British Aircraft Manufacturer
Index of British Aircraft by Short
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Company Details |
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Company Name: |
Short Brothers |
Formed: |
1908 |
Sites: |
Rochester Bedford Belfast |
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History |
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1908: |
Short Brothers Ltd founded |
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1936: |
New factory opens at Queen's Island, Belfast |
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1943: |
Company acquired by government and renamed Short Brothers & Harland Ltd |
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1989: |
Government sells interests in Shorts to Bombardier |
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