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Aircraft Disposal Company (Airdisco)
IndustryAviation
Founded1920
Defunct1930
FateWound up
Key people
Frederick Handley Page, Frank Halford

The Aircraft Disposal Company (ADC) or Airdisco, was a British firm established in March 1920 to take advantage of the large number of World War I-surplus military aircraft on the market.[1]

History

In 1920 the British government, through the Disposal Board of the Minstry of Munitions, sold the entire stock of surplus aircraft, aero-engines and related equipment held in the United Kingdom to the Imperial and Foreign Corporation Limited.[2] The sale included more than 10,000 aircraft and 35,000 aero-engines, for the sum of £1,000,000 plus a 50% share of any profits.[3] The Imperial and Foreign Corporation formed the Aircraft Disposal Company to sell the equipment and to take over the management of the storage organisation and the large aircraft depots throughout the country.[2] The Handley Page Company were appointed sole managing and selling agents for ADC.

The former military aircraft were converted to various civil roles before being sold on while others were sold to military buyers. By 1925, it had sold 2,000 airframes and 3,000 engines, generating profits of over £2,500,000, of which half was returned to the British Treasury.[4]

The company had several sites across Britain including 11 acres (45,000 m2) of Regent's Park in London known as Marylebone Green. Three of the National Aircraft Factories became part of the Aircraft Disposal Company including Aintree in Liverpool, Waddon in Croydon, and at Stockport near Manchester.

Registered Office

  • The company became known as Airdisco from its telegraph address. The company had offices at Regent House, 89 Kingsway London WC2. The company name was changed to The Imperial & Foreign Corporation Ltd and was finally wound up in 1930.

Aircraft

Aircraft engines

The company produced a small range of aircraft engines under the direction of Frank Halford, the 'Cirrus' line continued to be manufactured by Cirrus Aero Engines Ltd and their successors.[5]

See also

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References

Citations

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  1. ^ Gunston 2005, p.7.
  2. ^ a b "Terms of Surplus Aircraft Sale". The Times. No. 42360. London. 16 March 1920. p. 16. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
  3. ^ Barnes 1976, pp.26-27.
  4. ^ Barnes 1976, p.27.
  5. ^ Lumsden 2003, p.54.

Bibliography

  • Barnes, C.H. Handley Page Aircraft since 1907. London: Putnam, 1976. ISBN 978-0-370-00030-5.
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Stroud, UK:Sutton Publishing, 2nd Edition, 2005. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.
  • Lumsden, Alec. British Piston Engines and their Aircraft. Marlborough, Wiltshire: Airlife Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-85310-294-6.
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