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Dowty Rotol
By 1959 Rotol and British Messier along with Dowty Equipment and Dowty Fuel Systems became part of the new Dowty Aviation Division based at Cheltenham.
Dowty Rotol were manufacturers of aircraft accessory equipment, aircraft undercarriages, propellers, gearboxes, hydraulic systems and flying controls.
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A Servo Valve from Dowty
An article reprinted from the magazine Aeroplane & Aeronautics about A Servo Valve from Dowty – Sep 1959
An Engineer from Churchdown - A very British hero!
An article from the Daily Mail by Geoffrey Wansell – March 2009 Shy, short-sighted and hating violence – a very British ...
Apprentice Prize Giving - Press Reports
Dowty Apprentices’ Prize Giving – November 1952 The third annual apprentices’ prize giving of Dowty Equipment, Ltd., took place at Arle ...
Design Approval from Air Registration Board
Dowty Rotol Design Approval from Air Registration Board – Mar 1960
Dowty Apprentices - Projects & Events
Dowty Apprentices occasionally got involved in some kind of “project” or “event”, this would involve a team of apprentices coming ...
Dowty Group - Chief Executive Awards for Excellence
Dowty Group Chief Executive Awards for Excellence
Dowty Hydraulic Power Vibrator
Reprinted from the “Control” journal an article about Dowty’s hydraulically operated Power Vibrator – May 1961
Dowty Precision Castings - Organisation Charts
Copies of Dowty Precision Castings Management Organisation Charts from the 1980’s
Dowty Propellers
The business originated in 1937 as Rotol Airscrews Ltd., and was formed by Rolls-Royce and Bristol Aircraft to take over ...
Dowty Reorganisation Forecast -1959
Dowty Reorganisation Forecast – 8 May 1959 When Sir George Dowty presented prizes to Rotol apprentices on May 8 he said ...
Dowty Rotol - IME 1952
An article about Dowty Rotol which featured in their company reference manual, produced by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in ...
Dowty Rotol - Newsletters
Copies of Dowty Rotol “Newsletters” issued to employees
Dowty Rotol - Newspaper Clippings
Copies of Dowty Rotol newspaper clippings that appeared in local and national papers between 1955-59
Dowty Rotol - On the Shop Floor
Photographs from Dowty Rotol showing the employees working on the production lines and assembly areas
Dowty Rotol - Organisation Charts
Copies of Dowty Rotol Management Organisation Charts Apologies for the poor quality of some charts – all originals can be viewed ...
Dowty Rotol - People
Photographs of the people who used to work at Dowty Rotol Our thanks to all those who shared their photos
Dowty Rotol - Products
Photographs of products that were designed and manufactured by Dowty Rotol at Staverton, Gloucester Products were produced for both military and ...
Dowty Rotol - Publications
Copies of the sales and information publications published and issued by Dowty Rotol
Dowty Rotol - Site Layout
Copies of the Dowty Rotol North & South Works Site Layouts. Our thanks to John Herring for sharing
Dowty Rotol - Site Plans
Copies of documents, showing Dowty Rotol (North and South Works), Site Plans for Unit Nos.26, 27, 54, and 104 from ...
Dowty Rotol - Stalag
Photograph of the department at Dowty Rotol which everyone referred to as “Stalag”
Dowty Rotol - Synopsis
Rotol Airscrews was formed on 13th May 1937 by Rolls-Royce and Bristol Aeroplane Co. Rotol Airscrews took over both companies’ propeller ...
Dowty Rotol Annual Apprentices Prizegiving - Dec 1987
Dowty Rotol Annual Apprentices Prizegiving – Dec 1987
Dowty Rotol Annual Apprentices Prizegiving – Dec 1986
Dowty Rotol Annual Apprentices Prizegiving – Dec 1986
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