The Falcon Airscrew Company

The Falcon Airscrew Company
Industry Aerospace
Founder David Morgan Davies
Headquarters 113, Cottenham Road, London, United Kingdom
Products Aircraft propellers

The Falcon Airscrew Company was a British manufacturer of wooden aircraft propellers, formed during the first World War. In 1923 they claimed 90% of the United Kingdom's propeller production but had closed by the end of the decade.[1][2]

History

Formed by D. M. Davies during World War I, Falcon Airscrew gained a good reputation for its wooden propellers and survived the difficult transition to post-war production levels, concentrating on quality handbuilt wooden airscrews. Between 1922 and 1923 business expended significantly, and the company claimed to supply 90% of British aircraft demand.[1] By 1924 Flight reported that they were probably known world-wide as the largest manufacturer of aircrews, producing a very wide range of sizes and types, including two-, three- and four-blade propellers, for almost all current engines. They were the largest suppliers of propellers to the British Air Ministry and most of the British Air Services' aircraft used Falcon airscrews. They also exported to most European countries. Production was running at 100-150 units per week.[3] Falcon Airscrews also introduced a new way of attaching metal sheet to the propeller leading edges to protect them from damage.[4] Despite this dominance in the early 1920s, by the end of the decade Falcon Airscrews had ceased trading.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Falcon Airscrews". Flight. Vol. XV no. 39. 27 September 1923. p. 585.
  2. 1 2 Ord-Hume, Arthur W.J.G. (2000). British Light Aeroplanes. Peterborough: GMS Enterprises. p. 599. ISBN 978-1-870384-76-6.
  3. ↑ "The Falcon Airscrew Company". Flight. Vol. XVI no. 22. 29 May 1924. p. 341.
  4. ↑ "The Falcon Metal-tipping Scheme for Airscrews". Flight. Vol. XIV no. 14. 16 November 1922. p. 675.
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