ACCLES & POLLOCK-" Start of a Career" part 3

Accles & Pollock c.1965. Start of a Career. A recruitment and training film made by Philip Hipkiss,a Training Officer with the company in 1965.He can be seen in the opening interview sequence (seated left) along with colleague and long time friend Ralph Gordon (seated right). The film begins with a prospective apprentice getting off the bus in Oldbury and walking to the factory along Rounds Green Road. We see his interview and a standard written test. Next,apprentices look at various processes throughout the factory. The film moves on to training undertaken at Oldbury College,featuring lectures and engineering practice. Recreational activities are shown such as the Apollo Club and visits to the companies own Nant Cottage in North Wales.A trip to Norway is also featured. The film ends with a succesful apprentice given the equipment for his new job in time study. The film premiered at the TI(Tube Investments) ballroom.It was accompanied by an Andre Segovia track and a live comentary.Later the film was dubbed by Bernard Miles.Sadly only the film footage remains. Accles & Pollock was a world renown tube engineering company.As part of the TI Group it's tube manufacturing and manipulating technology was utilized in many fields of engineering,from sports equipment(Apollo),furniture(PEL),automotive,aerospace and the nuclear industry to name a few. Two years prior to the film Superior Tube Company of Pennsylvania USA sent a sample of what they said was the worlds smallest tube and ...
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Piper Enters the Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) Market with the PiperSport www.piper.com The PiperSport is a world-class aircraft offering performance, luxury, and value for money. In this video, Piper insiders offer a first look at the PiperSport - its design, performance, flying characteristics, and features. SEBRING, Fla., Jan. 21, 2010 Piper Aircraft, Inc. announced details and unveiled its all-new PiperSport here today, underscoring its foray into the Light Sport Aviation segment with a world-class aircraft that speaks to Pipers heritage in designing and building seminal, entry-level airplanes while offering features and performance normally found in more expensive, performance aircraft. Piper President & CEO Kevin J. Gould made the announcement during a news conference held here this morning at the Sebring US Sport Aviation Expo 2010. With the PiperSport, Gould said, Piper is entering what is undeniably one of the most exciting market segments in general aviation. This burgeoning segment is becoming vital to our industry and playing an ever-increasing role in developing general aviations next generation of pilots. The PiperSport is an amazing entry-level aircraft that will bring new customers into Piper and lead the way for those customers to step up into more sophisticated and higher performance aircraft within our line over time. Moreover, as the only aircraft manufacturer to have models in every market segment, Piper continues to expand its business model to ensure ...