Cirrus Hermes Engineering Co
Cirrus-Hermes Engineering Company, of Purley Way, Waddon, Croydon
1931 Acquired Cirrus Aero Engines Company.
After purchase, the Cirrus Hermes I, II, III & IV engines were produced, ranging in power from 105 hp to 140 hp. The later Cirrus engines were designed to run inverted.
1933 Constructors of low-powered four in line air cooled aero engines. Works: London Air Port, Croydon, Surrey. Registered Office: 274 Gresham House, Old Broad Street, London, E.C.2.[1] William Herbert Peak was general manager.
1933 Patent - Improvements relating to inertia starters for internal combustion engines.
1936 On the formation of Blackburn Aircraft Ltd, Cirrus-Hermes Engineering was an associated company but was not brought into the Blackburn group because its new products (engines) were still in the development phase[2]
1937 Blackburn acquired the Cirrus-Hermes company and started producing aircraft engines - the Blackburn Cirrus range.
1937 Advert for Aero Engines. 90 h.p. "Cirrus Minor" Aero Engine. 150 h.p. "Cirrus major" Aero Engine. Both of the above are 4-cylinder-in-line inverted air-cooled engines. (Engineering/Metals/Quarry, Roads and Mining/Transport - Stand No D.921) [3]
1937 Aero engine manufacturers. "Cirrus" and "Cirrus Hermes" Aero Engines. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1933 Who's Who in British Aviation
- ↑ The Times, Jul 09, 1937
- ↑ 1937 British Industries Fair Advert p614; and p348
- ↑ 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries