahle problem. it i, in volved enough to came rnnsiderahlc delay. It will he rec:illed that the initi:il RCAF order \\':J S for 12 aircr:ift. in cluding the 111'0 prototypes. l\ lost of these have been completed. hut de- lin:r\' h.1s been held hark on the 111aiori1y umil the modific nions found ncce,san · in the first dcli,-crcd machine arc inrnrpora1ed in those that folloll'~ .• \ct11ally. the machine that ll'ill go 11110 largc-,c:de produrtion folloll'in<• the ~oh·ing of the prc,cm diffirnlties i: lo he the !\ 1:irk 3. an :1d1·anced 1-crsion of the .\lark I . ll'hich ll'ill l.1:11-c. amoni,! 01 her i111pro1·c111e1 11s. more: poll'erf ~l Urenda,. Orenda prod11ctio11 seem; to be com ing along a~ \\'Cll as can be expected. considering 1h:11 thl')' are 11011' being turned out in the tool prol'i 11g shop and the experimental shop. \Vhrn the new plant gets going about the middle of this year ( it is completely closed in noll' and the inte rior work is shaping up 1·er) nicely) there should be no delay in rapidly increasing pro duction on th is engine. Ano Canada currently employs about 8,500 persons and when hoth its .1\ircraft and Engine dil'is ions arc 1n full production. employment 1s ex pected to reach :1round 15.000. Th t: main plant. ll'h ich ll' ill l'l't:nt• u,ilh· he dt:1·otl'd :dmost e11 lircly lo airlr;1111c production . ha~ u1'Cr 1.00(1.llllll fret uf floor ,p:Kt:. The Ill'\\' engine plant h~1hou1 -100.llflO squarr feet. In add itio11, a 11ew flight test h:1ngar of rn11sidcrahle size is being constnic1cd close to the main plant. at Malton Airport. Canadian Pratt & Whitney N OT FAR from completion is the 11': w engine manufacturing plant he ing built in the mu nicipality of Jacques Ca rtier, P.Q .. by the C:1n:idi:1n Pratt & \Vhitnr)' .'\ircraft Co. Ltd., ll'ho h:11-c an order from the Department of De fence Production for 1.000 R-11-lU A/NCR/IF/' I SPERRY PLANT AT MONTREAL FOR INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURE. AVIATION ELECTRIC'S NEW MONTREAL PLANT. = HERE (HALEY, ONT.) LIGHT ALLOYS WILL MAKE CASTINGS. THOMPSON PRODUCTS NEW TURBINE BLA DE PLANT. Pratt & Whitney engines. These will. of course. he used to µower the Harvard trainers being produced In- Canadian Car & Foundry Limited. • The plans are that the: new plant will be ready for occuµancy before many more months pass and th:n the first engine will he deli,·ered towards the end of J 952. The ·additional staff necessary to produce these engines haYe been under training tor some time. The new facton· is a big one. the combined ofiice and plam area pro ,·iding about 320.000 square feet of floor space. l t will not. howeYer re place the existing extensi,·e o\'erhaul and sen·ice facilities maintained by Can:1dian Pratt & \\'hitney - :n Lon gueuil about one mile away from the 1;ew establishment. This aspect of the business currently employs some 500 persons. ~o,,· in its 2-lth year of business in Canad:t . th is company is a subsidiary oi the Cnited Aircrait Corporation aPCl sells and scn·ices Pratt t<. \Vhitm:y engines. Hamiltou Standard propellers, and Sikorsb- helicopte rs. all products of Y.1r ious di,·isions oi Cnited A ircraft. h also sells and sen· ices Pesco Aircraft accessories. Chairman of the Hoard of this com p:rny is Ja mes Young: Prcsidem, Ron ald Rilev: V ice-President. Manufactur ing. John W . R. Drummond. formerly Sales-Engineering Supcn·isor. the posi tion no,,· filled by Gene H. Schweitze r. MacDona ld Bros. Aircraft L OC:\ TED :\ T StcYenson Airport on the outskirts of Greater \:\'inni peg . .\lacDonald Bros .. -\ irc raft Limited is at present e::panding personnel and plant fac ilities to carry out national dcience and other cont racts-in-hand ex ceeding S'5.000.000. Staff of l .000 and Aoor space of 200.oor1 square feet at time ol writing arc di,· ided between d~tmems employed in aircraft con ,·erswn and oYerhaul for the RCAF and ~heet metal manufacturing work sub contracted from A no 1,anada. The oYerhaul program is concerned chieAy with two types. the F-51 Mus tang and the Beechcrait 3T Expedito~. Processing is carried out on a produc tion line basis. lt includes the periodic reconditioning and o,·erhaul of time expired aircraft. repair and rebu ildi ng of crashed aircraft. and conversion and mudific:n ion of serYiceablc units . Special modificat ions to the Expeditor .,/IRCR.1 FT AT NW INDUSTRIES Ill OAKS AND HARVARDS ARE REBUILT. AT TCA IRl THESE PLUS EXPEDITORS GET RO UTIN E MAINTENANCE. include struclllr:il and :it:rodynamic changes designed to modernize it from its orig in:il wartime des ign. A fe:iturc of con\'crsion work on both types is the replacement of exist ing radio communication equipment with un its of the most modern type. The company's radio dep:irtment is :ilso ol'erhauling electronic ground st:ition equipment for the RCAF, in cluding both transmitting :md recei\' in_g sets. .'