Saunders-Roe
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Saunders-Roe Limited, also known as Saro, was a British aerospace and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- aerospace manufacturer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Headquarters
- East Cowes
- Followed by
- Westland Helicopters
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- Commons category
- Saunders-Roe
- topic's main category
- Category:Saunders-Roe
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1964-00-00
- inception
- 1929-00-00
- product or material produced
- airplane
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Saunders and Saunders-Roe designs
- Boatbuilding
- Flying boats
- Land-based aircraft
- Helicopters
- Hovercraft
- Spacecraft
- Military canoes, assault boats and load carriers (World War II)
- Electronics
- Hydrofoil
- Illuminated signs
- Mark 3 airborne lifeboat
- Road vehicles
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Saunders-Roe Limited, also known as Saro, was a British aerospace and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
==History== thumb|right|Saunders-Roe Princess G-ALUN displaying at the Farnborough SBAC Show in September 1953 The name was adopted in 1929 after Alliott Verdon Roe (see Avro) and John Lord took a controlling interest in the aircraft and boat-builders SE Saunders. Prior to this (excepting for the Sopwith/Saunders Bat Boat) the products were Saunders, the A4 Medina for example dating from 1926. Sam Saunders, the founder, developed the Consuta material used in marine and aviation craft.
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