Noel Pemberton Billing
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Noel Pemberton Billing, sometimes known as Noel Pemberton-Billing, was a British aviator, inventor, publisher and Member of Parliament for Hertford. He founded the firm that became Supermarine and pro
Billing portrait
LeCoultre Compass
Supermarine Nighthawk
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The Supermarine Nighthawk or P.B.31E was a First World War British aircraft, designed by Noel Pemberton Billing and built at Woolston, Southampton after Pemberton Billing's company became Supermarine
Noel Pemberton Billing
…the need to develop protective measures. His own eccentric quadraplane design for a home defence fighter, the heavily armed and searchlight-equipped "Supermarine Nighthawk", was built in prototype but had insufficient performance to be of any use against Zeppelins. In late 1916, Billing founded and edited a weekly journal…
Supermarine P.B.31E Nighthawk
The Pemberton Billing PB-29 at NRAS Chingford in 1916
The P.B.31E at the Supermarine works at Woolston, Southampton. R.J. Mitchell, who was to succeed as the company's chief designer, is standing fourth from the left.
The Nighthawk propeller at Solent Sky