Norman Thompson Flight Company
British flying boat manufacturer of the 1910s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Norman Thompson Flight Company was a British aircraft manufacturer specialising in the construction of flying boats. It was formed as the White and Thompson Company in 1912, and designed and built the Norman Thompson NT.4 patrol aircraft and the N.T.2B flying boat trainer for the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War, but production problems led to the company entering receivership in 1918, being liquidated in 1919.
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Company type | Aircraft manufacturer |
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Industry | Aviation |
Predecessor | White and Thompson Company |
Founded | 8 June 1912 (White and Thompson) |
Defunct | 12 July 1919 |
Fate | Voluntary liquidation – factories and stock purchased by Handley Page |
Successor | Handley Page Ltd |
Headquarters | Bognor Regis |
Key people | Norman Arthur Thompson Dr. Douglas White Glen Curtiss Eric Gordon England John Cyril Porte Francis Percy Beadle[1] |
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