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Fairey Aviation Company Limited Biography Biography
The company was founded in 1915 by Charles Richard Fairey and Ernest Oscar Tips a Belgian engineer. It built various notable aircraft types during the early part of the 20th Century and after World War Two developed missiles. In 1959 it became a victim of the then government’s determination to rationalise the aerospace industry in the United Kingdom. There was a merger with Westland Aircraft which took place in 1960.

Scope and Content
Coloured leaflet, in English and French langauge, promoting the Fairey Fireflash missile.
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Archival history
Provenance unknown
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

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Fairey Aviation Company Limited Biography Biography
The company was founded in 1915 by Charles Richard Fairey and Ernest Oscar Tips a Belgian engineer. It built various notable aircraft types during the early part of the 20th Century and after World War Two developed missiles. In 1959 it became a victim of the then government’s determination to rationalise the aerospace industry in the United Kingdom. There was a merger with Westland Aircraft which took place in 1960.

Subject
Civil aviation
Aeronautics
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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