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Dowty Rotol is the final incarnation of three major British aviation supply firms, Dowty Equipment, Rotol Airscrews and British Messier, which merged in 1960. The companies are based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire and today they operate two closely associated plants, one as Dowty Rotol Propeller, the other as Dowty Messier. Their primary products are propellers and avionics. Cheltenham (or Cheltenham Spa) is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, near Gloucester and Cirencester. ...
Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...
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The onboard electronics used for piloting an aircraft are called avionics (AVI-ation electr-ONICS). ...
Rotol Airscrews was formed in 1937 by Rolls-Royce and Bristol Engines to take over both company's propeller development, the market being too small to really need more than one company in this space. The name is a contraction of "ROlls-Royce" and "BrisTOL". Rotol props were always considered leading edge, their models equipping the Hawker Hurricane, Supermarine Spitfire, and many other World War II-era aircraft. By the end of the war they had introduced the first five-bladed propeller to see widespread use, used on late-model Spitfires. In 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. Flight International is a magazine relating to airlines, general aviation, and aerospace manufacture. ...
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British car and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906 and was the result of a partnership formed in 1904. ...
Bristol Aeroplane Company logo The Bristol Aeroplane Company (formerly British and Colonial Aeroplane Company) was a major British aircraft company which, in 1959, merged with several major British aircraft companies, to become the British Aircraft Corporation and later still part of British Aerospace, now BAE Systems. ...
The Hawker Hurricane is a fighter design from the 1930s which was used extensively by the Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain. ...
The Supermarine Spitfire was an iconic British single-seat fighter used by the RAF and many Allied countries in the Second World War. ...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
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Dowty Aviation, named for founder George Dowty, formed in 1935 to build landing gear systems, and later branched out in aviation hydraulic systems. Their work with the French firm Messier eventually led to the creation of Messier-Dowty which continues in France, with the British portions of the firm merging into Dowty Rotol along with Messier's UK operations. In the late 90's Messier-Dowty and Dowty Propellers diverged. Dowty continues to produce propellers and propeller accesories as part of Smiths Aerospace LLC. Sir George H Dowty (1901-1975) was a British inventor and businessman. ...
Main and nosewheel undercarriage of a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 The undercarriage or landing gear is equipment which supports an aircraft when it is not flying. ...
Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ...
Messier-Dowty is a world leader in the development and manufacture of aircraft landing gear. ...
Dowty's current propeller lineup is used on many turboprop feederliners, including the Dash 8Q400, Saab 340 and Saab 2000, as well as turboprop transport aircraft such as the latest models of the C-130J and Alenia C-27. Dowty Propellers can also be found on military LCAC's (see landing craft, air cushioned) from the USMC and other militaries. The National Air and Space museums' Udvar Hazy Center Virginia has one such propeller example (C130J) presently on display. A schematic diagram showing the operation of a turboprop engine. ...
SN Brussels Airlines Avro RJ85 regional jet A regional jet (RJ) is a small short-range jet aircraft that is intended to fly passengers from smaller airports to larger ones, thereby feeding the larger hubs with passengers. ...
A DeHavilland DHC-8-102 belonging to Air Inuit at Cornwall Ontario, May 2005 The de Havilland Canada DHC-8, popularly the Dash 8, is a series of twin-turboprop airliners designed by de Havilland Canada in the early 1980s. ...
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A cargo aircraft, also alternately known as a transport aircraft, is an aircraft dedicated to handling transport of materials and oversized loads. ...
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical air transport aircraft of the United States and UK military forces. ...
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