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seacue
12th Jan 2004, 07:22
Due to conditions under my control, this will be the last mystery plane quiz for a while.
http://users.erols.com/rcarpen/q15.jpg
CoodaShooda
12th Jan 2004, 09:09
Something from the J Samuel Wight & Co stable?
BEagle
12th Jan 2004, 14:51
It's the 1918 Sperry Amphibian bomber, isn't it? There's a better picture of it at http://www.aviation-heritage.com/eZine/CurPh08.htm .
seacue
12th Jan 2004, 19:08
A winner so soon. Thanks for participating.
I liked the picture I used better, since the one BEagle points to loses some of the definition on the hull. Mine also had no nationality markings - which I thought better for a quiz.
My picture was scanned from a 1920 magazine.
YMMV .
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Well,
It looks like a boat with a set of blinds to me - and I thought I liked amphibians and flying boats! Thanks for sharing Seacue. When will you be back?
In the meantime I have at least two tough marine a/c piccies to post, so I'll try and fill the gap while Seacue's in prison (oops...) Until tomorrow...
Meantime, an aviation company trivia question. Both Sperry and Martin Baker started out building aircraft, then moved into specialised accessories. Were there any others that did that? (No, I don't know, I'm just wondering...)
Cheers
James K
Good luck, see you soon...
JDK:
Pretty sure that Boulton and Paul or a subsidiary did thinks like manufacture window frames.....was surprised to see the name on a pallet on a building sight in recent years.
Hi Loki,
Actually, you are right to include them, but for the wrong reasons (in a way) - good call!
Boulton & Paul were a joinery company from the Victorian era(?) and went into aircraft manufacturing as a subsidury company in the first world war. The aircraft side effectively went into power accessories, and are now(?) Dowty Boulton Paul, while the joinery company is still going strong. I'm sure that's riddled with minor errors, but the main facts are correct - I'll get my friend who runs the BP Assoc website to comment!
Cheers
James
bolmas
15th Jan 2004, 05:19
both sopwith and hawker made motorcycles at one point but whilst still building aircraft
Woomera
15th Jan 2004, 12:47
Wright built aircraft, later moved to engine production.
Lear started out inventing tape recorders (8 track) and moved to sexy jets.
The first man to fly an aircraft, Richard Pearce, started out building bamboo bicycles, built the first powered aircraft and retired to farming.
I started out young, good looking and wealthy and ended up old, fat, ugly and poor! :{
Ah well, if you are talking about companies which became involved in aviation (probably through wartime contracts)
Rover were cycle manufacturers who became car makers, graduating to jet engine production (briefly) who also built aircraft in "shadow" factories....then back to cars, being owned by BaE for a short while.
Elliots of Newbury (EON) furniture makers who built gliders....Horsa?
Must be loads more examples.
Yes... Loads more examples indeed.
P'haps I didn't make myself clear enough?
The question was companies which started out making aircraft (and I should've added 'of their own design') and then when into making aircraft accessories...
Sooo...
- Sperry
- Martin Baker
- Boulton Paul
- Wright
Count, but the other's don't.
It's a bit of fun, so let's not get to serious about it, but can anyone come up with any others that fit the criteria?
Cheers
PS As an Aussie, I KNOW nothing good comes out of NZ, so I'll just ignore that reference to Mr Pearce, eh?
PPS Did Elliots make Bond movies too? (EON Productions...)
What became of Saunders Roe? Didn`t they become involved with hovercraft, or do they count as aircraft?
Fairey went into the building of boats, but was that the genuine Fairey company or an offshoot?
Hey,
Now we're firing! Yes, I recon that Saunders Roe count. I think Fairey's was a different company...
Any more?
Cheers
JamesK
WG774
18th Jan 2004, 00:40
Fairey went into the building of boats, but was that the genuine Fairey company or an offshoot?
Taken from: http://www.faireyownersclub.co.uk/default.asp?content=theboats
Fairey Marine Ltd was created in the late 1940's by the love of yachting of Sir Richard Fairey and Fairey Aviation's Managing Director, Mr. Chichester-Smith. Both were avid sailing enthusiasts along with Chichester-Smith's good friend and former Olympic yachtsman, Charles Currey. Sir Richard and Mr. Chichester-Smith both decided that they should produce sailing dinghies and so recruited Charles Currey to help run the company when he came out of the Navy.
Many people are not aware that during the 1930's Sir Richard Fairey did in fact own the fabulous 'J' Class yacht 'SHAMROCK V'. He, along with Sir T.O.M. Sopwith spent much time modifying her both above and below the waterline to improve her speed. 'SHAMROCK V' was the first of the 'J' Class yachts and the only one never to fall into total disrepair.