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Also known as Martin & Handasyde

Martinsyde was a British aircraft and motorcycle manufacturer between 1908 and 1922, when it was forced into liquidation by a factory fire.

Key facts

Company.name
Martinsyde
Company.type
Private
Company.fate
Liquidated after a factory fire
Company.foundation
1908
Company.founder
H.P. Martin and George Handasyde
Company.defunct
1922
Company.location_city
Woking and Brooklands
Company.location_country
England
Company.key_people
H.P. Martin and George Handasyde
Company.industry
Motorcycle, Aviation
Company.products
Motorcycles, Aircraft

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Martinsyde Motorcycles
  • Martinsyde aircraft
  • References
  • External links

Martinsyde was a British aircraft and motorcycle manufacturer between 1908 and 1922, when it was forced into liquidation by a factory fire.

==History== The company was first formed in 1908 as a partnership between H.P. Martin and George Handasyde and is known as Martin & Handasyde. Their No.1 monoplane was built in 1908–1909 and succeeded in lifting off the ground before being wrecked in a gale. They went on to build a succession of largely monoplane designs although it was a biplane, the S.1 of 1914, that turned Martin-Handasyde into a successful aircraft manufacturer.

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