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Saunders-Roe Ltd. Mr. C. Inglis was appointed shipyard manager. Secondly, the plywood section of the business carried on at the factory on the River Medina was transferred to a new company, Saro
Laminated Wood Products Ltd., in consideration for a majority of the shares therein. Laminated Wood Products Ltd., which had marketed most of the plywood output, also merged its interests into the new company. Major Darwin, managing director, left the company. On the aircraft side of the business Mr. Broadsmith continued as director and general manager. All other senior posts in the executive staff remain unchanged.
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Electronics Division was formed in 1948. Its progress was rapid and the division also designed and manufactured such diverse specialist equipment as Analogue Computers, Control Simulators and a variety of Electronic Equipment and Electronic Test sets associated with Guided Weapons. When using
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of the normal wire type in the dynamic testing of helicopter components, notably rotor blades, Saunders-Roe found that such a high proportion of the gauges were failing that development was considerably retarded. The
Electronics Division was therefore asked to devise an improved gauge and, in
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In 1938 Saunders-Roe undertook a re-organisation of the commercial and administrative sides of its business. First, the marine section, consisting of the shipyard and boat-building business, was transferred to a new company, Saunders
Shipyard Ltd., all of the shares of which were owned by
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production was made independent under the name SRBT (Saunders-Roe
Betalight Technology). A factory was established in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, where tritium supplies are readily available. Today betalights are used in self luminous escape-route signs, under the product name Betalux.
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Designed by Fred
Goatley# Marine designer Mark 2 Canoe – 1941–1942 (used on the Cockleshell Heroes "Frankton Raid") Mk 2** Canoe – 1943 ( used in Leros – various, incl. Sunbeam Raids ) 12-man Assault craft c. 1940–1942 8 ton load carrier. c. 1942–1943
521:(an English regional development agency closed by the UK government in 2012) for the regeneration of East Cowes. This stalled with the financial crash in 2008 and is set never to achieve the site's full potential as a deep water Prime Tier 1 Marine Industrial Site.
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for London
Transport between 1948 and 1950 (RT 1152–1401), which were almost indistinguishable from the standard Weymann/Park Royal products; and some double-deck buses for Liverpool Corporation. 620 prefabricated Rivalloy (the brand name comes from
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group on
Leyland Tiger Cub chassis, operators including Trent, East Midland, Ribble, Yorkshire Traction and the Northern General Group. An integral version of the body design powered by a Gardner 5HLW engine was bought by Maidstone & District.
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chassis. In 1948 the only double deck bodies to be exported were 20 ordered by South
African operator Durban Motor Transport which were mounted on AEC Regent Mark III chassis. In the UK large numbers of SARO bodies were specified by the
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HRD T5 15 hp engine; sails and a fishing kit were also provided. The Mark 3 measured 31 feet (9 m) from bow to stern and 7 feet (2 m) across the beam and held enough to supply 10 people with food and water for 14 days.
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airliner, but the age of the flying-boat was over and the two further
Princess examples to be completed were never flown. No further new seaplanes were produced here. Modification work on Short-built flying boats continued at
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began looking at low floor vehicles, the "Low Loader" (STF 90) bodied by SARO was similar in certain respects to the Crossley chassisless bus designs. Bodies were manufactured at Beaumaris for installing on
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maritime reconnaissance aircraft. This model was made entirely of aluminium, previous marks being made of timber. Parachuted at a rate of 20 feet per second into the rescue zone, the craft was powered by a
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In 2015, the East Cowes Columbine Hangar, which later became notable for its large Union Jack painted on its doors, was leased from the Homes & Communities Agency to Shemara Refit, now known as
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PD3 for Brighton Corporation, these were numbered 31–5, registered LUF131-5F and delivered in June and July 1968, they were unusual as front engined half-cab buses built to be driver operated.
