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HISTORY
The Fairey Aviation
Company Limited was a
British aircraft manufacturer
of the first half of the
20th century based
in Hayes in Middlesex
and Heaton Chapel and RAF
Ringway in Lancashire.
Notable for the design of
several important military
aircraft, including the Fairey
III family,
the Swordfish, Firefly,
and Gannet, it had a strong
presence in the supply of
naval aircraft, and also
built bombers for the RAF.
After World War II the
company diversified into
mechanical engineering and
boat-building. The aircraft
manufacturing arm was taken
over by Westland Aircraft in
1960. Following a series of
mergers and takeovers, the
principal successor
businesses to the company
now trade as FBM Babcock
Marine Ltd, Spectris plc,
and WFEL (formerly Williams
Fairey Engineering Limited),
the latter manufacturing
portable bridges.
Source:
Wikipedia
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