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Boulton & Paul Ltd was a British general manufacturer from Norwich, England that became involved in aircraft manufacture. Jeld Wen Inc. bought Boulton & Paul (along with another joinery company John Carr ) from the Rugby Group plc in 1999 to form its British subsidiary.
In 1961, it acquired British aviation company Boulton Paul Aircraft, a former large scale manufacturer of aircraft, involved in the production of research aircraft as well as aviation subsystems such as powered control units, as well as other activities. [6] For a time, this part the business was known as Dowty Boulton Paul Ltd. [7]
Data from War Planes of The First World War, Volume 1 General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) Wingspan: 29 ft 0 in (8.84 m) Height: 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) Wing area: 266 sq ft (24.7 m 2) Empty weight: 1,226 lb (556 kg) Gross weight: 1,992 lb (904 kg) Fuel capacity: 40 imp gal (48 US gal; 180 L) Powerplant: 1 × Bentley BR2 nine-cylinder rotary engine, 230 hp (170 kW ...
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John Dudley North (1893–11 January 1968), CBE, HonFRAeS, MIMechE, was Chairman and Managing Director of Boulton Paul Aircraft. [1]Born at 18 Kinver Road North, Peak Hill, Sydenham, London [1] in 1893 and educated at Bedford School, North became Chief Engineer for Claude Graham-White of the Grahame-White Aviation Co. Ltd., before the onset of World War I.
Data from Boulton Paul Aircraft since 1915 General characteristics Crew: 3 (2 pilots plus navigator or radio operator) Length: 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) Wingspan: 54 ft (16 m) Height: 13 ft (4.0 m) Wing area: 756 sq ft (70.2 m 2) Empty weight: 7,008 lb (3,179 kg) Gross weight: 11,267 lb (5,111 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Pegasus I.M2 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 555 hp (414 kW) each ...
In October 1935 Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd. was established in Pendeford, due to the original Norwich based company, Boulton & Paul Ltd., selling its aircraft department in 1934. [2] The first aircraft built at the factory was a sub-contracted Hawker Demon , making a flight in August 1936. [ 3 ]
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