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+ | [[File:1913.1.11 - Short Bros New Self-Registering Height Recorder.png|thumb|left|700px|''Flight'' magazine (11 January 1913) shares the good news about the Short Brothers height recorder (aneroid [[barometer]]), which marks the maximum altitude achieved on a flight as well as informing the aviator of current altitude and of atmospheric pressure.]] |
Revision as of 23:01, 29 March 2017
Beginning January 1909, Short Brothers Ltd., UK, built Type A Wright Flyers under license, completing six before concentrating on its own designs; its start preceded Wright & Co.s own ability to produce aircraft because the latter lacked production facilities. Short Brothers also built Short-Wright glider, 1909.
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Started aero | 1908 |
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