Evening star., 1950-12-10

the peoples of two nations for m
This strictly business deal ma
facturers here at least five of Brit
aims most successful and most
promising jet engines for both
military and commercial aircraft.
OF equal importance is an agree
ment for an engineering and tech
nical collaboration whereby the
engine builders signatory to the
contract on both sides of the At
lantic will constantly exchange
research and production knoWl-
edge and experience to speed up
the further development of bet
ter engines for both nations for
years to come.
The valuable exchange arrange
ment has the full effect of an
Anglo-American jet engine ALI
ance, and a very durable one it
promises to be as the house flags
of three renowned aircraft engine
builders, one American and two
British, have been posted as bond
to insure its success.
Two Contracts Involved
The Wright Aeronautical Corp.
Of Wood Ridge, N. j., engine sub
sidiary of the Curtiss-Wright
Corp, and Armstrong-Siddeley
Motors. Ltd. of Coventry and the
Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd, OF
Bristol, England, are the princi-
pals. Specifically, the business ar
rangement is in the form OF two
separate contracts, one between
Wright and Armstrong -Siddeley
for four jet engines, including the
recently announced Sapphire
turbo-jet, hailed as the worlds
most powerful, and another be-
tween Wright and Bristol for en-
gineering and technical collabora-
ton in jet engine research and
production, including the grant OF
United States manufacturing
rights in an advanced design now
under way and about which little
has been revealed beyond its name
-BrlStOl olympus.
Details of the contracts have
been withheld for security and
trade reasons, but it is under
stood Wright can also acquire
production licenses on three ex-
listing Bristol turbo-prop engines
(jet engines whose exhaust is
harnessed to turn a propeller), if
necessary.
Supplement the foregoing agree
ment with an earlier one entered
into between Pratt & Whitney
Aircraft of East Hartford, Conn,
and Rolls-Royce, Ltd, for Ameri-
can production rights, to the
Meme and Tay turbo-jet engines,
and then add to these the Ameri-
can-designed turbo-jet and tur-
bo-prop engines in production
and under development by Pratt
& Whitney, General Electric
WESTINGHOUSE and Allison Divi-
sion of General Motors, total
results clearly showing that
America is rapidly on the way to
becoming the foremost possessor
of Jet engines for every purpose
military and civil, high-power
and low.
The comforting significance OF
s,is is that the vast majority OF
the worlds jet power-plant types
are being located here for pro-
duction and for the protection OF
the harassed democracies should
a third world war explode. British
Jet engine development and pro-
duction will continue on that lit
tie island as it began before vic
tory was in sight in the last war
but now that part of its jet work
licensed over here is less likely to
be seriously affected if Europe
catches fire.
Britain Way Ahead
But such planning played a
minor role, If it existed at all, in
the business transaction between
Wright Aeronautical and Arm
strong-Siddeley and Bristol i'll
late September and early October
of this year. That deal came
about because the American firm
had the cash in hand and des-
perately needed the products OF
the two long established and
very responsible British firms
which desperately needed the
American dollars. AS neither the
American and British aircraft
and engine manufacturing indus
tries are as yet nationalized, the
deal was wrangled to a satisfac-
tory settlement by the expert
traders on both sides of the table
without benefit of advice from
government economists, politi-
clans or diplomats from either
nation. However, both govern
ments were extended the courtesy