Dowty Rotol
Dowty Rotol of Staverton, Churchdown
See George Dowty and Dowty Group
1959 Rotol Airscrews and its subsidiary British Messier were merged with Dowty Equipment
1960 Formation as Dowty Rotol
1961 Manufacturers of aircraft accessory equipment, aircraft undercarriages, propellers, gearboxes, hydraulic systems and flying controls. 4,483 employees.[1]
1968 Queen's Award to Industry for Export Achievement
1968 The company introduced the first fibreglass propellers, which went on to see widespread use. Since then they have migrated to carbon fibre, and remain a leader in propeller design.
1990 Name changed to Dowty Aerospace Gloucester Ltd[2]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ * 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
- ↑ Companies House filing
- The Engineer of 26th April 1968 p650
- Rotol by Bruce Stait. Published 1990. ISBN 0 9516815 0 8