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  • First official Dowty event - a success!

    First official Dowty event - a success!

    06/09/2018
    Today (6th September) saw the first event for the Dowty project – hopefully the first of many – which was ...
  • Jet Test Cell at Staverton

    Jet Test Cell at Staverton

    06/09/2018
    The Dowty Fuel Systems Jet Test Cell at Staverton was where Dowty tested their fuel systems on the Rolls Royce ...
  • Sir George Dowty's Dove Aeroplane

    Sir George Dowty's Dove Aeroplane

    06/09/2018
    As well as residing at Arle Court, Sir George Dowty also had property on the Isle of Man. He owned a ...
  • New Mendip Engineering Atworth - Synopsis

    New Mendip Engineering Atworth - Synopsis

    06/09/2018
    New Mendip Engineering The New Mendip Motor & Engineering Company began life at Chewton Mendip, Somerset, under the name, the Mendip ...
  • My Engineering Apprenticeship - John Redfern

    My Engineering Apprenticeship - John Redfern

    06/09/2018
    My Dowty Apprentice Story I lived in Corsham, Wiltshire and attended the Secondary Modern School for Boys and although I did ...
  • Offer of Employment

    Offer of Employment

    06/09/2018
    John Redfern Ex. Dowty Apprentice 1965-1970 recalls: This was my offer of employment from Dowty Group Services after completing my apprenticeship ...
  • New Mendip Engineering - Apprentices

    New Mendip Engineering - Apprentices

    06/09/2018
    New Mendip Engineering Apprentices Pedal Car Charity Run from Atworth to Wolverhampton
  • Apprentice Indentures & Prizegiving

    Apprentice Indentures & Prizegiving

    06/09/2018
    Taking a vocational route such as an apprenticeship, suited those who did not wish to pursue an academic career pathway ...
  • John Herring

    John Herring

    05/09/2018
    John Herring started with Dowty in August 1973 as a sponsored student apprentice, simultaneously gaining his degree in production engineering ...
  • Dave Walker

    Dave Walker

    05/09/2018
    In this interview Dave remembers his training as a Commercial Apprentice at Dowty and his time at Bristol Polytechnic. He talks ...
  • Mary Sage

    Mary Sage

    05/09/2018
    Mary was born in 1916 and so was 102 years old when we interviewed her. She worked at Dowty during the ...
  • The standard IS/250 gas turbine

    The standard IS/250 gas turbine

    29/08/2018
    This piece of equipment included a fuel system developed by Dowty Fuel Systems.
  • The universal fuel pump test rig

    The universal fuel pump test rig

    29/08/2018
    This test rig was designed by Dowty Equipment to satisfy the increasing demand for versatility in test equipment. There are three ...
  • Michael Heseltine with an aircraft engine

    Michael Heseltine with an aircraft engine

    29/08/2018
    This photograph, which was obviously going to be adapted for publicity, shows Michael Heseltine with an aircraft engine. Unfortunately there is ...
  • The Dowty Sports & Social Club - Synopsis

    The Dowty Sports & Social Club - Synopsis

    29/08/2018
    The Dowty Sports & Social Club was formed for its employees. Dowty Rotol Sports & Social Club was formed in 1960, ...
  • Photos of Dowty Rotol Buildings

    Photos of Dowty Rotol Buildings

    29/08/2018
    Selection of photographs showing the Dowty Rotol site at Staverton, Gloucester. The iconic white building was not always white!  
  • Video of the Dowty Turbocraft

    Video of the Dowty Turbocraft

    29/08/2018
    The 1959 Dowty Turbocraft is shown here after restoration. It was restored at East Belfast Yacht Club by Gary McCausland.
  • Sir George Dowty's Notebook

    Sir George Dowty's Notebook

    29/08/2018
    The archive at Gloucestershire Heritage Hub includes an early notebook belonging to Sir George Dowty. This page shows overhead expenses for ...
  • Dowty Directors' Attendance Book, 1942

    Dowty Directors' Attendance Book, 1942

    29/08/2018
    This book shows signatures of attendance at board meetings of directors of the Dowty Group early in its life, in ...
  • How to contribute to Dowty Heritage

    How to contribute to Dowty Heritage

    24/08/2018
    This website allows you to contribute to the preserved Dowty memories by sharing photographs, videos stories. Anyone can do this. At ...
  • Video Clip of Peter Kearney being interviewed by Sue Jay

    Video Clip of Peter Kearney being interviewed by Sue Jay

    22/08/2018
    This is a great documentary featuring a lorry driver who worked for Dowty. Watch this documentary about the life of a ...
  • The History of Dowty Talk - 6th September 2018

    The History of Dowty Talk - 6th September 2018

    20/08/2018
    The first major event taking place following the start of the Dowty cataloguing project in April will be on the 6th September 2018, from 10-12.
  • Introducing the Dowty project

    Introducing the Dowty project

    18/07/2018
    The project is part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project to transform Gloucestershire Archives into the Gloucestershire Heritage Hub, along ...
  • Dowty Group Global Growth

    Dowty Group Global Growth

    18/07/2018
    The Dowty Group was founded in 1931 when George Dowty left the Gloster Aircraft Company to develop a new internally-sprung ...
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  • Philippa France-Lynch on Dowty Group – People

    20/11/2023
    I have some pictures of Mike Spence, Group Director... should you like them sent through?... Mike Spence was my father....
  • John Wangermann on Dowty Fuel Systems – Synopsis

    26/10/2023
    I completed my Dowty Group Apprenticeship and then worked at Dowty Fuel Systems for 2 years from 1989 to 1991....
  • Rachel Miles on Dowty Fuel Systems – Synopsis

    13/10/2023
    My Father-in-law Alan Miles was one of the engineers that designed the fuel pump for the Harrier Jump Jet engine!...
  • Dominic on Undercarriage for the Avro Arrow CF-100

    16/09/2023
    From a visual perspective (setting aside technical), you can't help but notice the similar configuration to that of the TSR2....
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