Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,394 pages of information and 247,064 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. Eric Rylands

From Graces Guide

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

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