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	Saunders Fieldhouse
		Saunders Fieldhouse is named for Rowland (Roe) F. Saunders, a longtime board member of the College.
		Saunders name is on the Fieldhouse in honor of his love of sports.
		Saunders Fieldhouse is home to the Mesa State College athletic programs and human performance and wellness department.
	www.mesastate.edu /main/tours/building/saunders.htm (195 words)

	Aviation Worldwide: Saunders Roe
		It is now a thriving business based on the old Saunders Roe premises, manufacturing high technology components for the world's aviation businesses.
		In 1928 at the age of 71 he sold the Company to the famous aviator and designer Alliot Verdon Rose and in 1929 the Company was renamed Saunders Roe Limited.
		In 1830 Moses Saunders became responsible for building and maintaining a weir and lock and running the ferry across the river.
	www.aviation-worldwide.com /products/4825.html (281 words)

	Saunders Roe and The British Hovercraft Corporation Archives
		Saunders Roe is remembered for flying boats but land based Aircraft also played a significant role, particularly in 1929 with the A10 Fighter and again in the late 1950’s with the SR53.
		This history describes the Heritage of Saunders Roe and is the only complete record, written by a Senior Employee and supported by Westland Aerospace that fully describes the business, illustrates the extensive range of Aircraft, Boats, Helicopters, Hovercraft and other vehicles that have been constructed by Saunders Roe and its successors over 120 years.
		This compact book tells briefly the story of Saunders Roe and contains a large and superb selection of photographs from the photographic archives in 128 pages.
	www.srbhca.com /books.asp (130 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Aviation (S-Sa)
		The Saunders Roe SRA/1 was the first jet powered sea plane to fly, and was powered by two Metropolitan-Vickers F2/4 Beryl turbojets providing a top speed of 824 kmh.
		The Saunders Roe P531 was a British five-seater turbine-powered general-purpose helicopter developed in 1957 and first flown in 1958.
		The Saunders Roe P531 had a top speed of 195 kmh and an endurance of 3.5 hours flying time.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /IS.HTM (1874 words)

	Fly a Hovercraft - a cruise report - worth reading - 4wings Hovercraft development
		Saunders Roe threw themselves in to the project with great enthusiasm, with the result that the craft was completed two months ahead of schedule, only eight months from starting work.
		The Saunders Roe report was favorable and Cockerell gained permission to approach the National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC) to see if they might be prepared to give the hovercraft backing if the project could be freed from the secret list.
		This was operated by Southdown Motor Services and Westland Aircraft, who took over from Saunders Roe in 1959.
	www.4wings.com /faq/faq-his.html (2078 words)

	Recreation Center - General Information
		Roe F. Saunders was named after long time football and baseball coach at Mesa Junior College in the 1940's and 1950's.
		Roe F. Saunders Fieldhouse encompassed more than 82,000 square feet of space including two gymnasiums, swimming pool, weight room, wrestling room, dance studio, four racket courts, three classrooms, physiology lab, athletic training area, laundry room facilities, locker rooms, and numerous academic, administrative, athletic and support staff offices.
		Roe F. Saunders Fieldhouse opened in 1968 on the Mesa Junior College campus to provide venues for academics (Physical Education), intercollegiate athletics (NAIA varsity men's teams) and student recreation.
	www.mesastate.edu /sl/recservices/general (1051 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Aircraft of the Isle of Wight: 1920 - 1945
		Saunders started work on building Felixstowe F5 flying boats, and flying boats of their own design, including the Medina and the Valkyrie in 1927.
		In 1928, at the age of 71, Samuel Saunders retired.
		White's sold the Somerton airfield to Saunders, who were only just beginning to enter the world of aviation.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A430895 (1327 words)

	Aviation Pioneer A.V.Roe
		The company became known as Saunders Roe and they produced a series of well know aircraft culminating with the "Saro Princess".
		Alliot Verdon Roe was born in 1877 in Patricroft, Manchester.
		On the 8th June, 1908 A.V. Roe actually flew for the first time, but his short flights were not registered officially by the Royal Aero Club and Lord Brabazon took the honour of registering first.
	www.oswaldmosley.com /people/avroe.html (824 words)

	Roe, Alliot Verdon
		Roe was born in Patricroft, near Manchester, was apprenticed to a railway company, then entered the motor industry.
		In 1910 Roe founded the firm of A V Roe and Company, manufacturing aircraft, but in 1928 he left the firm and turned his attention to the design of flying boats.
		He became interested in aircraft design, and his biplane flew a distance of 23 m/75 ft nearly a year before the first officially recognized flight in England by John Moore-Brabazon (1884-1964).
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/R/Roe/1.html (222 words)

