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Brush Electrical Engineering Co., later part of Hawker Siddeley, made Avro 504C/J/K and Short 184 and 830 1915-18.
CAMERON BALLOONS LTD Cameron Balloons, formed in 1970 and now part of the Cameron Holdings Group, holds CAA, FAA, French CNT and German Musterzulassungsschein type certificates for its hot-air ballons.…
Campbell Aircraft Ltd bought UK rights to Bensen autogyros 1959. Various projects failed to materialize, but 47 examples sold of basic version named Cricket.
Carden-Baynes Aircraft Ltd formed 1935 at Heston, gave name to Scud (see Abbott) and Bee (1936) ultralights. Terminated by Air Ministry takeover of Heston, but Baynes patented Heliplane (twin tilt-rotor…
Sir George Cayley, Bt., Brompton Hall, Yorkshire, 1773-1857, published series of visionary drawings of fixed-wing aerodynes from 1791, including classic treatise 1809-10; published design of 'governable parachute' monoplane glider 25…
Central Aircraft Co., 1917 subsidiary of joinery works R. Cattle Ltd, produced post-war aircraft of its own design: Centaur IV 3-seat biplane (8, 1919), and Centaur IIA 8-seater (2 x…
CFM AIRBORNE (UK) LTD Cook Flying Machines (trading as CFM MetalFax Ltd) went into receivership during 1996; assets were purchased from the liquidator by a small group of investors and…
Chilton Aircraft formed 1936, built 4 D.W.1 and 1A single-seaters. Chilton Aircraft Co. registered 5 June 1946, again at Hungerford, built Olympia sailplane which was passed to Elliotts of Newbury.…
Chrislea Aircraft Co. formed Heston 1936 to build LC.1 Airguard trainer, flown 1938. Post-war flew CH.3 Ace high-wing 4-seater 19 August 1946, leading to Super Ace and tailwheel Skyjeep. Assets…
Formed 1965 by original Cierva company and Rotorcraft Ltd at Redhill to develop CR Twin 5-seat coaxial helicopter, flown August 1969.
Civilian Aircraft Co. formed 1928 at Burton-on-Trent. Works near Hull built 5 Civilian Coupé light 2-seat high-wing monoplanes.
Lincoln ag-machine firm which built Sopwith Triplane and Camel, HP O/400 and Vickers Vimy 1916-19.
Name proposed for Clipper aircraft of Burnelli type 1935; Cunliffe-Owen OA-14 built instead.
Chichester-Miles Consultants Ltd flew Leopard light business jet 12 December 1988, construction by Designability Ltd. Prototype 002 airframe mainly by Slingsby.
Samuel F. Cody, flamboyant American (naturalized Briton 1909), built numerous man-lifting kites and gliders followed by (1907) powered aeroplanes. Six distinct aircraft before he was killed 7 August 1913; none…
Commercial Aeroplane Wing Syndicate formed by A.A. Holle 1919 to fly his Alula wing on various aircraft.
Flt. Lt. Nicholas Comper, previously designer of Cranwell CLA series, left RAF March 1929 and formed Comper Aircraft Co. at Hooton Park, Cheshire, to build CLA.7 Swift, derived from CLA.3,…
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