Title
De Havilland Propeller Handbook and Maintenance Manuals
Reference
YA1997.10
Production date
1947 - 1990
Creator
- De Havilland Propellers LtdBiographyBiography
De Havilland Propellers Limited was established as a division of De Havilland Aircraft in 1935 to manufacture variable pitch propellers under licence from the Hamilton Standard Company. In 1946 it was incorporated as a subsidiary company based at Hatfield, with a manufacturing facility in Lostock. In addition to the manufacture of propellers the company would work on missile projects from the late 1940s and would diversify into industrial equipment in the 1950s. This decade would also see the company begin work on the Blue Jay project, which became the Firestreak heat-seeking missile, and Blue Streak, both as a missile and later as part of the European satellite launch programme. In 1960 the company, along with its parent, would become part of the Hawker Siddeley Group and the decision was taken to merge De Havilland Propellers and the De Havilland Aircraft Company into a single entity. This was known as the de Havilland Aircraft Company and removed the need for de Havilland Holdings which ceased to function. The new join company would continue to operate independently inside the Hawker Siddeley Group until 1963 when a reorganisation transferred the missile and equipment interests that had been de Havilland Propellers into Hawker Siddeley Dynamics.
Scope and Content
Series of maintenance manuals and handbooks for propellers installed on various aircraft types.
They include maintenance manuals for;
Breguet Atlantic
Bristol Britannia
Bristol Britannia Installation
Vickers Vanguard
Transall C 160
Canadair CL44
Blackburn Beverley
Handbooks for;
Two-Bladed Constant-Speed Bracket Type Propeller
Three-Bladed Hydromatic Feathering and Braking Propeller
Two-Bladed Manually-Variable-Pitch (Mechanical and Electrical) Propeller
Four-Bladed Hydromatic Feathering Non-Braking Propeller
Extent
0.3 linear metres
Physical description
Fair
Language
English
Archival history
Material donated by Geoff Jones, an employee of Mantra BAe Dynamics Ltd, when his department was disposing of unwanted material.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- De Havilland Propellers LtdBiographyBiography
De Havilland Propellers Limited was established as a division of De Havilland Aircraft in 1935 to manufacture variable pitch propellers under licence from the Hamilton Standard Company. In 1946 it was incorporated as a subsidiary company based at Hatfield, with a manufacturing facility in Lostock. In addition to the manufacture of propellers the company would work on missile projects from the late 1940s and would diversify into industrial equipment in the 1950s. This decade would also see the company begin work on the Blue Jay project, which became the Firestreak heat-seeking missile, and Blue Streak, both as a missile and later as part of the European satellite launch programme. In 1960 the company, along with its parent, would become part of the Hawker Siddeley Group and the decision was taken to merge De Havilland Propellers and the De Havilland Aircraft Company into a single entity. This was known as the de Havilland Aircraft Company and removed the need for de Havilland Holdings which ceased to function. The new join company would continue to operate independently inside the Hawker Siddeley Group until 1963 when a reorganisation transferred the missile and equipment interests that had been de Havilland Propellers into Hawker Siddeley Dynamics.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
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