Re: Now, this is ironic

Pat Flannery wrote:

Percival, Auster, Cierva, Folland, Saunders-Roe, English Electric.
Off the top of my head.



Which of those were around at the end of W.W. II?

All were. Indeed, English Electric was entering its glory years with
the Canberra, Lightning, and TSR.2.

I might have added Parnall. It built its last original design in the
late '30s and was a subcontractor thereafter for airframes but also
the producer of the Fraser-Nash turrets for other aircraft.

Jim Davis

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