< 1936 AC bodied Fire Engine

One of 80,000 AC Invalid Carriages, produced under the Ministry of Pensions contracts. AC were known as the company that made the fastest and slowest cars in the land!

<An AC Railcar at Tetbury station in the early sixties

For many years, AC's letterhead carried the words 'On Air Ministry Approved List.' Much aviation subcontracting was carried out from the start of WW2, and work for (among others) Fairey Aviation continued into the fifties. Perhaps the last major contract was for tailplanes for the Fairey Gannet. Any memories or anecdotes of this little-publicised part of AC's work would be most welcome. This particular Gannet, XA508, is preserved at the Midland Air Museum at Baginton Airport - well worth a visit if you are in the Coventry area.