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aircraft
aircraft industry
Author_Ron Smith
autogyros
aviation history
avro
barnwell brothers
belfast
blackburn
british aircraft industry
brough
catchcart
Category=WGM
cunard steamship co
dumbarton
encyclopaedia
encycolopedia
english electric
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filey
g & j weir
inchinnan airship factory
industry
lake windermere flying boat factory
leeds
manchester
northern england
northern ireland
preston
scotland
scottish aviation|prestwick
shorts
stirling
tempus revealing history|Northern England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland
wales
warton
Product details
- ISBN 9780752434872
- Weight: 640g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jun 2005
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This is the final volume of Ron Smith's definitive directory of the British aircraft industry features a vast array of companies, both large and small, who have constructed aircraft across Northern England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. From the autogyros of G. & J. Weir at Catchcart to the Cunard Steamship Co.'s Aintree factory, via Avro at Manchester; Shorts at Belfast; Blackburn at Brough, Filey, Leeds and Dumbarton; the Barnwell brothers at Stirling; Scottish Aviation at Prestwick; English Electric at Preston & Warton; the Lake Windermere flying-boat factory and the Inchinnan airship factory, this illustrated volume covers every British aircraft and component manufacturer in the area.
Ron Smith has written the four other volumes in this series, covering the rest of the UK. He works for BAE Systems at Farnborough.
