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Water,too shallow far boats is no problem for this Viking air cushion vehicle constructed in
Grand Bend. The vehicle here is operating in a search and rescue mission at Kettle Point in
Lake Huron. The hovercraft was assigned an area of 150 square miles in the operation and
worked for 15 hours before returning to its Goderich base.
All terrain travel
It's modern and useful
BY JEFF SEDDON
A inodern and sophisticated
-'method of transportation that
does ,not require a road, rail or
deep waterway is being con-
stru-ted and tested right here
in 'Huron County.
Bell Aerospace' Canada
Limited, of Grand Bend, is in-
troducing air cushion vehicles
to the Canadian transportation*
market and are currently
testing', the, vehicles to, prove
their worth in, the° yast un-
developed areas of the country.
The principle of
aerodynamics is applied to the.
34,000 bound Voyageur. Two
three -blade propellers and two,
seven -foot fans harness the
power of the 1300 horsepower
United Aircraft engines to give
the vehicle the lift and
prophalsion required to operate
it, • ,
Heavy four -foot skirts frame
the craft and capture the air
displaced by the centrifugal
fans.' The air" is directed down
directly beneath the :vehicle
and causev it to- lift to the
height of the skirt. This cushion
of air wit' allow the Voyageur
to he operated on land, water,
marsh or ice surfaces without
disturbing the ecology.
Forward motion. --is obtained
from the propellers. They will
power the vehicle at speeds up
to 50 miles per hour with a 25,
ton payload aboard. By
changing the angle of the
pr6peller, operator Kim Her
ford directs the floating tran-
sport. At full speed it takes one-
half a mile to turn the craft
around' while' at dead slow it
can be -revered in ,only 150
feet,'
Small'dogrs or puff ports as
the engineers term them are
opened quickly to send quick
bursts of air to the side of the
craft. This allows it to be tur-
ned in a very short radius.
Management and -workers.
alike are very eri.husiastIc
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about the possibilities of, the
hovercraft. A strong bond exists
among the employees which
engineer Mike. Ball describes as
"family." Any worker you ask
about The craft will be quick.to
point out with pride to its
capabilities and will compare it
to conventional 'modes of tran-
.sportation.
The younger and smaller
sister ship to the Voyageur, the
Viking, is the vehicle currently
being tested in Goderich. The
Viking was designed much the
same as the Voyageur -II -with
small improvements such as an
improved puff port system and•
a twin -drive transmission
system that reduces prOpeller
speed and noise and yet main-
tains a , powerful -.thrust for
precise control.
The 'flat &Vic of the Viking
although shorter than' the
Voyageur accepts a wide range
of payloads or), special equip-
ment. 'This makes the craft
ideal. for exploration, search
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GODERICH SIGNAL: -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, ;54
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*4, Problems in your woodlot?
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The Ministry of Natural
.Zesources has a number of ser-
vices available to the public in
regard to woodlot management.
Landowners contemplating
the sale Of merchantable trees
would do well to contactthe
Ministry first,
Forestry staff will inspect a
woodlot for a commercial cut
and mark the trees that should
be harvested at that time.
Trees tobe cut are marked
with tw.o spots of paint. One at
breast height makes them easy
to see by the cutters. The
second at stump level enables
the woodlot owner to check the
hush after it has been cut to
make certain that only the
•marked trees were taken.
Volumes of timber are-com-
,piled and a minimum sale price
is_ given to the landowner.
This timber, with the -owner's
permission, is advertised within
the District on a timber sale
notice that is sent to all local
log buyers.
Sales are negotiated directly
between the log buyer and the
landowner.Pbmtietition is keen
and better prices to the tan,
downer generally results.
Many woodlots are beirtg
over -cut. Selling only the
marked trees leaves the stand
in a better condition so that
another cut can be mad a a
later date.
People with fireplaces or
woodstoves may be uniure-of
what trees to cut for firewood.
A portion of a • bush may be
marked by Ministry staff to in-
dicate -to .the owner the type of
material that should be
removed.
..Maple'syrup producers also
consult the Ministry to find put
ways of' increasing the Sap yield
f.
in a maple bush..
The Woodlands, Im-
provement Act is a ogram
and rescue or military missions.
The 'Machine can easily be
broken down into component
parts and shipped to a site for
reaSsembly„
Alt these features have been
incorporated - into. the .Bell
Aerospace machines to..' en.
courage companies or gtvern-
ments to consider them for use
in inaccessible terrain. The
Coast Guard purchased one
--craft for .search and :rescue.,
missions on the Atlantic Coast
and two large companies in
North America have Wit them
into use to transport materials
and equipment, to exploration
sites in the Arctic tundra and
the North West -Territories.
Company e ngineers- are con-
templating - introducing use of
,,,the hovercrafts as a ferry ser-
vice for passengers. British
Hovercraft Limited is currently
using hovercraft to ferry people
'and cargo 'across the English
Channel and this potential ,is
being applied to the Canadian
manufacturers.
With this recent pyactical
system of transport manufac-
tured in Canada no area of this
Vast country will be inac-
cessible any longer, .Bell
Aerospace officialst feel.
that has been of great benefit to
thP landowning public.
Under this prograin, the lan-
downer enters a 15 year
agreeThent with the Ministry.
Young hardwood bushes of at
least ten acres in size are thin-
Readers
By mid-June, a thousand On-
tario people had written to
CIAG Insurance to express
their views on no-fault car in-
su,rance in response to a
province -wide corTimer infor-
mation program the corfipany
began in May.
Full-page ads in 112
newspapers provided infor-
mation an no-fault legal con-
cepts and car insurance.
Readers were given a chance
to express their opinions ,and
request further information by
mail or frOrn, One of CIAG's.60
offices. CIAG, owned by' Cc. -
operative, farm and pred i t
union .groups, is On,tario's.
major insurer of automobiles.
Of the 1000 people who had
replied to,. the ad by June 14,
456 asked for • more infor;
mation. Locl CIAG offices
provided information to 321'
others.
At least 91 replies originated
with lawyers and, law offices. Of
these, 79 favored retention 'of,
the present legal/insurance,
system; J2 favored extending
the no-fault approach.
The balance of the expressed
preferences slightly favored in-
ned' to give the more desireable'
trees a better chance to 'grow.
Unwanted trees are girdled
with an axe. ,With the outer
layers of the wood severed, the
tree soon dies. This method
has -proven just as effective and,
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Small loose particles- of grass and dirt are sent up in a spray as the 17-tcin air cushion
Voyageur passes over at the Grand Bend construction test site. The craft can pass over a
human beIng and cause him no injury and yet can be used to break an ice pack up to 15 in-
ches thick. (staff -photo)'
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eric carman photography
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iking graft. (staff -photo)
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cutting the trees down. Even-
tually the girdled 'trees break
down. The landowner must
protect the woodlot from fire,
insects, disase and 'livestock.
Some wolf trees are often left to
provide 'a wildlife habitat.
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Wingham District Office
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