Richard Leonard Howard-Flanders

Richard Leonard Howard-Flanders (1882 – 1939) was an early British aircraft designer and manufacturer.

Early life Richard Leonard Flanders (later Howard-Flanders) was born in Italy to British parents in 1882. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and then served an engineering apprenticeship at Brazil Straker and Company of Bristol. In 1909 he joined A.V. Roe before forming his own company (L. Howard Flanders Limited) at Brooklands Aerodrome in 1910. In the 1930s he was secretary of the British Gliding Association.

Family life Howard-Flanders married Millicent Franks in 1914. He died in 1939 in Bristol aged 56.