\s :in auxili:iry sen·ice. M:icDonald Bros. maintain a mobile field crew who tra\'el between RCAF stations in .\lanitoba rural areas. The crew pre pares ai rcr:ift fo r storage, re-activates stored un its, and performs on-thc spot modifications and weatherization changes to aircraft in ser\'ice. Supplementary to the o,·erhaul pro g ram. the company is manufacturing quantities of Must:ing and Mitchell pares for the RCAF under license from North American A \'iation Inc. The Winnipeg plant has :ilso been approl'cd as a Beech Certified Scrl' icc St:i tion. \Vithin the p:ist two yea rs, the com- pany has de,·elopcd faci lities for a new type of precision sheet metal man ufacture, that of stainless steel com ponents for high temperature applica tion in turbojet engines. Current work, carried out on subcontract from :\ HO Canada. is the production of three components comprising the ex haust portion or "hot end'' of the Orenda. These components arc tail cone. jet pipe. and final nozzle. As sembled a~ an eng ine unit. they form a component of over 14 feet in length . Approximately 3.000 spot welds, S5 feet of scam welding. and 30 fee t of argofl arc welding are requi red per unit. A 150 1-:.\'A Scam Welder and 100 K \·A Spot Welders ha ,·e been in stalled for carrying out this type of work. Included in the special produ.: tion equipment developed by the com pany staff is an automatic inert gas metal-arc seam welder, and a hydraulic pressure chamber for forming the tailcone bullet. All phases of the job - through tooling. de,·elopmcnt of prototypes. and prodt.ct ion - hal'c been the re sponsibility of MacDonald Bros. The company is planning ior greater actil' ity and a long term expansion of its proi ) . The Turbo-Starter and the Orend:1 fuel sys:c.:m wil l be in pro ductio n lirsr. ll'hile the full list w ill he in initi:il prod uc: ion by the end ot 19'51. It is expected that maximum output ll'ill be reached during the second half o f 1953. .\larc/1 , 1952 of Rotax Limited) ha, ~ long been well known ::ind widely used in th is country. Cntil recently it ll'as knoll'n as Rot:ix Canada Lim ited. Lhe name under ll'hich it was incorporated e:1rh· in I 949 to pro1· ide sa les and sen·ice ot electrical and gas turbine eq uip ment made by Rotax Limited and by Joseph Lucas ( Gas Turbine Eq uip ment) Limited. Later. operations were expanded to embrace the 01·er haul of much of this equipment. Last year it ll'as decided that the demand for many items of Lucas and Rot:ix equipment in Canada ll':1s sufficient :o warrant the ir manufacture here an.-l. subsequently. construction work J n the nell' factor y ll'as started Jaq .\ugust. Because most of the products ll'h ich are to be manufactured by l.uc::is Ror:ix are fuel system or electric.ii components. cle:rnl iness is of the high est importance. Cnm..:quendy. the p!:tnt is et1uipped ll'ith air cond it ion ing :1nd cle:m ing equipm..:n t. Thl' buildings :ire so !:tiJ out 1h:1L consider able expansion may he e ffected wid1- out noticeably a ltering the archi tcc- plctcly reno1·:ned to suit Lhe compan y's operat ion. In add it ion. one h:1H 0t another double h:ing:ir has been taken 01·er fo r sto rage of engines and for carrying out cocooning of eng ines for the RC . .\F. This pro1·ides :111 addi tional 13.000 square fee t. Standard a t present has a contract with the . \ ir Force fo r the 01·erh::i ul of Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasps together with :1 co:uract fo r the m·er haul of practically all types of acces sories. The amoun t of this work rtl!'S in the neighhorhood of $:Z.'500.000 cover ing :1 period of tll'O yea rs. E m ployment at the present time is a pprox imately 150. This company is conside red to have the most dil'l:rsified shop in Canad::. and is ahlc to undertake the 01·e rha11 l o f almost :111y ty pe of small :1in: r:1!