Pilot Works and Friction Cars, Ltd. was a short lived British automobile company that produced cars from 1911 to 1912. The first and final Pilot automobiles were made by its holding company Motor Schools Limited between 1909 and 1911, and again in 1914.[1]
Origin
The company was started by Turberville Smith of London.[2] Smith had originally formed Motor Schools Limited, a driving and maintenance school. The first Pilot automobile was a motorcab was made by the driving school between 1909 and 1911.[1][3]
As a side note. Motor Schools Limited also taught Aviation under Mr T W K Clarke, aeronautical engineer, an aviation pioneer, and founder of the first aeronautical engineering works in Britain.[4][5]