Civilian Aircraft Company | |
Type: | Privately held company |
Fate: | Bankrupt |
Foundation: | 1928 |
Founder: | Harold Boultbee |
Defunct: | 1933 |
Location City: | Hull Municipal Airport, Hedon |
Location Country: | United Kingdom |
Industry: | Aviation |
Products: | Fixed-wing aircraft |
The Civilian Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer between 1928 and 1933.
The company was formed in 1928 at Burton-on-Trent by Harold Boultbee, a former Handley Page aircraft designer, who became the managing director and chief designer. The company established a factory on the southern perimeter of the Hull Municipal Airport, at Hedon. The company only produced one aircraft type, the Civilian Coupé a two-seat light monoplane. After producing six aircraft the company became bankrupt and the factory at Hedon closed in 1933.