Privately owned Folland Gnat

Folland was the builder of the Folland Gnat lightweight fighter and trainer, designed by W. E. W Petter who had previously designed the Lysander, Canberra and Lightning. Privately owned Folland Gnat, photographed at the Great Vintage Fly-in Weekend, Kemble, England, May 2003. ... Privately owned Folland Gnat, photographed at the Great Vintage Fly-in Weekend, Kemble, England, May 2003. ... The Folland Gnat was an exceptionally small swept-wing subsonic jet trainer and light fighter aircraft that first flew in 1955. ... The Westland Lysander is an airplane used during World War II (Flying example in the Shuttleworth Collection, 2004. ... English Electric Canberra B.2. ... The English Electric Lightning is a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era, particularly remembered for its natural metal exterior that was used throughout much of its service life with the Royal Air Force and the Royal Saudi Air Force. ...

This aircraft pictured was previously used by the RAF Red Arrows airshow team, but is shown here painted as an aircraft of the earlier Yellowjacks display team, a forerunner of the Red Arrows. The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the UK Armed Forces. ... Red Arrows Hawk at speed during a display The Red Arrows, also known as the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, are the official aerobatics display flyers of the Royal Air Force, based at RAF Scampton, United Kingdom. ...

History

British Marine Aircraft Ltd. was formed in February 1936 to produce Sikorsky S-42-A flying boats under licence in the UK. The company built a factory on the western side of the Hamble peninsular with a slipway to Southampton Water. The Sikorsky deal came to naught, however, and the company was sold to Henry P. Folland , formerly Chief designer for Gloster Aircraft Company, who renamed it Folland Aircraft Limited on December 24, 1937. Folland began aircraft assembly at Hamble making parts for Bristol Blenheim and Beaufort bombers. Folland later took on sub-contract work making parts for de Havilland Mosquitos and Vickers Wellingtons. The Sikorsky S-42 was the first real transoceanic flying boat. ... Boeing 314 A flying boat is an aircraft that is designed to take off and land on water, in particular a type of seaplane which uses its fuselage as a floating hull (instead of pontoons mounted below the fuselage). ... River Hamble in Hampshire, England. ... Categories: UK geography stubs | Hampshire ... The Gloster Aircraft Company was formed at Brockworth ( Gloucester ) in 1915 as the Gloucestershire Aircraft Company. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Bristol Type 142 Blenheim was a high-speed light bomber used extensively in the early days of World War II, built by Bristol Aeroplane Company. ... Beaufort is: The name of some places in the United States of America: Beaufort, North Carolina Beaufort, South Carolina Beaufort County, North Carolina Beaufort County, South Carolina The name of a place in Australia: Beaufort, Victoria The name of several communes in France: Beaufort, in the Haute-Garonne département Beaufort... The de Havilland Mosquito (the wooden wonder) was a military aircraft that excelled in a number of roles during World War II. It was a twin engine aircraft with the pilot and navigator sitting side-by-side. ... The Vickers Wellington was a twin-engine, medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs Chief Designer, R.K. Pierson. ...

The company flew the first aircraft of its own design, the Folland 43/47 (Design number FO 108) in 1940. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

W. E. W. Petter joined the company as managing director in 1950. He designed the Folland Midge, which first flew August 11, 1954, and the Folland Gnat training jet (July 18, 1955). Both were built at Hamble until the 1960s. In 1959 Folland was acquired by Hawker Siddeley, and ultimately became part of British Aerospace (BAe). Although Hamble airfield closed in 1986, BAe continued to use the premises there for the production of major assemblies for Harrier and Hawk jets. W. E. W. Petter was an English aircraft designer. ... Managing director is the traditional term for the top executive of a business in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries, but not in the United States. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1954 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1960s. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hawker-Siddeley was a UK aircraft manufacturing company. ... BAe evolution since 1955 until 1999 merger to form BAE Systems British Aerospace (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, now part of BAE SYSTEMS. The company was formed on April 29, 1977 by the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word Harrier when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... The term hawk refers to birds of prey in any of three senses: Strictly, to mean any of the species in the genera Accipiter, Micronisus, Melierax, Urotriorchis, and Megatriorchis. ...

References

• 'Folland', British Aircraft Directory (May 1, 2004) Retrieved May 20, 2005
• Fagan, Dave. 'Hamble' Aviation in Hampshire UK 1900 to 2000 Retrieved May 20, 2005
• Haselden, Derek. Aviation at Hamble (January 8] 2005)] Retrieved May 20, 2005

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