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Early in aviation, it was difficult – if not impossible – to supply uninterrupted power in aircraft. Saunders-Roe solved this problem by putting an ionising gas (
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During World War II, Saunders-Roe opened a factory at Fryars in Llanfaes, Anglesey, converting and maintaining Catalina flying boats. In the late 1940s and 1950s the
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The Rocket Development Division was formed in 1956 and the Rocket Test site at Highdown started functioning exactly one year later. The division was headquartered at
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and was renamed Westland Aerospace in 1985, and hovercraft production was reduced to nearly nothing until the advent of the
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Corporation Limited acquired a substantial holding in Saunders Roe. Whitehall Securities was already a large shareholder in
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was berthed at the Columbine while undergoing system tests, while
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Military canoes, assault boats and load carriers (World War II)
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helicopter project. In September 1952 the company comprised:
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Laird (Anglesey) Ltd was formed in 1968 and incorporated the
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Gloster Saro Meteor light foam tender at Brooklands Museum
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969:; H) in small tubes. Tritium was discovered in 1934 by
777:– mixed power interceptor (cancelled before completion)
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Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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Rocket, the first of which was successfully fired at
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Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
1300:. Technographmicro.com. Retrieved on 18 August 2011.
824:("Saunders Roe Nautical 1"): First modern hovercraft
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In 1951 Saunders-Roe took over the interests of the
167:. Prior to this (excepting for the Sopwith/Saunders
1281:Cockleshell Heroes-The Final Witness, Quentin Rees
1235:. Fauntrackway.co.uk. Retrieved on 18 August 2011.
292:Saunders-Roe Ltd. with a Head Office in Osborne,
201:. During the Second World War, Saro manufactured
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2372:Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot
1377:The Cockleshell Heroes — The Final Witness,
1374:Amberley Press, 2008, reprinted 2nd edition 2009
1223:. Flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 18 August 2011.
751:also known as A.24 Mailplane – designed by
528:catamaran ferries when not in use; for example,
319:Saro Laminated Wood Products Ltd., Folly Works,
2590:Defunct bus manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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1397:Hovercraft of Saunders-Roe, Westlands, and BHC
1363:, Putnam (Conway Maritime Press), London, 1988
761: – derived from Saro Mailplane. Built by
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405:nacelles took place in the East Cowes works.
377:. The company produced sub contract work for
269:in September 1954 with stored Princess G-ALUN
353:which continued the Skeeter family with the
330:In 1959 it demonstrated the first practical
179:material used in marine and aviation craft.
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1314:"Service Aviation: New Airborne Lifeboat."
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2605:Defunct shipbuilding companies of England
2494:Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
2489:Defence Electronics and Components Agency
1151:British Aviation – Projects to Production
336:National Research Development Corporation
1676:Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
1116:Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
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718:with accommodation for 1,000 passengers.
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1175:(first ed.). Osprey. p. 235.
973:. The tubes ("Betalights") are made of
499:docked at the Columbine, 19 August 2018
189:Saunders Roe concentrated on producing
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2545:Society of British Aerospace Companies
1978:Air Navigation and Engineering Company
1366:The Cockleshell Canoes, Quentin Rees,
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1195:Details can be found in the hardcover
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432:and tankers in the Gloster factory at
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1361:Saunders and Saro Aircraft Since 1917
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830:First to operate a commercial service
519:South East England Development Agency
2600:Companies based on the Isle of Wight
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1692:Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
1252:. Dorset Press. pp. 121, 159.
554:Royal National Lifeboat Institution
451:In 1994 Westland was taken over by
369:. This, in turn, was taken over by
197:. They also produced hulls for the
155:The name was adopted in 1929 after
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171:) the products were Saunders, the
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2520:Farnborough International Airshow
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613:Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
542:Saunders and Saunders-Roe designs
111:Aircraft, helicopters, hovercraft
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1272:Cockleshell Canoes, Quentin Rees
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790:, taken over from Cierva company
385:for many aircraft including the
2499:European Aviation Safety Agency
2352:Nieuport & General Aircraft
2347:National Aircraft Factory No. 2
1402:A Short History of Saunders Roe
1352:
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1316:Retrieved on 21 September 2009.
