A history of the development of the variable pitch. Dowty group was a leading british manufacturer of aircraft equipment. Dowty co of cheltenham 1931 george dowty formerly of a. Howard glenn bird, 91, passed away at his residence on thursday april 25, 2019. Rotol was originally formed by rollsroyce and bristol merging their propeller interests and setting up in gloucestershire.
Dowty group was a leading british manufacturer of aerospace, industrial, mining and electrical equipment. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. This talk can be booked with the the story of aviation, design and manufacturing for. Manufacture of composite propeller blades for commuter. December 2017 dowty propellers signs the master contract for its propeller system on the ma700, covering the companys design, development, production and inservice support for this twinengine regional airliner from avic aircraft co. The method of manufacture utilises special tooling and a resin injection process specifically developed to produce composites with. In 1968, the company introduced the first fibreglass propellers.
The firm ceased operating as an individual entity following its acquisition by ti group in 1992. Rivenhall was his first book, but he went on to write rotol the history of an airscrew company alan sutton and riding the skies with brad boyer a rivenhall. Dowty group history dowty group ltd dowty heritage. Great britains aerospace industry has an interesting and intriguing history with many. Rotol the history of an airscrew company by stait abebooks. As part of the dowty heritage project, we are seeking to collect lots of oral history recordings from exmembers of staff at dowty or any of its subsidiary companies. Boulton paul aircraft project gutenberg selfpublishing. His numerous books include the limits of american isolation and the jewish state. The company mainly built and modified aircraft under contract to other manufacturers, but had a few notable designs of its own, such as the boulton paul defiant the companys origins date back to an. The young keith richards witnessed hurricanes and spitfires chasing lone dorniers out of kent theres a good chance their propellors were made by rotol, as were vital engine parts for britains pioneering jets.
Home about dowty group oral histories events get involved contact us tell us your story dowty group aerospace mining industrial electronics. He had a lifelong passion for aviation and did his national service in the raf just after the war. Rotol the history of an airscrew company 19371960 written by bruce stait. Composite propeller blades have been developed and are now in production for the new generation of turboprop commuter aircraft. Dowty propellers is a british engineering company based in staverton, gloucestershire that specialises in the manufacture of propellers and propeller components. Prior history shows very little time on the airframe since first being build by vickers in 1945. Commemorative book celebrating dowty group 25years 1931 1956. The allison t56 is an american singleshaft, modular design military turboprop with a 14stage axial flow compressor driven by a fourstage turbine. These will be undertaken by trained oral history interviewees and will help to enhance the website and also the large archive catalogue that. By 1980 dowty rotol was the largest company in the dowty group aerospace and defence division, they employed 3,800 and occupied 34,000m2 of offices, manufacturing workshops and ancillary services. Rare fairchildhiller fh227 dowty rotol 72 propeller. Operating from an interim facility at mitcheldean in gloucestershire, dowty propellers has recreated the complete blade manufacturing capability for its propeller system product lines with output reaching the highest rates in company history.
Rivenhall was his first book, but he went on to write rotol the history of an airscrew company alan sutton and riding the skies with brad boyer a rivenhall pilot. E304, 0, 04212005, 697070002, log books for the r408 propeller. The concept of the ducted propulsor as a quiet propulsive device is relatively new and, because of this, there is a justifiable demand to see evidence that the claims made can be met. The agreement gives sundstrand exclusive sales rights in the united states and canada, and provides for exchange of technical information. In 1934, dowty achieved its breakthrough sale of its innovative undercarriage designs, being contracted by. The companys history of firststomarket include the allcomposite. My engineering apprenticeship dowty group services, new. Aviation possible cambridge aerospace series 9780521021289. Westland aircraft project gutenberg selfpublishing. Bruce stait was born in sale in 1928, but spent his teenage years living in silver end, essex close to rivenhall. Safran is a french aerospacecommunications group which was created as the result of a merger between sagem and.
From its origins as rotol airscrews which was created in 1937 to pursue thenemerging aviation propulsion technologies dowty propellers has maintained its industry leadership during 80 years of developing, producing and supporting propeller systems for civil and military aircraft, along with marine hovercraft. In 1958, bristol aeroplane and rollsroyce agreed to sell rotol and british messier to the dowty group. Dowty heritage the history of gloucestershires global engineering. Like gchq and the dowty company with which rotol later. Dowtyrotol propeller blade for vintage 1960s fairchild hiller fh227 airliner aircraft. Ge has a global service network to support these offerings. Revised april 9,1969 this original spinners illustrated overhaul manual and illustrated parts publication 61107 begins with 8 pages of illustrated advanced information of a repair specification for permaweave spinner deicing elements issued 18, 1963.
