Airscrew Co
of Weybridge, Surrey
1923 Company founded by J. D. Titler to manufacture airscrews, fans, etc. when he bought the assets of Lang, Garnett and Co, otherwise known as the Lang Propeller Co of Riverside Works, Weybridge.
1931 Incorporated as a private company.
1932 Dr H. C. Watts joined as technical director.[1].
1933 Advert in Who's Who in British Aviation.
1936 Became public company. Specialised in wooden airscrews treated by the Schwarz process to make them waterproof. Was considering taking a licence on the Samsonow process for detachable wooden blades for variable pitch ariscrews. Business was expanding as the demand was mainly for replacement blades for existing aircraft[2].
1937 Airscrew designers and manufacturers. [3]
1938 Expanding the ventilation and cooling fans activity; formed subsidiary in conjunction with Messrs Halila of London; this was called Jicwood Ltd; concerned with manufacture of wood with thermosetting resin, aircraft and commercial plywood and compressed wood using the Samsonow process; recently developed a wooden staveless barrel. Production plant installed at Weybridge[4]
1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers
1950 Name changed to Airscrew Company and Jicwood
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 29 March 1932
- ↑ The Times, 13 May 1936
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ The Times, 26 July 1938