Airscrew Co
of Weybridge, Surrey
1923 Company founded by J. D. Titler to manufacture airscrews, fans, etc.
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