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836:First designed for military use
771: – mixed power interceptor
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558:Liverpool-class Motor Lifeboats
546:
16:1929–1964 aircraft manufacturer
2357:Norman Thompson Flight Company
2088:British Aircraft Manufacturing
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1238:
1226:
1214:
1202:
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1138:
918:
781:
570:including the record breaking
367:British Hovercraft Corporation
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2407:Seaplane Experimental Station
2387:Rollason Aircraft and Engines
2138:Aeronautical Technical School
2043:William Beardmore and Company
1687:Economy of the United Kingdom
1385:Amberley Press, December 2010
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866:
815:
743:Saunders/Saro A.10 "Multigun"
2392:Royal Aircraft Establishment
2083:British Aircraft Corporation
2008:Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
1094:The factory later passed to
1021:to be fitted underneath the
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873:Royal Aircraft Establishment
387:De Havilland Canada "Dash 8"
334:built under contract to the
306:Great Ormond Street Hospital
7:
1785:British Airways Engineering
1735:Surrey Satellite Technology
1248:(1993) . Kirk, John (ed.).
1147:"Francis Percy Hyde Beadle"
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1068:" chassis; SARO bodied 250
695:Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess
395:British Aerospace Jetstream
284:at Eastleigh including the
10:
2626:
2540:Royal Aeronautical Society
2150:Desoutter Aircraft Company
2113:Clayton & Shuttleworth
1250:The World's Worst Aircraft
862:Longer SR.N5 38 passengers
846:class – large 4 prop ferry
139:
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2507:
2474:
2245:Hants and Sussex Aviation
2160:Dunlop Standard Aerospace
2063:Bristol Aeroplane Company
1955:
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1328:Saunders-Roe Anglesey Ltd
1088:British Electric Traction
700:Saunders-Roe Jet Princess
277:mixed-power interceptor.
221:for the Royal Air Force.
107:
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59:
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43:
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26:
2610:Hovercraft manufacturers
2484:Civil Aviation Authority
2427:Sopwith Aviation Company
2230:Gloster Aircraft Company
2225:General Electric Company
2215:Garland Aircraft Company
2098:Central Aircraft Company
2078:British Aircraft Company
2068:British Aerial Transport
1968:Abbott-Baynes Sailplanes
1173:A Dictionary of Aviation
1171:Wragg, David W. (1973).
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998:Mark 3 airborne lifeboat
763:Spartan Aircraft Limited
670:Saro A.29 Cloud Monospar
645:Saunders/Saro A.7 Severn
217:, modified and serviced
2417:SELEX Sistemi Integrati
2290:Lindstrand Technologies
2260:Heston Aircraft Company
2210:Foster, Wikner Aircraft
2190:Fairey Aviation Company
2170:Edgar Percival Aircraft
2118:Comper Aircraft Company
1326:Truran, Gerald (2009).
759:A.24M (Spartan Cruiser)
749:Saro-Percival Mailplane
399:McDonnell-Douglas MD-11
282:Cierva Autogiro Company
230:magazine revealed that
2332:Moss Brothers Aircraft
2265:Hewlett & Blondeau
2123:Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
1902:Safran Landing Systems
1752:Military Air Solutions
1342:"Bus Lists on the Web"
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505:Wight Shipyard Co. Ltd
500:
413:
270:
245:In 1947 they flew the
207:Supermarine Sea Otters
152:
39:Aerospace, Engineering
2300:M. B. Arpin & Co.
