Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation that built aircraft for the Belgian government. It was set up near Charleroi by the Belgian engineer Ernest Oscar Tips after Belgian air force officers approved the Fairey Firefly, and it built 33 Fireflies under licence after 12 were supplied from Britain, followed by Fairey Foxes that became the main aircraft of the Belgian Air Force. Tips also designed the Tipsy family of light aircraft there. The factory was heavily bombed on 10 May 1940 and the staff left for England. After the war the company restarted at Gosselies airfield, built Gloster Meteors with Fokker and Hawker Hunter fuselages, and with SABCA built Lockheed F-104 Starfighters under licence. The Belgian government took it over, and the SONACA company was created from it on 1 June 1976.
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Source Avions Fairey Belfair (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
The Avions Fairey Belfair, also known as the Tipsy Belfair after its designer, Ernest Oscar Tips, was a two-seat light aircraft built in Belgium following World War II.
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Source Avions Fairey Junior (Wikipedia)Development, designer and makerQuote, Development, designer and maker
The Junior was one of a series of light aircraft designed by and named after E.O.Tips of Fairey Aviation's Belgian subsidiary, Avions Fairey.
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Both were built in Belgium by Avions Fairey and in the UK under licence.
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Source Tipsy Nipper (Wikipedia)Design and developmentQuote, Design and development
with Avions Fairey delivering 59 complete aircraft and 78 kits
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Source Tipsy S.2 (Wikipedia)Background, builderQuote, Background, builder
It was built in Belgium by Avions Fairey and under licence in the UK by Aero Engines Ltd of Bristol.
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Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary
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On 1 June 1976, the SONACA company was created from Avions Fairey.
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Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation
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On 1 June 1976, the SONACA company was created from Avions Fairey.
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Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary
Subsidiary Of: Fairey Aviation Company, Lead, parent company
Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation
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Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation that built aircraft for the Belgian government.
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Avions Fairey was the Belgian-based subsidiary of the British Fairey Aviation that built aircraft for the Belgian government.
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Founded By: Ernest Oscar Tips, Lead, co-founderQuote, Founded By: Ernest Oscar Tips, Lead, co-founder
who co-founded the Fairey Aviation Company in 1915 and its Belgian subsidiary Avions Fairey in 1931
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