Scottish Aviation

Former British aerospace company

Scottish Aviation LimitedIndustry| Aerospace, engineering

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Founded| 1935
Defunct| 1977
Fate| Merged into British Aerospace
Headquarters| Prestwick, Scotland, UK

Key people

| Robert McIntyre
The factory building of Scottish Aviation, which still exists today, was formerly the Palace of Engineering at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. It is now owned by Spirit AeroSystems.

Scottish Aviation Limited was an aircraft manufacturer based in Prestwick, Scotland.[1]

## History

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The company was founded in 1935.[2][3] Originally a flying school operator, the company took on maintenance work in 1938. During the Second World War, Scottish Aviation was involved in aircraft fitting for the war effort. This included maintenance and conversion of the Consolidated Liberator bomber.

The factory building of Scottish Aviation, which still exists today, was formerly the Palace of Engineering at the 1938 Empire Exhibition in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. The building was dismantled from its Glasgow site and reconstructed.

Post-war it built robust military STOL utility aircraft such as the Pioneer and larger Twin Pioneer. Much later the company built some Jetstream turboprop transport and navigational training aircraft following the collapse of Handley Page (which designed the type). It built Bulldog trainers after the demise of their original manufacturer, Beagle Aircraft Limited.

In November 1958, redundancies affecting almost 800 of their 2,500 staff were announced.[4] Scottish Aviation merged with the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, and Hawker Siddeley Dynamics to form British Aerospace in 1977. Much of the former Scottish Aviation assets now belong to Spirit AeroSystems.

## Aircraft

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(first flight in brackets)

* Scottish Aviation Pioneer (5 November 1947)
* Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer (25 June 1955)
* Scottish Aviation Bulldog
* Scottish Aviation Jetstream

## Gallery

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* Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer

* Scottish Aviation Jetstream T1

* Privately owned Scottish Aviation Bulldog, formerly of the Botswana Air Force and in their colours, at an English rally in 2005

## Cars

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1965 Scottish Aviation Scamp

Between 1964 and 1966 Scottish Aviation designed a small battery-electric car, the Scottish Aviation Scamp, of which twelve pre-production examples were built.[5]

## See also

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* Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ "Scottish Aviation". BAE Systems | International.
2. ^ "Scots firm plans air network. Global Service Based on Prestwick". The Herald. Glasgow. 27 October 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
3. ^ "airport history". Glasgow Prestwick Airport. 15 July 2009. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009.
4. ^ "Further Shock at Prestwick". The Herald. Glasgow. 21 November 1958. p. 1. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
5. ^ Carr, Richard (1 July 1966). "In search of the town car". Design (211). Council of Industrial Design: 29–37.

### Bibliography

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* Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 (Volume 3). London, Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10014-X

## Further reading

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* Berry, P (2005) Prestwick Airport and Scottish Aviation
* Robertson, A (1986) Lion Rampant and Winged

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scottish Aviation aircraft.

* Scottish Aviation – BAE Systems
* Scottish Aviation – British Aircraft Directory

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Scottish Aviation aircraft

* Bulldog
* Jetstream
* Pioneer
* Twin Pioneer

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Timeline of British aerospace companies since 1955

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Short Brothers & Harland Limited | Short Brothers Limited | Short Brothers plc[a]
Handley Page |  |  |  |
FG Miles | Beagle Aircraft[b] |  |  |  |
Auster
Scottish Aviation[c] | British Aerospace (BAe)  | BAE Systems
Blackburn | Hawker Siddeley Aviation
Hawker Siddeley Dynamics
Avro
de Havilland |
Folland
Hawker Siddeley[d]
Vickers-Armstrongs | British Aircraft Corporation (BAC)[e]
English Electric[f]
Bristol
Hunting
The General Electric Company (GEC) | The Marconi Company | GEC-Marconi/Marconi Electronic Systems
The English Electric Company[g] | Marconi plc

1. ^ Part of Bombardier Inc.; since 2019 part of Spirit AeroSystems
2. ^ Government owned from 1966 to liquidation
3. ^ Purchased rights for various Beagle and Handley-Page designs from the liquidator.
4. ^ Comprising Hawker Aircraft, Gloster Aircraft Company and Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft.
5. ^ BAC comprised the aviation interests of the companies that formed it, and wholly owned Hunting Aircraft.
6. ^ English Electric Aircraft, a subsidiary of the English Electric Company.
7. ^ GEC purchased EE and with it The Marconi Company and EE's shareholding in BAC, through its subsidiary EE Aircraft.

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* Air Navigation and Engineering Company
* Airco
* The Airscrew Company
* Airship Industries
* Airspeed
* Airwork Services
* Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
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* Aviation Traders
* Avro
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* British Aerial Transport
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* British Aircraft Company
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* Dart Aircraft
* de Havilland
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* Propellers
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* Dowty Group
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* Fane Aircraft Company
* Ferranti
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* Garland Aircraft Company
* General Aircraft
* General Electric Company
* Gloster Aircraft Company
* Grahame-White
* Handley Page
* Hants and Sussex Aviation
* Hawker Aircraft
* Hawker Siddeley
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* Hunting Aircraft
* Kingsbury Aviation
* Lakes Flying Company
* Lindstrand Technologies
* Luton Aircraft
* M. B. Arpin & Co.
* Marconi Company
* Electronic Systems
* Martinsyde
* Matra Marconi Space
* Miles Aircraft
* Moss Brothers Aircraft
* D. Napier & Son
* Nash & Thompson
* National Aircraft Factory No. 2
* Nieuport & General Aircraft
* Norman Thompson Flight Company
* Parnall
* Parnall & Sons
* Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot
* Lang Propellers
* Reaction Engines
* Reid and Sigrist
* Rollason Aircraft and Engines
* Royal Aircraft Establishment
* Saunders-Roe
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* Seaplane Experimental Station
* SELEX Galileo
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* Supermarine
* Vickers
* Vickers-Armstrongs
* Westland Aircraft
* Westland Helicopters
* J. Samuel White

Government and
regulatory bodies|

* Civil Aviation Authority
* Defence Electronics and Components Agency
* Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
* European Aviation Safety Agency

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* ADS Group
* Farnborough International Airshow
* NATS Holdings
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* Royal International Air Tattoo
* Society of British Aerospace Companies

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