Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Arthur Davenport F.R.Ae.S (1891 to 1976) was a British aircraft engineer working for Westland Aircraft.When the Westland Aircraft Works was created by the Petter twins in 1915, Arthur was one of the first draughtsman to be recruited from Petter's Ltd . He was chief designer from 1919, working under the direction of Teddy Petter from May 1934 until 1944, when Petter left and Davenport became technical director. According to Harald Penrose, he was made the scapegoat for the late delivery of the Wyvern and headed into retirement in March 1952.In the 1920s, when most aircraft were biplanes, Arthur was a strong proponent of the monoplane Most of his monopane designs were high-winged or parasol, culminating in the Lysander. During his career he was involved in the design of the following fixed-wing aircraft. Westland Limousine Chief draughtsman Westland Wagtail Chief draughtsman/Designer Westland Weasel Chief draughtsman/Designer Westland Woodpigeon Westland Widgeon Chief designer Westland Wizard Westland Wapiti/Wallace Westland Interceptor Westland Wessex Westland PV.3 Westland Wallace Westland PV.7 Westland F.7/30 Westland Lysander Westland Whirlwind Westland Welkin Westland Wyvern Technical directorIn the early 1930s he worked with Juan de la Cierva to develop the Cierva C.29 and CL-20 autogyros. It was this interest in rotary winged aircraft that would lead Westland to manufacture Sikorsky helicopters in the early 1950s.. }
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- Arthur_Davenport_(engineer) abstract "Arthur Davenport F.R.Ae.S (1891 to 1976) was a British aircraft engineer working for Westland Aircraft.When the Westland Aircraft Works was created by the Petter twins in 1915, Arthur was one of the first draughtsman to be recruited from Petter's Ltd . He was chief designer from 1919, working under the direction of Teddy Petter from May 1934 until 1944, when Petter left and Davenport became technical director. According to Harald Penrose, he was made the scapegoat for the late delivery of the Wyvern and headed into retirement in March 1952.In the 1920s, when most aircraft were biplanes, Arthur was a strong proponent of the monoplane Most of his monopane designs were high-winged or parasol, culminating in the Lysander. During his career he was involved in the design of the following fixed-wing aircraft. Westland Limousine Chief draughtsman Westland Wagtail Chief draughtsman/Designer Westland Weasel Chief draughtsman/Designer Westland Woodpigeon Westland Widgeon Chief designer Westland Wizard Westland Wapiti/Wallace Westland Interceptor Westland Wessex Westland PV.3 Westland Wallace Westland PV.7 Westland F.7/30 Westland Lysander Westland Whirlwind Westland Welkin Westland Wyvern Technical directorIn the early 1930s he worked with Juan de la Cierva to develop the Cierva C.29 and CL-20 autogyros. It was this interest in rotary winged aircraft that would lead Westland to manufacture Sikorsky helicopters in the early 1950s.".