2195:Fane Aircraft Company
2058:Boulton Paul Aircraft
1817:Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
1742:Babcock International
1208:A company within the
1100:Metro Cammell Weymann
1010:fitted underneath an
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810:Hiller ROE Rotorcycle
630:Saunders A.3 Valkyrie
556:(RNLI) including the
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411:
340:Christopher Cockerell
264:
149:Saunders-Roe Princess
147:
88:Samuel Edgar Saunders
2457:Westland Helicopters
2285:Lakes Flying Company
2023:Austin Motor Company
1988:The Airscrew Company
1312:, 13 February 1953.
1291:Technographmicro.com
1199:by Ivor J. Hilliker.
979:Westland Helicopters
799:Saunders-Roe Skeeter
736: – Designed by
708:(paper project only)
706:Saunders-Roe Duchess
702:(paper project only)
650:Saro A.17 Cutty Sark
420:was merged with the
236:Spartan Aircraft Ltd
232:Whitehall Securities
118:Saunders-Roe Limited
95:Francis Percy Beadle
22:Saunders-Roe Limited
2342:Nash & Thompson
2337:D. Napier & Son
2322:Matra Marconi Space
2175:Elliotts of Newbury
1852:Hybrid Air Vehicles
1837:GE Aviation Systems
1832:General Dynamics UK
1827:Finmeccanica UK Ltd
1514:A.22 Segrave Meteor
1296:7 June 2008 at the
1062:Leyland Royal Tiger
1028:Vincent motorcycles
947:Royal Canadian Navy
852:Also Bell SK-5, as
794:Saunders Helicogyre
775:Saunders-Roe SR.177
734:A.22 Segrave Meteor
723:Land-based aircraft
690:Saunders-Roe SR.A/1
660:Saro A.21 Windhover
635:Saunders A.4 Medina
298:Southampton Airport
77:, Isle of Wight, UK
23:
2447:Vickers-Armstrongs
2367:Parnall & Sons
2310:Electronic Systems
2280:Kingsbury Aviation
2053:Boulton & Paul
2048:Blackburn Aircraft
1993:Airship Industries
1932:Thales Air Defence
1867:Marshall Aerospace
1862:Lockheed Martin UK
1805:Technical Services
1730:Astrium Satellites
1620:Cancelled projects
1233:Fauntrackway.co.uk
1077:etted (aluminium)
1015:
975:borosilicate glass
769:Saunders-Roe SR.53
712:Saunders-Roe Queen
625:Saunders Kittiwake
562:51ft Barnett-class
552:Lifeboats for the
501:
446:Simon Gloster Saro
436:, mostly based on
414:
397:and parts for the
363:Vickers-Armstrongs
271:
203:Supermarine Walrus
199:Blackburn Bluebird
184:S. E. Saunders Ltd
157:Alliott Verdon Roe
153:
21:
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2566:
2477:regulatory bodies
2470:
2469:
2452:Westland Aircraft
2402:Scottish Aviation
2108:Chrislea Aircraft
2073:British Aerospace
1947:Ultra Electronics
1780:Boeing Defence UK
1642:
1641:
1438:Saunders-Roe/Saro
1383:978-1-84868-861-2
1372:978-1-84868-065-4
1330:. Bryngold Books.
1066:Leyland Tiger Cub
1019:airborne lifeboat
1008:airborne lifeboat
961:Illuminated signs
738:Sir Henry Segrave
680:Saro A.36 Lerwick
593:fast patrol boats
438:Reynolds-Boughton
391:Lockheed Hercules
351:Westland Aircraft
209:. Their works at
115:
114:
92:Alliot Verdon Roe
65:Westland Aircraft
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2432:Spartan Aircraft
2382:Reid and Sigrist
2275:Hunting Aircraft
2270:Hordern-Richmond
2220:General Aircraft
2205:Folland Aircraft
2180:English Electric
2103:Chilton Aircraft
2028:Aviation Traders
2003:Airwork Services
1937:Thales Optronics
1887:Reaction Engines
1757:Eurofighter GmbH
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102:Ray Wheeler
2574:Categories
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169:Bat Boat
108:Products
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1956:Defunct
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1767:MBDA UK
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1057:Leyland
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