Bidspirit auction | Concorde Snoop nose designer Norman


Concorde Snoop nose designer Norman Harry OBE signed stunning 10 x 8 inch photo of a Flying Boat. The Norman Thompson company built mainly flying boats before and during World War One and this is a history of the company and its products. Based at Bognor Regis in Sussex. it used the beach as its airfield for landplanes and a slipway to the sea for its flying boats. The company succumbed to outside commercial chicanery even before the war had ended. after leaving the reputations of some acclaimed pioneers in shreds. Norman Harry OBE. Concorde's famous droop nose cone was designed and built separately by Marshall Aerospace in Cambridge. U. K. by a team led by Sir Norman Harry OBE. A total of 20 Concorde aircraft were eventually built. including six prototypes. at a cost of approximately $160 million each. Good condition Est.