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Baynes

  • 1919 patented first automatic variable pitch airscrew,
  • 1924–1927 responsible for aerodynamic design of Short Singapore Flying-Boat
  • 1929–1930 Designed and manufactured first all-British glider to soar, the Scud I
  • 1933–1935 Scud II sailplanes; British height record holder and international event winner
  • 1935 Designed and built Scud III; first retractable-motored sailplane
  • 1937 Designed Carden-Baynes Bee, first twin-engined pusher monoplane with wing-buried engines
  • 1939 Project-designed gas turbine system 100 passenger long-range aircraft
  • 1938 Designed and patented first V/TOL swivel turbine 'Heliplane'
  • Baynes Bat 1939–1945 Designed and built for Ministry of Supply (M.O.S.) experimental tail-less flying wing, Baynes Bat, for tank-carrying project initiated by Winston Churchill;
  • Designed and implemented conversion of Boston Bombers to Turbinlite searchlight aircraft, submarine guided missiles and other weapons and equipment for the RAF.
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Leslie Everett Baynes


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