AIM Altitude
AIM Altitude (Aircraft Interiors Manufacturers) was a main British manufacturer of aircraft cabins, and their components, for airliners.
History[edit]
The original company was registered on 24 June 1940.[1] It became known as AIM Aviation in 1990.
W.Henshall & Sons Ltd[2][3] made components for aircraft interiors. By the 1970s, the company was known as Henshall Group, which also contained Fliteform of Heathrow.[4]
In 1978 the Aircraft Interiors Manufacturers Group was formed from four companies.[5] By the 1980s the group was called AIM Group plc, and contained Jecco Aviation of Dorset. AIM Group was listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 1982,[6] valuing the group at £14.7m
In the 1960s, British European Airways (BEA) carried their equipment.[7][8] In the 1990s it sponsored the Air League Flying Scholarship competition.
AIM Aviation became AIM Altitude in 2014.
Structure[edit]
It is situated to the west of the A318 in Byfleet in Surrey, between the M25 and A318, and close to the River Wey. Byfleet & New Haw railway station is around 300 metres to the north.
Divisions[edit]
- AIM Research & Development was in West Sussex
- Henshall Bonded Assemblies of Cambridge became AIM Composites, and made fire-proof fabrics with Nomex;[9][10][11] AIM Composites is now off the A10 on the Denny End Industrial Estate in Denny End in South Cambridgeshire
- Jecco Aviation of Dorset made aircraft seating; Jecco was founded in 1926.
Products[edit]
In the 1980s, the company was experienced with fitting interiors for the British Aerospace 146, Boeing 737 and BAC One-Eleven. It also makes interiors for helicopters.
See also[edit]
- Aerolux of Lancashire
- B/E Aerospace of the USA
- Bucher Group of Switzerland
- Diehl Stiftung of Germany
- JAMCO of Japan
References[edit]
- ^ Companies House
- ^ Flight International September 1968
- ^ Flight International January 1965
- ^ Flight International September 1976
- ^ Flight International January 1979
- ^ Times, Saturday 20 March 1982, page 17
- ^ Flight International December 1960
- ^ Flight International August 1962
- ^ AIM Composites
- ^ Flight International September 1987
- ^ Flitelam
