Early Aviation in Wigan

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Alfred Worswick, a Wigan engineer, who took his task more seriously than most, and in May 1909, he began by erecting a hanger, 36 feet by 36 feet near his home the Woodlands at Gathurst. He chose an open space well clear of trees and obstructions and in an elevated position, but because the site was away from the town he had to add a mechanics shop and a carpentering shed.

Worswick’s first machine a 14 feet monoplane with a 31 feet span and fitted with a 20hp engine, which drove two propellers behind the wings. The wooden fuselage was covered by aluminium making it one of the first metal-bodied aeroplanes ever built. Equally surprising was the gelatine screen, which entirely protected and covered the driver. The aircraft could be made suitable for war purposes by surrounding the cockpit with bullet proof metal.

Worswick had been interested in aviation for many years and his aeroplane had been evolved and constructed on original lines as the result of individual research.

On the 4th April 1910 the Wigan observer published a photograph of a new aircraft known as Motor plane Type C, No1. It resembled its predecessor but lacked the aluminium and had a smaller engine, changes which were no doubt for a weight reduction from 600 lb to 450 lb.

Worswick who lived from 1880 to 1917 took out several patents including one for propellers. An obituary says he built a number of aeroplanes for experimental purposes, but all appear to be earth bound. Worswick left Wigan to run a motor business in Croydon.