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R H Bound - Technical Director
20/03/2019
R H Bound F.R.Ae.S, F.S.E, M.I.M.E, A.I.M.A.E was a Technical Director of Dowty Equipment, he had considerable experience of aircraft ...
WW2 War Time Newspaper Clippings
19/03/2019
Copies of World War 2 Newspaper clippings about Dowty’s during the war – national and local newspapers, along with Aircraft ...
Hanover Air Show 1964
19/03/2019
Photographs from the Hanover Air Show held in 1964, featruring the EWR VJ 101 experimental German jet fighter vertical takeoff/landing ...
Belly Geared Aircraft Concept
19/03/2019
Dowty Equipment drawing blueprint of a “Belly Geared Aircraft Concept” … never took off!
Weekly Staff - Clocking In/Out Machine
18/03/2019
For the majority of Weekly Staff Employees, there was a requirement to clock “IN and OUT” when reporting to work ...
Gloster Engineering
18/03/2019
Gloster Engineering (Cheltenham) was located in St Pauls Street North, Cheltenham. In 1967 it was acquired by the Dowty Group, then ...
Dowty Belt Buckles
18/03/2019
There is a tradition with Coal Miners, that they design and produce a Belt Buckle which represents the Colliery or ...
Retractable Undercarriages - George Dowty
17/03/2019
Extract of a lecture by George H Dowty reported on by the The Aeronautical Journal – May 1936 “When invited to ...
Meco - Golden Jubilee
16/03/2019
In 1959 Meco celebrated their Golden Jubilee. Mining Engineering Co (Meco) was a private company founded in Sheffield in 1909 before ...
Sir George Dowty - Portrait
16/03/2019
Portrait of Sir George H Dowty, painted by Sir Herbert James Gunn A.R.A. Royal Academician Born: 30 June 1893 in Glasgow, ...
Dowty Apprentices - Projects & Events
15/03/2019
Dowty Apprentices occasionally got involved in some kind of “project” or “event”, this would involve a team of apprentices coming ...
Dowty Equipment - Building Works
14/03/2019
Photographs showing the building works on the Arle Court Estate in 1962
Sir George Dowty & Family
14/03/2019
Photograph of Sir George Dowty and family at the main entrance to Arle Court House, Cheltenham Born at Pershore, 27th April ...
Dowty Mining Equipment - Exhibition Bus
14/03/2019
Photograph showing a Dowty Mining Equipment Exhibition Bus c.1941
Dowty Equipment - Exhibition Lorry
14/03/2019
Photograph of a set of Lancaster Undercarriage Wheels on a Dowty Equipment Exhibition Lorry in 1945, thanking the people of ...
Garret TFE 1042 Jet Engines
14/03/2019
Photographs showing a Taiwanese Jet with Garret TFE 1042 Jet Engines. In 1978, Garrett announced joint research on the TFE1042 afterburner ...
Dowty Equipment - Products
14/03/2019
Photographs showing some of the products that were designed and manufactured by Dowty Equipment, some more sucessful than others!
Dowty and Bluebird-Proteus CN7
14/03/2019
Our photographic records found in the Dowty Heritage Archives, found two pictures of models, of the Bluebird-Proteus CN7 Land Speed ...
Dowty Fuel Systems - Boiler House
14/03/2019
Photograph showing the Dowty Fuel Systems Boilerhouse, this important facility provided the heating and hot water for the site buildings. These ...
Farnborough Air Show 1953
14/03/2019
Photograph showing the Dowty Group display stand at the Farnborough Air Show in 1953
School of Hydraulics
13/03/2019
Photographs showing wartime Royal Air Force personnel attending a Dowty Equipment “School of Hydraulics” to help the personnel understand the ...
Hanover Exhibition
13/03/2019
Photographs showing the Dowty Hydraulic Units Taurodyne Transmission display stand at the – Hanover Exhibition
Dowty Group Packing
13/03/2019
Photograph showing the Dowty Group Packing site in Cheltenham At this site, they would design and manufacture the packing crates for ...
Aerospace Exhibition
13/03/2019
Photographs of a Dowty Exhibition Display Stand – possibly in Canada or Paris
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Pete Howes
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Dowty Group Services – Royal House
11/03/2019
I recall Tom Weaver talking about his new car, I believe an old Hillman with 'drybollick brakes'.
John Redfern
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Ultra Hydraulics new Facility
06/03/2019
Hello Mark... many thanks for the correction... have now updated post... Regard John
Mark Brush
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Ultra Hydraulics new Facility
06/03/2019
It was originally built for Dowty Actuation before Ultra Hydraulics moved in there
John Redfern
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How to contribute to Dowty Heritage
02/03/2019
Hello Glenn, Apologies that you are having difficulty with our website. On the "Get Involved" page, you should also see...
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