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Scottish Aviation Limited was an aircraft manufacturer based in Prestwick, Scotland.
Image:scottish.twin.750pix.jpg, Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer
Image:JetstreamXX500.JPG, Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1
Image:bulldog g-bhzr arp.jpg, Privately owned Scottish Aviation Bulldog, formerly of the Botswana Air Force and in their colours, at an English rally in 2005
Between 1964 and 1966 Scottish Aviation designed a small battery-electric car, the Scottish Aviation Scamp, of which twelve pre-production examples were built.
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Scottish Aviation Limited was an aircraft manufacturer based in Prestwick, Scotland.
History
The company was founded in 1935. Originally a flying school operator, the company took on maintenance work in 1938. During the Second World War, Scottish Aviation was involved in aircraft fitting for the war effort. This included maintenance and conversion of the Consolidated Liberator bomber. The factory building of Scottish Aviation, which still exists today, was formerly the Palace of Engineering at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. The building was dismantled from its Glasgow site and reconstructed. Post-war it built robust militarySTOL
A short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft is a fixed-wing aircraft that can takeoff/land on short runways. Many STOL-designed aircraft can operate on airstrips with harsh conditions (such as high altitude or ice). STOL aircraft, including tho ...
utility aircraft such as the Pioneer and larger Twin Pioneer. Much later the company built some Jetstream
Jet streams are fast flowing, narrow air currents in the Earth's atmosphere.
The main jet streams are located near the altitude of the tropopause and are westerly winds, flowing west to east around the globe. The northern hemisphere and th ...
turboprop
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A turboprop consists of an intake, reduction drive, reduction gearbox, gas compressor, compressor, combustor, turbine, and a propellin ...
transport and navigational training aircraft following the collapse of Handley Page
Handley Page Limited was a British aerospace manufacturer. Founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick) in 1909, it was the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. It went into voluntary liquidation a ...
(which designed the type). It built Bulldog
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is a stocky, muscular dog of medium size, with a large head, thick folds of skin around the face and shoulders and a rel ...
trainers after the demise of their original manufacturer, Beagle Aircraft Limited.
In November 1958, redundancies affecting almost 800 of their 2,500 staff were announced. Scottish Aviation merged with the British Aircraft Corporation
The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric, English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrongs, Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), the Bristol Aeroplane ...
, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, and Hawker Siddeley Dynamics to form British Aerospace
British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft manufacturer, aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire. ...
in 1977. Much of the former Scottish Aviation assets now belong to Spirit AeroSystems
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. is an American Manufacturing, manufacturer of aerostructures for commercial airplanes, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas. The company produces fuselage sections for Boeing's Boeing 737, 737 and Boeing 787 Dreaml ...
.
Aircraft
(first flight in brackets) * Scottish Aviation Pioneer (5 November 1947) * Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer (25 June 1955) * Scottish Aviation Bulldog * Scottish Aviation JetstreamGallery
Cars
Between 1964 and 1966 Scottish Aviation designed a small battery-electric car, the Scottish Aviation Scamp, of which twelve pre-production examples were built.
See also
*Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space. Aerospace activity is very diverse, with a multitude of commercial, industrial, and military applications. Aerospace engineering consists of aeronautics and astro ...
References
Citations
Bibliography
* Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft since 1919 (Volume 3)''. London, Putnam, 1974.Further reading
* Berry, P (2005) ''Prestwick Airport and Scottish Aviation'' * Robertson, A (1986) ''Lion Rampant and Winged''External links
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