Saunders-Roe

Saunders-Roe Limited
IndustryAerospace, Engineering
Founded1929
Defunct1964
FateMerged with Westland Aircraft
HeadquartersEast Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
Key people
Samuel Edgar Saunders
Alliot Verdon Roe
Francis Percy Beadle[1]
Maurice Brennan
Ray Wheeler
ProductsAircraft, helicopters, hovercraft

Saunders-Roe Limited, also known as Saro, was a British aerospace and marine-engineering company based at Columbine Works, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.[2]

  1. ^ Moss, Roger. "Francis Percy Hyde Beadle". British Aviation – Projects to Production. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 235. ISBN 9780850451634.