-t eng ine up to the \\':tsp H ( R-1340). including Fr:rnklin. l.ycomin::. :nd Contine111:d . It :dso h:1s the LKil itic~ to Ol'erhaul and test F ranklin H e!i copta I 7.'l's :111d 200's. St:111d :1rd's expi:rien.:i: go..:s hack to I '/,7 and sin:•: then it has 01·erh.1u k d :tpproximate'•y l ll,000 piston type engines :rnd se,·er.t! -l l ."hundred thousand accessories. 1t is rece1\'l ng engines in its plant from commercial operators from the head of the lakes LO the Yukon. and carries out the majority of commercial over hauls in \ Vestern Canada. Aircraft Industries of Conada Airc raft Industries of Canada Lim ited is located at St. Johns. P.Q .. and employs about ~50 people on the re pair. conversion. and o,·erhaul '>f Harvards. Cansos. Dakotas. and also a \\'ide ,·ariety of large civ il aircraft. This company occupies o,·er 85.000 square feet of Aoor space and has shops for sheet metal. electrical and radio. fabric. \\'Ood. dope and paint. rnstrument check . IH'draulic. sand also heing carried out under sub contract f rum c.:ng ine overhaul con trac tors. It is equipped to repair ur m:111ufactun: almost e\'ery type o( air craft instrument or accessory. Godfrey Engineering Formerly known as Sir George Godfrey ~ Partners (Ca nada ) Lim ited. Godfrey Engineering Company Limited employs -10 pc.:oplc in a I 0.000 square foot factory a t Lachine. P.Q. The well equipped plant is currently producing cabin superchargers. cabin refrigeration units. pressure cabin test ing trolleys. port.able blo\\'er units. oxygen ser\'icing trailers; shock strut charger. and hydraulic hose testers. Development is continuing on other at the present time occupies in the order of 60.000 square feet and em ploys approximately 250 people. This company is engaged in the manufac ture o( underc:irriage and hydraulic equipment for the defence program :1nd. in adcliton to other types. is pro ducing all such equipment for the Cf'-100. Lnder license \\'ith the A,·i ation Di,·ision of Dunlop England. \\'heels. brakes. and brake equipment are also heing produced. A sizable repa ir and O\'erhaul prog ram has been undertaken for the re,·italizing o( an accumulation of undercarriage and hydraulic equipment for such a ircraft as the :hro Lancaster produced Ill C :1n:1da during the last \\'ar. LEFT IS THE CANADAIR PLANT NUMBER TWO WHILE AT RIGHT IS A SHOP INTERIOR VIEW OF THE N'ORTH VEST INDUSTRIES PLANl . blast, MagnaAux. and tvf:tgnaglo. The biggest phase of :\ircrah Industries· present program is the Har\'ard w ork for the RCAF. and an inc reasing pro portion of this i11\'oh·es the rebuilding of airc raft after •·c•· type crashes. Aviation Electric No\\' occupying about ·10.000 square feet of plant space in downto\\'11 \fontreal. A ,·iation Elec tric Limited is soon LO mo,·e to its ne\\' ar.d larger quarters at St. Laurent. P .Q .. nea r :vlontreal. The new plant has 71 .000 square feet of space and when it is occonied early this summer, A " iation Electric's employment is expected ~o rise from its present 270 to about 400. This company specializes in the repair and o\'erhaul of a irc raft instruments and elec trical accessories. l n its ma chine shop ic also carries on mold. die. anc..l hobbing acti,·ities, as wdl ,1s manufactu re of a numher of airc raft components and parts. t- fodific:nion and sal\'age work on engine pans arc items of spc.:c i:ilty :iir conc..litioning c.:qu ipment. both for airborne and ground scn·ic ing use. The company was established in 19-l i as a s:1les and service subsidiary of Sir George God frey & Partners. Ltd .. England, and early in 19-19 it was decided to con st ruct a small manufacturing plant in \1ontrc.:al to produce specialized items of cabin pressu rization equipment for the C F-100. At the s:ime time arrange ments were made to m:inufactu~e sc,·eral specialt)' items of a i r c r a ft ground sen· icinl.( equipment required by the RCAF. Actual manufacturing operat ions were ::ommenced late in 19-19. In the same year T C A adopted (;odfrey Cabin Superchargers as stand ard equipment on . 'onh Stars. these units b c in g manufactured hy the parent company. Dowty Equipment /\t Ajax, Ontario. ( near T oromo) i~ the.: head office and pbnt of Dowty Equipment of Canada Limited , which Sanderson Aircraft Sanderson Aircraft Limited has for some time.: now b-::-: .., e:i!!aged in turn ing out Heaver components under subcontract to Tb:: de H a\' illand Air craft of Canad a. This company em ploys about 40 people on this work. "'hich takes up about I 0.000 square feet in the double hangar leased hy Sanderson at }, lalton .