Formed by E.P. Zander and H.E. Bolton in 1945, the company initially took office space at 68 Victoia St, London. A small workshop was established at Bolton’s home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, and a factory was later acquired in High St, Dunstable, to build and service gliders.
A two-seat side by side training sailplane known as the venture was designed and built by the company, also, a small batch of primary gliders and two Grunau Baby gliders. Repair and service work was carried out on a wide variety of gliders, including the Slingsby Gull 3. This sailplane was extensively modified and repaired, and was, for sometime afterwards, referred to the Hawkridge Kittiwake in company advertisements. Only one example was produced, and another new type, known as T.M.2, apparently only reached the project stage.
Zander left the company in 1947 and emigrated to Canada, but the firm continued under Bolton. By early 1950 the Dunstable factory had been closed and all the work was carried out at Denham. The last company advertisement appeared in ‘Sailplane and Gliding’ in March 1952 after which the company dissolved. Bolton emigrated to America, and in the meantime Zander travelled to Argentine then retired near Christchurch on the South coast of England.
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