During the war the company produced a number of generally unsuccessful designs, but their lysander would serve as an important liaison aircraft with the royal air. Illustrated talk on the history of dowty, gloucestershires global engineering firm, by archivist ally mcconnell, using. Messierdowty was purchased outright by the snecma group in 1998. Alan dowtys book now receives pride of place at the top of my list of concise, illuminating histories of the israelipalestinian conflict to recommend. Dowty rotol were manufacturers of aircraft accessory equipment, aircraft undercarriages, propellers, gearboxes, hydraulic systems and flying controls. Like gchq and the dowty company with which rotol later merged, rotol was a prestigious cheltonian workplace. Over the last two years, dowty rotol have done a considerable amount of. Download aircraft airframes manuals boeing company. Boulton paul aircraft ltd was a british aircraft manufacturer that was incorporated in 1934, although its origins in aircraft manufacturing began earlier in 1914, and lasted until 1961. Dowty rotol of staverton, churchdown see george dowty.
The company mainly built and modified aircraft under contract to other manufacturers, but had a few notable designs of its own, such as the defiant fighter and the balliol trainer. Ge aviation is a worldleading provider of commercial, military and business and general aviation jet and turboprop engines and components as well as avionics, electrical power and mechanical systems for aircraft. Avro vulcan dowty rotol toggle pin 27q17344 display. Following a series of changes of ownership, the original dowty rotol facility. The history of an airscrew company, 193760 by stait, bruce a. He married and moved to cheltenham in 1953 to work at dowty rotol as a draughtsman. The history of rotol as penned by dowty retiree bruce stait is an outstanding work full of personal insight, excellent research, refreshing technical detail, and a multitude of stories and anecdotes captured by the author from rotol employees themselves. Dowty internally sprung undercarriage aircraft wheel. It was reportedly in a uk maintenance unit for a bit and then to india in 1946 where there was a landing accident, which caused its return to the uk where it was repaired and sent back to india. During 1960, dowty group acquired rotol airscrews, giving it a propeller manufacturing. Crucially, appropriate quantities of critical spares will be retained to ensure that avro vulcan xh558 and other examples of the type may be maintained in future years.
Howard bird obituary norfolk, va the virginianpilot. Stuart duncan davies cbe freng fraes 5 december 1906 22 january 1995 was a british aerospace engineer who was in charge of the design of the avro vulcan. It has been a rollsroyce product since 1995 when allison was acquired by rollsroyce. Roe and co and later with gloster aircraft co set up his own oneman company while still employed at the latter. The dowty internally sprung wheel, the undercarriage aircraft wheel designed and built by sir george dowty in the 1930s, has been presented with an engineering heritage award by the institution of mechanical engineers at a ceremony at safran landing systems in gloucester on thursday 8 march. The history of an airscrew company, 19371960, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. The spitfire has become its own legend, and it continues to be reborn, from history books all over the world and even to the screen in hollywood. Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than canadian dollars and are approximate conversions to canadian dollars based upon bloombergs conversion rates. Rowling, author of the harry potter books samuel rudder, topographer, printer and antiquarian, born in uley robert charles jack russell, former gloucestershire and england cricketer, now an artist. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A history of the development of the variable pitch propeller by patrick hassell raes hamburg 26th april 2012. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. By 1959 rotol and british messier along with dowty equipment and dowty fuel systems became part of the new dowty aviation division based at cheltenham.
It was listed on the london stock exchange and was once a constituent of the ftse 100 index. Dowty received his undergraduate education at shimer college, where he enrolled via the early entrance program and graduated in 1959. The name is a contraction of rollsroyce and bristol. Well assume youre ok with this, but you can optout if you wish. The company was formed as rotol airscrews in 1937 by rollsroyce and bristol engines to take over both companies propeller development, 1 the market being too small to really need more than one company in this space. The company has its origins as the aircraft components company in 1931 and the work of british inventor and businessman george dowty. He was also responsible for converting the unsuccessful twoengined avro manchester into the fourengined avro lancaster. Featured items newest items bestselling alphabetical. It was originally developed by the allison engine company for the lockheed c hercules transport entering production in 1954. The company was formed in 1995 as a 5050 joint venture between messier, a french company and dowty group, then owned by ti group. Later, smiths industries took over the prop division, and recently sold it to ge. Photographs of the dowty aerospace site in montreal, canada. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your first box. Formed as a separate company by separation from petters ltd just before the start of the world war ii, westland had been building aircraft since 1915.
Dowty rotol 28 feb 1974 dowty rotol cheltenham has licensed sundstrand 4747 harrison ave, rockford, 111 to build and sell dowty ramair turbines and associated equipment. When i started reading these books, the engineering book looked really interesting and when i returned to meet with the careers officer again, i said i would like to get involved with engineering if possible which was fortunate for me, as dowty group new mendip engineering at atworth were looking to recruit apprentices along with the. Hamble group is now well positioned as part of dowty, a member of the ti group. R334482f, dowty rotol propellers type numbers, dowty propellers. Westland aircraft was a british aircraft manufacturer located in yeovil in somerset. This book recounts the history of folland aircraft and of the hamble. It is owned by general electric, forming part of its ge aviation systems division. He had a lifelong passion for aviation and did his national service in. Ra25941 propeller blade is 71 long and 1012 wide at the widest point and in used condition. The company promoted george dowtys designs and patents.
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