Dowty Rotol

Dowty Propellers
Paris Airshow June 1989 Dowty F50 Propeller and first showing of A340 Undercarriage model just to the left.
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 - People
Photographs of some people who used to work at Dowty Rotol
Dowty Rotol - Products
Photographs of products that were designed and manufactured by Dowty Rotol, that were used in both military and civil aviation
Dowty Rotol - Publications
Copies of the sales and information publications published and issued by Dowty Rotol
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 ...
Equipment Labels
Photographs of Dowty Rotol Equipment Labels, these were affixed to ancillary gearboxes and a mixture of hydraulic unit and landing ...
In Search of New Contracts
Photograph of Project Sales Engineer Alex Nash – and Marketing Manager John Poole The packages contains proposals for Specification SPE-J-321-016 and ...
Machine and Workshops
Photographs showing the various machine and workshops within Dowty Rotol
Memories of a Wartime Evacuee - Staverton 1940
“In 1940 my family, including my mother, father, two brothers and one sister, evacuated from Hillingdon, Middlesex to Staverton via ...
No 1 Assembly Shop
Photographs of Dowty Rotol No 1 Assembly Shop Main Photos show BAe 146 main landing gear
Photos of Dowty Rotol Buildings
Selection of photographs showing the Dowty Rotol site at Staverton, Gloucester. The iconic white building was not always white!
RAF Careers Exhibition 1962
Photographs from a RAF Careers Exhibition 1962
Ram Air Turbine
This is the mock up for the Dowty Rotol Ram Air Turbine (RAT) for the Tornado F3 Air Defence Variant ...
Rotol Airscrews - Publications
Copies of the sales and information publications published and issued by Rotol Airscrews Ltd
Rotol Airscrews Blade Shop
Early photographs of the Propeller Blade Shop at Rotol Airscrews c 1940
Rotol Messier - Apprentice Pay Rates 1958
These were the Rotol Messier Apprentice Pay Rates in 1958
Sister Rees Retires - March 1972
Dowty News press clipping from 1972
SR.N6 Hovercraft
The Saunders-Roe (later British Hovercraft Corporation) SR.N6 hovercraft (also known as the Winchester class) was essentially a larger version of ...
The "Airscrew"
The “Airscrew” – 1941 Wartime publication from Rotol Airscrews Ltd
VIP Visit - Defence Secretary Jonathan Aitken
VIP visit at Dowty Rotol of Defence Secretary Jonathan Aitken
VIP Visit - Golden Jubilee Review 1994
Photograph of Warwick Squire, Managing Director, Dowty Rotol, Bill Huyton (back row right) with VIP Delegation at Arle Court, Golden ...
VIP Visit - No 2 Shop
Photographs of a VIP visit to Dowty Rotol No 2 Shop and Assembly