Skip to content
Log in
Register
18529 - Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
Item
of 1
Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
This item is active and ready to use
Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
Select
Feedback
Purchase this image
Use
Category
Reproduction
Circulation
Duration
Region
Required information
Media options
Item details
About this image
Additional resources
iBase ID
18529
Title
Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
Description
Repairing Hawker Hurricanes at Rearsby, 1941
factory interior with engines and propellers
Auster aircraft photo collections
DE3420
Hollins Collection, Leicestershire Record Office
Ministry of Labour, Ref # H/8
Maker
A. W. Kerr
LCC ID. No.
Auster24_FactoryInterior.JPG
Image Use
Personal use only unless otherwise agreed
Exhibitions with this image
The County Flying Club moved to Rearsby in 1938 and created an aerodrome on land owned by Sir William Lindsay Everard. Rearsby airfield soon became the home of the Taylorcraft aircraft factory, which began light aircraft manufacture in 1939. The basic aircraft design was modified to become the British Army A.O.P. (Air Observation Post), the model being named the Auster. Following W.W.II, Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd changed its name to The Auster Aircraft Company Ltd. The aircraft was known as 'The All Steel Aeroplane". After initial success with the Autocrat and other models including the Aiglet and Autocar, post war civil aircraft sales slowed down, particularly as there were many ex-military surplus aircraft available. In the early to mid-1960s Beagle Aircraft built the Beagle B206 twin engined executive aircraft here.
Subjects
Transport
>
Other Transport
File metadata
File name
Auster24_FactoryInterior.JPG
File size
6.62 MB
File extension
JPEG
Width
3956 px
Height
2920 px
Uploaded on
2013-11-21 15:05:24
