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Revision as of 19:26, 22 February 2020
F. Hills and Sons of Norton Road, Stockton-on-Tees; of Trafford Park, Manchester.
of County Durham
1849 Company founded.
1935 Built their first aeroplane.
1936 Public company.
1937 Aircraft manufacturers. "Hillson Praga" Monoplane[1]. The plane was based on the Czech E114 Praga; production began in 1936 and ended after 28 air frames in 1939.
1961 Timber importers and manufacturers of doors, plywood, flooring and plastic laminates. [2]
Built the Pennine and Helvellyn models.
See Also
Sources of Information
- British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1908 by Gunter Endres. Pub 1995 ISBN 0-7110-2409-x