Civilian Aircraft Company
Type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Aviation |
Founded | 1928 |
Founder | Harold Boultbee |
Defunct | 1933 |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | Hull Municipal Airport, Hedon , |
Products | Fixed-wing aircraft |
The Civilian Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer between 1928 and 1933.
History[]
The company was formed in 1928 at Burton-on-Trent by Harold Boultbee, a former Handley Page aircraft designer, who became the managing director and chief designer.[1] The company established a factory on the southern perimeter of the Hull Municipal Airport, at Hedon.[1] The company only produced one aircraft type, the Civilian Coupé a two-seat light monoplane.[1] After producing six aircraft the company became bankrupt and the factory at Hedon closed in 1933.[1]
Aircraft[]
- 1929 - Civilian Coupé
References[]
Notes[]
Bibliography[]
- Jackson, A.J. (1973). British Civil Aircraft since 1919. Vol. 2. London: Putnam Publishing. ISBN 0-370-10010-7.
Categories:
- Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1928
- 1928 establishments in England
- Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1933
- 1933 disestablishments in England
- British companies disestablished in 1933
- British companies established in 1928