J. Eric Rylands
1909 Born Leeds
Educated at Bedford School and St. Catharine's College.
1934 With Yorkshire Electric Power Co. Ltd., Leeds
1937-9 R.A.F.V.R.
1938 Electricity House, Ltd., Leeds
1942 formed the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation Ltd., as Managing Director.
1947 Entered the Motor Industry as Chairman and Managing Director of Samlesbury Engineering Ltd.
1950 Chairman of the British Air Charter Association.
President of the Federation Internationale des Transports Aeriens Prives, and Member of the National Civil Aviation Consultative Council.
1953 Chairman and Managing Director, Samlesbury Engineering Ltd.,Samlesbury.
Eric Rylands Ltd was the holding company for Skyways