Please could someone help me to find out what became of these old companys . I am interested in finding what became of the WW1 flying boat manufacturers of the Felixstowe flying boats , the Pheonix flying boats and the Porte and Pemberton Billing flying boats . It seems some were absorbed into what became Supermarine and maybe others into what became English Electric ? Also the the 1920’s British Nieuport company , was this absorbed into Glosters ?
By: Mr Creosote - 3rd November 2008 at 07:56
Not sure (and at work so no time to check) but I think Phoenix was one of the constituent parts of English Electric when it was founded.
By: Mark12 - 2nd November 2008 at 13:04
Pemberton Billing.
Wasn’t that company recently re-formed? 😉
By: John Aeroclub - 2nd November 2008 at 12:34
Nieuport and General, part of the Waring group closed down in 1920 and the design rights were aquired along with design staff, the most important of these being H.P. Folland. (Gloster Aircraft since 1917, D James)
John
By: daveg4otu - 2nd November 2008 at 11:31
Page on my Hampshire airfields website about Noel P-B and Supermarine…
By: OHOPE - 2nd November 2008 at 09:39
Thanks for that , it happend a lot earlier than I thought . I was guessing at the early1920’s .
By: daveg4otu - 2nd November 2008 at 07:47
Pemberton Billing became Supermarine Aviation Works Ltd,company registered 20-09-16.
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