	British Rockets and Satellite Launchers.
		February Saunders Roe submitted a brochure to the Ministry of Supply proposing that a jet engine of similar thrust to that of the rocket be fitted to the aircraft being built to O.R.301.
		Tenders were submitted by Bristol, Fairey, Blackburn, A.V. Roe, and by Westland and Saunders Roe.
		For reasons of economy, the Ministry of Supply order was reduced from three prototypes each from Saunders Roe and Avro to two prototypes each.
	www.spaceuk.org /sr53/RocketInterceptorHistory.htm (1411 words)

	Saunders roe twin hull princess flying boat
		If you genuinely long to research more about topics related to saunders roe twin hull princess flying boat, then you should be composed and take the time imperative to come upon the foremost authorities to aggregate the news.
		The industry related to saunders roe twin hull princess flying boat is a growing industry and studying more about it can be very worthwhile.
		There is not much need for running to the library for saunders roe twin hull princess flying boat answers if you have a unfailing connection to the web from your place of living.
	www.sailboat-site.com /saunders-roe-twin-hull-princess-flying-boat.html (479 words)

	Silver-wings.co.uk: Saunders Roe SR53
		The Saunders Roe SR53 was designed in response to Specification F.124D for a rocket powered inteceptor.
		The first Saunder Roe SR53 prototype still survives at the RAF Museum, Cosford.
		The resulting aircraft designed by Maurice Joseph Brennan was of orthodox construction with both wing and tail of delta planform, with provision for two Firestreak AAM's mounted on the wingtips.
	freespace.virgin.net /pbratt.home/Saunders%20Roe%20SR53.htm (270 words)

	Hiller Aviation & Museum Exhibits
		Five of the Saunders Roe helicopters were shipped back to the U.S. for military evaluation (with the designation "YROE-1"), the remaining five license built aircraft stayed in Europe at Helicop-Air of Paris, the European Hiller civilian sales agent.
		Saunders Roe, an English aircraft manufacturer, was contracted to build ten additional Rotorcycles.
		The English built helicopter first flew in October 1959, the first five were completed by the spring of 1960 with a second lot of five completed by December 1961.
	www.hiller.org /rotorcycle.shtml (510 words)

	Saunders Roe SR.53
		Of the seven companies that tendered designs, two were selected for development contracts, A.V. Roe with their Avro 720 and Saunders-Roe with their SR.53.
		The SR-53 itself was a sleek aircraft with a sharply pointednose, delta -like wing, and a T-tail.The jet and rocket exhausts were mounted one atop the other in the tail.
		This was circulated to the nation's aircraft manufacturers the following February.
	www.therfcc.org /saunders-roe-sr.53-313509.html (447 words)

	Old Marine Engine: Saunders Twin - Info Request
		Saunders Roe, as I expected nothing to suggest they made engines.
		I have a book on Saunders Roe with a picture of an SE Saunders 5 HP inboard engine.
		S.E.Saunders became Saunders Roe in 1929, and around 1960 (I think) Suunders Roe became Westlands.
	www.oldmarineengine.com /cgi-bin/discus/show.cgi?tpc=1&post=1786 (528 words)

	Saunders-Roe Princess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Saunders-Roe Princess was a very large flying boat aircraft built in the United Kingdom by Saunders-Roe, based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
		At the time, the Saunders-Roe Princess was one of the largest aircraft in existence; unfortunately, by the 1950s, the concept of a passenger carrying flying boat was dead.
		The four inner propellers were double, contra-rotating propellers driven by a twin version of the Proteus, the Bristol Coupled Proteus; each engine drove one of the propellers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saunders-Roe_Princess (260 words)

	Saunders-Roe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saunders Roe, commonly abbreviated Saro, concentrated on producing flying-boats, but none were produced in very large quantities - the longest run being 31 Londons.
		The name was adopted in 1929 after Alliot Verdon Roe (see Avro) and John Lord took a controlling interest in the boat- and aircraft-builders S.E. Saunders.
		Saunders-Roe Limited was a British aircraft manufacturing company based in East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saunders-Roe (216 words)

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		In 1929, the company SE Saunders was renamed 'Saunders-Roe' when A.V. Roe took a financial interest in the company.
		Through to the mid 1950's Saunders-Roe was mainly involved with high speed launches and Flying Boats.
		Always looking for innovations and willing to build 'what the customer wanted', S.E. Saunders formed an Aircraft Department in 1909 and was involved in early British aviation, especially in sea planes and flying boats.
	members.lycos.co.uk /bartieshover/saunders.htm (1125 words)

