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  • Dowty Propellers

    Dowty Propellers

    22/02/2019
    The business originated in 1937 as Rotol Airscrews Ltd., and was formed by Rolls-Royce and Bristol Aircraft to take over ...
  • Dowty - 21st Anniversary

    Dowty - 21st Anniversary

    22/02/2019
    Founded in 1931, Dowty Equipment celebrated its 21st Anniversary in 1952 and here were some of the achievements: 1931 The ...
  • Velocette Motorcycles - Air Suspension

    Velocette Motorcycles - Air Suspension

    21/02/2019
    Air suspension in the Velocette Dowty Olematic Forks “cushions” road shocks better than springs. Velocette started using rear suspension by “oleo-pneumatic” ...
  • Dowty Seals - Newtown

    Dowty Seals - Newtown

    21/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Seals site at  Dyffrryn Industrial Estate, Newtown, Powys, Wales – Dowty Unit 55
  • Dowty Hydraulic Units - Coventry

    Dowty Hydraulic Units - Coventry

    21/02/2019
    Photographs of the new factory for Dowty Hydraulic Units at Unit B, Three Spires Industrial Estate, Bedworth Road, Coventry – ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Hednesford

    Dowty Electronics - Hednesford

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site – Rugely Road, Hednesford These photographs were taken by the Dowty Group Services Property Department, ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Acton

    Dowty Electronics - Acton

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site – Ultra Electronics, Mansfield Road, Western Avenue, Acton – Dowty Unit 79 These photographs were ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Cranfield

    Dowty Electronics - Cranfield

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site Ripper Systems Ltd, Cranfield, Bedfordshire – Dowty Unit 101 These photographs were taken by the ...
  • Dowty Unit No.4 - Station Street, Tewkesbury

    Dowty Unit No.4 - Station Street, Tewkesbury

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Factory Unit No.4 which was used by both Dowty Hydraulic Units And Dowty Electrics and was ...
  • Dowty Electronics - Marlow

    Dowty Electronics - Marlow

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Dowty Electronics site at Marlow Place, Station Road, Marlow – Dowty Unit 78 These photographs were taken by ...
  • Hydrostatic Transmissions Ltd

    Hydrostatic Transmissions Ltd

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Hydrostatic Transmissions Ltd site at Tallon Road, Hutton, Brentwood – Dowty Unit 123 These photographs were taken by ...
  • Dowty Group - News!

    Dowty Group - News!

    20/02/2019
    Dowty News January 1969 – a periodic company newspaper that informed employees on the state of the business and social ...
  • Dowty - Singapore

    Dowty - Singapore

    20/02/2019
    Photographs of the Dowty site in Singapore at Loyang Cresent
  • Dowty Aerospace Montreal

    Dowty Aerospace Montreal

    20/02/2019
    Photographs of the Dowty Aerospace site in Montreal, Canada
  • Fit For Work Award - 1988

    Fit For Work Award - 1988

    20/02/2019
    Fit For Work Award 1988 – for outstanding achievment in the employment of people with difficulties
  • Dowty Boulton Paul - Customers

    Dowty Boulton Paul - Customers

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the end uses of Dowty Boulton Paul components with its customers. Apart from the supply of aircraft components for ...
  • Dowty Boulton Paul - Production

    Dowty Boulton Paul - Production

    20/02/2019
    Photographs showing the production, testing, inspection and assembly area of the Dowty Boulton Paul works at Wolverhampton
  • Dowty Decoto Inc.

    Dowty Decoto Inc.

    20/02/2019
    Photographs of awards and presentations made to the Dowty Decoto Inc. from their customers, includung Boeing Helicopters Corporation and McDonnell ...
  • TI Group Calendar 1993

    TI Group Calendar 1993

    20/02/2019
    Photographs of a complimentary 1993 Calendar handed to clients, in conjunction with TI Group, John Crane, Bundy and Dowty
  • Dowty Seals, Meco, Electrics & Ultra

    Dowty Seals, Meco, Electrics & Ultra

    18/02/2019
    Remembering our colleagues that once worked at Dowty Seals, Meco & Electrics If you know of any colleagues that have died ...
  • Dowty Rugby Teams & Players

    Dowty Rugby Teams & Players

    18/02/2019
    Photographs of the Teams and Players who represented Dowty Rugby Football or who participated in the Interdepartmental Rugby competitions.
  • Dowty Rotol - Site Layout

    Dowty Rotol - Site Layout

    14/02/2019
    Copies of the Dowty Rotol North & South Works Site Layouts. Our thanks to John Herring for sharing
  • Photographers Edit

    Photographers Edit

    14/02/2019
    Photographs show the photos that Photographers were selecting and editing, ready to include in a Dowty Mining Equipment publications
  • Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility - Ashchurch

    Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility - Ashchurch

    14/02/2019
    Photographs showing the Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility for Dowty Hydraulics at Ashchurch. At this facility Hydraulic Wagon Buffers and Wagon ...
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  • Michael Sillitoe on Dowty Rotol

    31/05/2022
    A very nice memorial to our friends and workmates. A few more names to the list. Rodney Smith Experimental M/C...
  • Michael Walsh on Old Dowty factory in Station Street, Tewkesbury

    15/05/2022
    Does anyone remember Peggy Drinkwater who worked for Dowty in Tewkesbury in the late 1940s and early 1950s? She married...
  • John de Lacey on Dowty Wolleng Pty Ltd – Australia

    09/05/2022
    I started work there in 1988. Finished up just after Joy bought the group.
  • Mark Ellis on Dowty Marine – Turbo-Jet Units

    26/04/2022
    The Stalwart is one of the very early prototypes, and would have been in the early sixties. After the initial...
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