Hawker-Siddeley

Hawker-Siddeley was a group of UK aircraft manufacturing company formed as a result of the merger of Hawker Aircraft with Armstrong-Siddeley. The resulting company combined the legacies of several well-known British aircarft manufacturers. It emerged as one of only two major manufacturers in the 1960s, and was eventually merged into British Aerospace (BAe) in 1977.

Hawker-Siddeley Group

In the late 1950s the government decided that with the decreasing number of aircraft contracts being offered, it was better to merge the existing companies, of which there were about 15 surviving at this point, into several much larger firms. Out of this decision came the "order" that all future contracts being offered had to include agreements to merge companies.

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Hawker and de Havilland merged in 1959, followed by Blackburn Aircraft, Avro (along with Avro Canada) and Whitworth (already part of Hawker), Folland and Gloster over the next year, forming the Hawker-Siddeley Group. Meanwhile a similar set of mergers led to the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC), Westland Helicopters, and Rolls-Royce as the only engine manufacturer.

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De Havilland - Blackburn Aircraft - Avro - Avro Canada - Whitworth - Folland - Gloster - British Aircraft Corporation - Westland Helicopters - Rolls-Royce

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In this period the company developed the first operational, and by far the most successful VTOL jet aircraft, the Hawker-Siddeley Harrier. This aircraft remained in production into the 1990s and service beyond the millennium.

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Hawker-Siddeley Harrier - 1990s

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Amongst other aircraft built by the Hawker-Siddeley Group were:

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• Hawker-Siddeley Trident
• Hawker-Siddeley HS125
• Hawker-Siddeley HS748

Hawker-Siddeley Canada Inc, was a heavy rail manufacturer based in Mississauga and plant in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The rights to the rail operations were sold to Bombardier Transportation. Hawker-Siddeley Canada also manufactured aircraft engines under Avro Canada's Orenda Engines and aircraft. The second jet transport aircraft of the world to fly was also made by the Avro-Canada C-102, this was made on the 10 August 1949, just two weeks after that of the De Havilland Comet

Related Topics:
Hawker-Siddeley Canada - Bombardier Transportation - Avro Canada - De Havilland Comet

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