	SP510
		Saunders Roe were then asked to produce a study for a liquid hydrogen upper stage.
		Saunders Roe Design for a Liquid Hydrogen Third Stage
		In late 1960, RAE decided that the proposed HTP/kerosene third stage for Black Prince would not be able to put a communications satellite weighing 600lbs into a 5 000 nautical mile orbit.
	members.aol.com /nicholashl/ukspace/hydrogen/SP510.htm (180 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Home Guard Recollections at Saunders Roe - A4292282
		After the Dunkirk evacuation when the air raids became frequent, I remember being on H.Gurad duty on the Seahole slipway, Saunders Roe front, wth another HG.
		These notes were originally written by Ronald Williams, living at East Cowes during 1939-1945 and working at Sanders Roe.
		The guns were firing and the searchlights were trying to pick up an enemy aircraft, then the guns stopped firing, and we could see a plane caught in the beam, shortly afterwards a mighty roar came from its engines as it plunged downwards.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A4292282 (1331 words)

	Unreal Aircraft - Lost Classics - Saunders-Roe SR.53 and SR.177
		Tenders were submitted by these firms as well as by Westland and Saunders Roe.
		In February 1952, the Ministry of Supply circulated the specification to aircraft firms and invited tenders from Bristol, De Havilland, Fairey, Blackburn and A.V. Roe.
		The original requirement called for a ramp-launched rocket powered fighter which would climb under power and glide back to land on a skid.
	www.unrealaircraft.com /classics/sr_53_177.php (1129 words)

	DMBAlmanac.com²
		The Roe F. Saunders Physical Education Center provides facilities for a variety of physical education and recreation activities.
		Roe F. Saunders Physical Education Center (Carthage College)
		These include an all-purpose gymnasium, swimming and diving pools, locker and showerrooms, classrooms, and office space for the Department of Human Performance and Wellness faculty.
	www.dmbalmanac.com /venuestats.asp?vid=1488 (149 words)

	Rocket Interceptors and the SR53
		Indeed, Saunders Roe at one stage were talking of it in terms of doing research for re entry studies for a manned satellite, and for this, the SR53 with its aluminium airframe, would definitely have been unsuitable.
		Hence the Air Ministry issued Operational Requirement 301 (see appendix A), and invited several firms - Blackburn, Westland, Fairey Aviation, Saunders Roe and Bristol to submit designs.
		Sanders Roe put forward quite an ambitious programme for the craft, talking about airlaunching it, and using it with uprated motors, almost as an equivalent to the X-15.
	members.aol.com /nicholashl/ukspace/sr53/sr53.htm (3010 words)

	Saunders Roe and The British Hovercraft Corporation Archives
		Saunders Roe and British Hovercraft Corporation Archives will show the very extensive range of aircraft and hovercraft produced by these innovative company's.
		This is the only source of original photographs from the archives of Saunders Roe and The British Hovercraft Corporation.
		This Web Site acknowledges the assistance provided by the two Books written by Mr R.L.Wheeler about the History of Saunders Roe and The British Hovercraft Corporation.
	www.srbhca.com /home.html (131 words)

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	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Saunders-Roe+Princess (538 words)

	Rocket Interceptors and the SR53 PAge 3
		After the cancellation, Saunders Roe were keen to promote the SR53 as a research aircraft, and devised a variety of ingenious ways in which to extend the flight envelope - one of which was airlaunching from a Valiant.
		The information for this page comes from "From Sea to Air", the history of Saunders Roe, published by Crossprint, IoW, and available from GKN Westland Aerospace, Castle Street, E. Cowes, IoW.
		It was estimated that a height of 48 miles could be reached that way, or Mach 3 at over 20 miles height.
	members.aol.com /nicholashl/ukspace/sr53/sr53c.htm (259 words)

	Saunders Roe Princess Aircraft and Information
		If, perhaps for a birthday or to help with a rebuild project, you are looking for books and manuals on classic Saunders Roes, or Princess in particular, just click here to see what Saunders Roe book titles Amazon has available.
		To advertise your FREE Saunders Roe spares, wants, literature or information request, please complete the form further down the page.
		This may be of use to anyone building model kits of the Princess, or researching the history of an example of Princess.
	www.classic-aircraft.oldclassiccar.co.uk /saunders_roe_princess.htm (413 words)

	Kiwi Aircraft Images : Westland Wasp
		In 1951 Saunders Roe acquired the Cierva Autogyro Co. (formed in England in the 1920's) as part of a post war diversification away from flying boats.
		Westland then acquired Saunders Roe in that month.
		Parallel development of a general purpose helicopter for the British Army and the Royal Navy led to the Scout/Wasp.
	www.kiwiaircraftimages.com /wasp.html (706 words)

	Bombay Aircraft Company DESKTOP MODEL AIRPLANE DETAILS
		Designed to carry 100 passengers and cruise at 395mph (635 kmh) the Saunders Roe Princess was described as the finest flying boat ever built and a rival to the greatest liners.
		Initial design work had begun in 1945 by the Isle of Wight company Saunders Roe, when it was decided that the UK to America route would be best served by flying boats.
		Three were commissioned at great expense to the taxpayer with rising costs in 1950 fom the estimated £2.8 million to £10 million.
	www.bombayaircraft.com /detail.asp?iPro=587&iType=2 (490 words)

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