Word: fairey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sales agent for Britain's boatbuilding Fairey Marine Ltd., O'Day was convinced there was a lot of money to be made from boats for weekend sailing. In 1957 he drew up a list of 35 specifications a weekend boat ought to have, but he could not sell Fairey on the idea. So O'Day, with a handful of U.S. sailing friends, decided to produce the boat himself. Famed British Naval Architect Uffa Fox got the design contract. The boat that came off Fox's drawing board, christened the Day Sailer, was enough to make...
Even with the mergers, the British aviation industry has a long way to go before it settles down to the two or three major units that Minister Sandys hopes for. Still unspoken for are Fairey Aviation Co., Rotodyne aircraft developer; Handley Page, an R.A.F. jet bomber maker; and such firms as Hunting Aircraft, Short Bros. & Harland, and Westland Aircraft, Britain's leading helicopter maker. But with a dwindling market for military aircraft (less than 50% of industry sales last year v. 65% in 1956) plus U.S. dominance in long-range jetliners, amalgamation appears to be an economic must...