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Parasail Craft (continued) with a hydraulic winch and a tow reel that allows for the operation of parasailing equipment to simulate a bailout of aircrew members. The winch releases line, retrieves line, and locks it in place. After the stu- dent contacts the water, the vessel is used to recover and/or stand by the student and his equipment.

To provide overhead visibility by the boat's skipper and seaman,

MonArk developed a cabin roof with transparent Lexan inserts. The overhead visibility insures that the student is in sight at all times dur- ing the exercise.

Outfitting includes a Loran C,

VHF radio, safety railing, boarding ladder, automatic fire-extinguishing system, and depth sounder. A truck compartment is provided forward of the pilot station with full standing headroom, a full-length berth/seat- ing, a navigation/chart table, and a navigational instruments storage cabinet.

Since the Water Survival School became fully operational in 1971, more than 70,000 students have graduated from its three-day course.

Personnel trained at the school in- clude active duty Air Force, Air

National Guard, Reserve members, and NASA personnel, which include several groups of future astronauts, as well as selected personnel from the Army and Navy, and several allied countries.

For additional information and free literature on MonArk's facili- ties and activities,

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With this new test facility, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division offers to its customers complete and verifiable in-house testing of its large diesel engine product line.

Fairbanks Morse Engine Division

Unveils New Test Facility

The Fairbanks Morse Engine Di- vision, Beloit, Wis., has announced the completion, testing and opera- tion of its new large engine test facility. This new test facility offers complete engine operation testing for Colt-Pielstick PC4.2 series diesel engines on a state-of-the-art dyna- mometer system, with capabilities for testing marine or stationary en- gines from 4,500 to 29,300 bhp.

Mounted in an acoustically insu- lated, air-conditioned control room is the data-logging/recording and control equipment required for complete engine testing. The dyna- mometer is capable of loading in excess of 46,000 U.S. horsepower or 35,000 kilowatts. It is mounted on a special support base which provides air-bearing support while being al- igned to the engine crankshaft. This system allows the 55-ton dynamom- eter to be pushed into position by two men.

When an engine is under test, control of test parameters is moni- tored by way of digital process con- trollers which regulate water and oil pressures, temperatures and dyna- mometer load.

Also provided by the system is automatic, instantaneous switch- over to "backup" lube oil and fuel oil pumps. The auxiliary equipment in this new facility includes a 7,000-

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Two 300-hp variable speed pumps provide main engine lubrication cir- culation. Variable speed pumps were selected as they supply su- perior pressure and flow control over a wide range of engine require- ments. Variable speed pumps were also selected for use on the engine's jacket water systems. The lube oil and jacket water systems both pro- vide pressure-test capabilities as well as normal circulation func- tions.

Starting air supplied by a dedi- cated compressor is stored in two 100-cubic-foot air tanks at 650 psi.

Also available are numerous alarms and automatic trips which can be programmed to suit special test sit- uations.

With this new test facility, Fair- banks Morse Engine Division offers to its customers complete and verifi- able in-house testing of its large die- sel engine product line.

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Two Separate Divisions

Formed From Textron's

Bell Aerospace Operation

Textron Inc. has announced the creation of two separate divisions from its former Bell Aerospace Divi- sion. The Bell Aerospace operation in Buffalo, N.Y., is now one division, and the New Orleans operation is a separate division under the name

Textron Marine Systems.

John J. Kelly, formerly Bell

Aerospace president, will be presi- dent of the New Orleans-based Tex- tron Marine Systems Division, which is in the air cushion vessel business, including the Landing

Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) program for the U.S. Navy. He has been with

Textron's aerospace operations for more than 20 years, with prior expe- rience at Republic Aviation and

General Electric.

Robert A. Norling, previously senior vice president of Bell Aero- space, is now president of that divi- sion, which includes operations in military electronics and propulsion systems and other high-technology products. He joined Bell Aerospace in 1980, following experience at

Honeywell, the U.S. Army Ballistic

Missile Defense Agency, Avco Ever- ett Research, and Bendix Corpora- tion.

B.F. Dolan, president and chief executive officer of Textron, said that this change "is intended to stimulate growth within each of the divisions by increasing manage- ment's focus on its individual mar- kets." He added that each of the divisions should contribute signifi- cantly to Textron's results "just as

Bell Aerospace has done historical- ly." 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News