British Built Aircraft Volume 5 : Northern England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

The final volume of Ron Smith's definitive directory of the British aircraft industry. Thousands of companies, both large and small, have constructed aircraft or components for the British aircraft industry.

From Weir of Cathcart's Cierva Autogyros to the Cunard Steamship Company's Aintree factory, via Short at Belfast, Blackburn at Dumbarton, the Barnwell brothers at Stirling, Scottish Aviation at Prestwick, the Lake Windermere flying boat factory and the Inchinnan airship factory, every aspect of the aircraft industry of the area is covered in this unique volume. Of great interest to aviation enthusiasts and local historians alike, British Built Aircraft is a unique series chronicling the aircraft industry in Britain. To be dipped into at leisure or used as a prime source, this is an important book for anyone interested in our manufacturing heritage. Counties covered: Cumbria, Durham & Cleveland, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Northumberland & Tyneside, Yorkshire (East, North, South, West), plus Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Major companies: Blackburn Aircraft: Brough, Leeds, Filey, Home-on Spalding Moor, Sherburn-in-Elmet, Dumbarton - AV Roe & Co. Ltd/Hawker Siddeley/BAe: multiple sites in Greater Manchester and also at Yeadon (Leeds Bradford Airport) - English Electric Aviation/BAC/BAe: Preston, Samlesbury, Warton - Short Brothers (and successors): Windermere, Belfast - Scottish Aviation Ltd: Prestwick - Slingsby Aircraft: Kirbymoorside - Fairey Aviation Ltd: Stockport/Ringway - Sir WG Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd: Newcastle/Gosforth (1st World War) - Airspeed Ltd: York & Sherburn-in-Elmet - The de Havilland Aircraft Co.

Ltd: Broughton/Hawarden - Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd: Broughton/Hawarden Other significant companies by location. Windermere: Lakes Flying School/Northern Aircraft Co.

Ltd - Greater Manchester: Metropolitan-Vickers Ltd, Hills & Sons Ltd - Liverpool: Rootes Securities (Speke - 2nd World War) - Blackpool: Vickers-Armstrongs (shadow factory), Hawker Aircraft Ltd (Hunter production) - Preston: Dick, Kerr & Co (predecessor to English Electric) - Southport: Vulcan Motor & Engineering (1st World War) - Kirbymoorside: Europa Aircraft Ltd - Bradford: Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co Ltd (predecessor of English Electric) - Alloa: British Caudron Co.Ltd (1st World War) - Dalmuir: William Beardmore & Co. Ltd (1st World War) - Glasgow: numerous shipbuilders built aircraft in the 1st World War, including: Alexander Stephen Ltd, G & J Weir, Barclay Curle & Co, Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Napier & Miller Ltd. - Belfast: Harland & Wolff (1st World War), Short & Harland, Short Bros & Harland Ltd, Shorts plc, Bombardier Inc, Miles Aircraft (Northern Ireland Ltd), Lear Fan Ltd