short brothers plc

At the end of 1908 Horace started work on the two designs, and in early 1909 construction was started of McClean's aircraft, the Short No.1 biplane. Only 10 were built for the Royal Air Force. AIRPORT ROAD, BELFAST Short Brothers plc, usually referred to as Shorts or Short, is an aerospace company based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.Shorts was founded in 1908 in London, and was the first company in the world to make production airplanes. [7] Oswald succeeded in persuading Horace to leave his job with Parsons, and in November 1908 they registered their partnership under the name Short Brothers. During the immediate post-war years the economic climate was difficult for the aircraft industry in the United Kingdom.

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The government announced the sale of Shorts to Bombardier on 7 June 1989 for £30 million. The sale is expected to close in the first half of 2020 subject to regulatory approval. The contract also specified the use of the experimental Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine.

[28]. In 1910 the Royal Aero Club and Short Brothers moved to a larger and less marshy ground at Eastchurch, about 2.5 miles (4 km) away.