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Wholly owned by F.L. Shmidt Industries A/S (Denmark), comprises FLS Aerospace (near Winchester), FLS Engineering (Stansted, plus Bournemouth, Gatwick, Lasham, Manchester), FLS Lovaux (Bournemouth), FLS Aerospace Support (Horley) and FLS…
Folland Aircraft Ltd formed May 1937 by renaming British Marine Aircraft, Hamble. Major subcontractor, and won contract to supply 12 large 43/37 engine testbed aircraft 1940-41. W.E.W. Petter joined as…
Australian Geoffrey Wikner built 3 sporting aircraft before coming to England May 1934 and setting up Foster Wikner Aircraft Co. F.W.1 high-wing cabin monoplane flew September 1936 with Ford V8…
Fulton Aircraft Ltd, London Docklands, produced FA-1 side-by-side microlight trainer, flown in Canada August 1985.
Garland Aircraft Ltd successor to Garland-Bianchi 1959-60. Built 2 Linnets before Fairtravel took over.
Formed 1955 by P.A.T. Garland and D.E. Bianchi to produce Linnet derived from Piel Emeraude. Prototype flew 1 September 1958, led to Garland Aircraft.
Gaunt Aircraft, established at Southport 1910, flew Baby monoplane (later rebuilt as biplane) 1911.
General Aircraft Ltd formed at Croydon 1934 to take over assets of Monospar Wing Co., as result of great success of latter’s ST.3 in 1931. Developed ST.4 and subsequent Monospar…
Byfleet, Surrey, firm which built 3 single-seaters - Gadfly I, II, III - 1929.
Urgent need to expand Britain’s puny aircraft industry at start of First World War led to George Holt Thomas of Airco asking advice on capable woodworking firms from his chief…
Major O.T. Gnosspelius designed Gull ultralight built by Short for 1923 Lympne trials.
British Gordon Dove ultralights were designed by Buszard and built by Premier; no company named Gordon.
Gosport Aircraft Co. built FBA and Felixstowe F.5 flying-boats 1917-19. Planned G.9 post-war civil boat, designed by Porte on basis of Fury, abandoned 1921.
Claude Grahame-White achieved fame as early aviator, ran flying school at Pau (south-west France) and purchased land at Hendon and developed aerodrome, with its own schools and factories including his…
Archaeopteryx single-seater was built 1926-30 by R.F.T. and R.J.T. Granger; no horizontal tail.
Halton Aero Club formed at RAF station 1925 produced 3 light aircraft: HAC.1 Mayfly biplane (32-hp Cherub) flown January 1927; HAC.2 Minus, same aircraft converted as parasol monoplane 1928; HAC.3…
Members of Hampshire Aeroplane Club built 2 Wots (see Currie) 1958-9, but failed to complete HAC.2 Halcyon light twin.
George Handasyde was partner in Martin & Handasyde, but set up Handasyde Aircraft Co. 1920. Produced 2 gliders and 1923 ultralight built by ANEC. He joined Desoutter 1929.
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