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Giant Refueller at Farnborough

11th September 1959
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[ONG the automotive-based exhibits

t this year's Farnborough air show new 10,000-gal, aircraft refueller

• three ordered by Shell and B.F.

ion Services. The vehicles have designed by Zwicky, Ltd., Slough, he tank, which is an all-aluminium [d assembly, was constructed by Air :e Training, Ltd., Southampton. with the new Air-B.F. refueller ibed on page 149, the tractive unit 1 A.E.C. Mammoth Major sixLer, with a wheelbase of 16 ft. 94 in. t. shorter than the B.F. vehicle. A re of the Zwicky design is the high -unladen weight ratio: the complete le has a kerb weight of 16 tons t., and is expected to operate at a train weight of 50 tons. Michelin !tic tyre equipment is employed, o other interesting Zwicky exhibits . under the category of aviation int dispensers. One, based on a er Gamecock oil-engined chassis cnown as the Super Jet Dispenser, private car" body styling, the bodyhaving been built by Normand, A smaller dispenser is based on a 1rd CAZ 15-cwt, petrol-engined The Karrier-based vehicle has been designed by B.P., and will be employed by Air-B.P. on airports outside Britain which have been equipped with hydrant refuelling systems. The internal pipework of this vehicle has been designed with a view to keeping the pressure drop between the intake and delivery hoses down to a minimum.

Internal equipment includes comprehensive filtering plant and an air separator. The smaller machine on the Bedford chassis is one of 12 which have been delivered to Shell.

Another interesting wheeled-vehicle application is displayed at Farnborough by Airtech, Ltd., Haddenham, Bucks, This is the Aircon container system, which permits the wheeled attachments to accept basic containers, thus making them transportable. These attachments consist of twowheeled frames, which can be bolted to the sides of the containers, with a suspension system of bell-crank levers and coil springs. Thus the floor of the container can be kept close to ground level without reducing the overall manceuvrability of the complete assembly.

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Locations: The Karrier, Southampton

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