Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Fairey Surveys

From Graces Guide

Part of Fairey Aviation Co

Maker of specialised equipment, such as for vibration testing.

1962 Fairey Surveys Ltd of Heston (formerly Fairey Air Surveys Ltd) patented "Improvements relating to low-frequency vibrators"

1963 Fairey Survey Ltd of Heston (formerly Fairey Air Surveys Ltd) patented "Improvements relating to apparatus for stereo-photogrammetry"

1966 Fairey Surveys Ltd of Heston patented "Improvements relating to strain gauge assemblies"

1966 Fairey Surveys Ltd of Heston patented " Improvements relating to the vibration testing of vehicle suspensions"

1967 Vacancies advertised for Land Surveyors in the Cartographic department; of Reform Road, Maidenhead.[1]

1980 Fairey Aviation Co sold Fairey Surveys[2]; it was bought from the National Enterprise Board by Dr Colin Phipps. a former Shell geologist and renamed Clyde Surveys.[3]

1983 Halcrow and Partners acquired the Clyde Surveys Group from Clyde Petroleum[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. Reading Evening Post 17 May 1967
  2. The Times, Mar 20, 1980
  3. Reading Evening Post 27 September 1980
  4. Aberdeen Press and Journal 24 May 1983