A tropical, salt‐laden atmosphere with all the resultant problems of sand, intense heat and plunging temperatures is certainly not an ideal environment for any aviation ground…
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A tropical, salt‐laden atmosphere with all the resultant problems of sand, intense heat and plunging temperatures is certainly not an ideal environment for any aviation ground power system. These conditions do, however, represent just some of the problems that MPL Power Systems plc has had to overcome in order to win a major contract with Plessey Airports for Plaisance Airport on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. The contract is for the supply of five ‘super‐silenced’ decentralised, weatherproof 400Hz fixed ground power units, complete with crocodile type cable storage devices. Four units are to be located on the aircraft apron with the remaining unit within the ATR42 aircraft hangar.
In the British Medical Journal recently Sir William Savage drew attention to the increased incidence of cases of food poisoning due to salmonella over the last few years. He…
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In the British Medical Journal recently Sir William Savage drew attention to the increased incidence of cases of food poisoning due to salmonella over the last few years. He regards poultry as the main source of infections, although other animals, such as pigs, cattle, rats and mice, play their part. Sir William lists five main factors in his opinion responsible for the greater frequency of outbreaks: the increasing custom of “eating out” among all classes; extended bulk preparation and pre‐packing of foods; greater usage of imported eggs, frozen or liquid; more frequent occurrence of salmonella in animals; increases in the number of human carriers of salmonella organisms.
Scottish plastics firm, ICL Technical Plastics Ltd, are set to benefit from the latest big order for the British Aerospace Jetstream 31, built at nearby Prestwick.