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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
Booklet conveying a brief outline of current types of Fairey aircraft including the Type III.F., Fox Mark II, Firefly IIM and IIIM and Fleetwing aircraft.
Physical description
Good
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
Aviation industry
Military aviation
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.

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