-\irport. Field Aviation One ot t \\'O big job~ being ca rried out by field .-\ ,· iat ion Company Limited at its Osha"'a, Ontario, base is the routine sen ·icing and maintenance ( including engine cl1:1n~es) of all the Har\'ards, Dakotas, \fochells, and Expeditors ba, ed at ]{CAF Station Trenton. The other iob is the sen·icing. repair, and o\'erhaul of the fleet of aircraft operated hy Kcnting Aviation Limited for Photo g ra phic Survey Corporation, both affil iate companies of Field. In addition, Field subcontracts a ,·ariety of jobs, in cluding sheet metal \\'Ork and cable A!RC/?.,JFT naval air station Complete spray pai~ng systems for aviation products EVERYTHING YO U NEED FROM ONE SOURCE-BI NKS SPRAY GUNS-A W IDE, WIDE RANGE You have your choice of guns ranging from models for intermittent ,'),1' use to the production model illustraled here. Whatever you're handling - ... dope, lacquer. synthetic enamel, phenolic resins or any other air craft finish ... Binks hos a gun for it, more than 36 models with some 1050 nozzle combinations. MATERIAL TANKS AND AGITATORS Binks heavy, long-life pressure material tanks ore available in ca pacities from 2 to 60 gallons. The mechanical agitators on top keep linishing materials well mixed in the tank. These agitators are sup plied with either manual or power drives. EX TRACTORS AND OTHER ACCESSORIES Binks extractors clean oil and water from the compressed air before it reaches the spray gun. Binks hose for both air and material is available in many different sizes and types. And all connections-on extractors, guns. couplings, . etc.-hove standard pipe threads. SPRAY BOOTHS OF A LL SIZES AND TYPES Binks makes booths in sizes and shapes ranging from water-wash booths that will hold a complete airplone to small bench type models. Binks also designs custom booths to customer or government specifi• cations. And all conform with requirements of health. lire a nd state authorities. AND Binks also makes a ir compressors, exhaust systems, automatic finishing systems, special guns, exhaust fans. SEND TODAY for Cata log-Doto Book No. 955 for a description of the p rod ucts in Binks complete line. No obligation. Binks Manufacturing Company of Canada Ltd., Dept. A-2, 224 Sandw ich St. W., Windsor, Ontario GUNS • SPRAY BOOTHS • MAl [RIAL lANKS • [XIRACTORS & ACC[SSORl[S R[PR[S[NTATIV[S IN PRINCIPAL CAIIAOIAN & U.S. Cll' 5 • S[[ YOUR CLASSl r!EOeOIR(CTORY -H swag ing. The co111p:1m rurn.:ntly e111- ploys :1hou1 200 people and has :ihout -l'i.0011 squ:1rc ket of pl:1111 spare. Light Alloys and Domal Do111i11i,:11 1\ l:1g11esi11111 Limited ( [)o. 1nal) i, C:111ada ·, larg::s1 producer of rna~11esi11111 metal. the g-rc:ncr propor tion of \\·hid1 is sold in the fo rm of i11go1. The r 1np:111y :1bt> has an c,1--u sion p!:111! d:.:, 01cd ;o the production o l structural shape, in 111.1c:nesiu:n all~n·, and is the on ly domi.:s:i, rrcducer ;if spccific:1tinn grade 111:1:.:11esiu111 allm· ex tr udi.:d section, for C:1 :1:1da ·s Ai rcr:11·1 Industry. Domal is the sole: producer of titanium in C:111ada and at present i~ in pilot pb Ill production o f this new metal. There art a, yet no focilities a,·:ii l able for rnnn:rsion of the metal as pro dur~d to in!-!ot or mill rroduct form . such as bar. rod . sheet. "·ire. etc .. hut these ma)· be expected to he prm·ided as demand increases . • Light Alloys Limited. a wholly-mrnd fou ndrr and ~ahric;11ino subsidi:in· of Duma!: i, IH>\\· workin; in it, original l{cnfrew. Ontario . . fou~1dn-. hut 'in :1 short time will be mo,·in~ w oper:ttt· in the Cm crnmc111-om1ed f:1cili1 ,· :ll Halcy. Onta rio . 1 Thc nn,· foundry. has 70.0U0 square feet of Aoor spacc. will h:l\·e :111 estimated capacity of 400,000 pounds of light meial castings per month. and \viii e,·entually empli,y about -JOU workers . . -\ , a major subcon tractor to :\no Canada. Li,,ln .·\llovs \\'ill use its new foundry t~ produ~c magnesium cas inp form~· in Canad i:111- huilt turbojet engines and aircraft. Canadian Steel Improvement Late last momh. the nc\\" s:ecl forg ing plant of Canadian ~:1eel Improve ment Limited was officially oi;!:ned at Ewhicoke. ( )mario ( nt:ar Toronto). The m:,in initial act i,·it ,· (/ the new plan 1. "·hich i, at first rn;rlo) ing about I 80 pcn,om. is th

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