The Fairey Hendon was a British monoplane, heavy bomber of the Royal Air Force, designed by Fairey Aviation in the late 1920s. The aircraft served in small numbers with one squadron of the RAF between 1936 and 1939. It was the first all-metal construction low-wing monoplane to enter service with the RAF.
Fairey Hendon
The prototype K1695 with two Rolls-Royce Kestrel 600 HP engines.
A Fairey Hendon of no. 38 Squadron
The Fairey Aviation Company Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer of the first half of the 20th century based in Hayes in Middlesex and Heaton Chapel and RAF Ringway in Cheshire that designed important military aircraft, including the Fairey III family, the Swordfish, Firefly, and Gannet. It had a strong presence in the supply of naval aircraft, and also built bombers for the RAF.
Stockport/Ringway-built Fairey Barracuda TF.V at Manchester Airport in May 1946
Fairey Stockport/Ringway-built Gannet AS.4 in 1956
Fairey Air Surveys Douglas DC-3 outside Fairey's 1937-built hangar at Manchester Airport during servicing in 1975
A Fairey mechanical overdrive, as fitted to an early Range Rover