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Britten-Norman (BN) is a privately owned British aircraft manufacturer and aviation services provider. The company is the sole independent commercial aircraft producer in the United Kingdom. Britten-Norman has so far manufactured and sold its aircraft to customers in more than 120 countries.
In December 2006, aerospace publication Flight International observed that: "The only civil aircraft that remains in production in the UK is the tiny Britten-Norman Islander". [ 20 ] In early 2008, B-N was studying a version powered by 350 hp (260 kW) aircraft diesel engines with SMA Engines , already offering the 230 hp (170 kW) SMA SR305-230 ...
Britten-Norman Nymph [39] Britten Norman Islander; Britten-Norman Trislander; Fairey-Britten-Norman Mainlander [40] The aircraft was designed to carry 100 passengers or ten tonnes of freight or vehicles over 250 miles (400 km) at 200 kn (370 km/h; 230 mph). At the maximum take-off weight of 62,500 lb (28,300 kg) and sea level, ISA plus 20 °C ...
Britten-Norman, Britten-Norman Ltd – United Kingdom, (1964–present) BRM Costruções Aeronáuticas, Pero Pinheiro, Portugal; Brochet, Constructions Aéronautiques Maurice Brochet – France; Ken Brock Manufacturing, Stanton, California, United States; Brokaw, Bergon Brokaw – US; Brooklands, Brooklands Aerospace Ltd – United Kingdom
Domestic companies with a large presence in the British aerospace industry include BAE Systems (one of the world's largest defence contractors, with significant aerospace activities), [6] [7] Britten-Norman, GKN, Hybrid Air Vehicles, Meggitt PLC, QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce (one of the world's leading aero engine manufacturers), [8] Senior plc, MBDA ...
In 1951 Peter Gatrell, John Britten & Desmond Norman built and flew an ultra-light monoplane, their first aircraft, which made its first flight at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, on 16 May 1951. This machine crashed on an early flight, when the petrol supply to the 40 hp Aeronca-J.A.P. J-99 twin cylinder air-cooled engine faded out. [ 2 ]
Norman had been a founder of the Britten-Norman company, the manufacturers of the Islander. NDN Aircraft designed a new agricultural aircraft, the NDN-6 Fieldmaster. This was a large single-engined low-winged monoplane with a fixed tricycle undercarriage, powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprop engine, the first western-built ...
The Britten-Norman Defender is a multi-role utility transport aircraft, manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. It is the military version of the Britten-Norman Islander , developed for roles such as utility transport, casualty evacuation, counter-insurgency and light attack, forward air control, patrol and reconnaissance.