Amazing The de Havilland company became a member of the Hawker Siddeley group in 1960, but lost its separate identity in 1963. Later, Hawker Siddeley merged into what is eventually known today as BAE Systems, the British aerospace and defence business. The de Havilland name lives on in de Havilland Canada,
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The de Havilland company became a member of the Hawker Siddeley group in 1960, but lost its separate identity in 1963. Later, Hawker Siddeley merged into what is eventually known today as BAE Systems, the British aerospace and defence business. The de Havilland name lives on in de Havilland Canada, which owns the rights to the name and the aircraft produced by de Havilland's former Canadian subsidiary, including the Dash 8 regional airliner previously produced by Bombardier Aerospace.
In January 1920 Geoffrey de Havilland was working for Airco as technical director and chief designer. BSA bought Airco on 20 January 1920 from George Holt Thomas on the say-so of one BSA director, Percy Martin, having done inadequate due diligence. Within days BSA discovered Airco's true circumstances and shut it down in July 1920. The resulting losses were so great BSA was unable to pay a dividend for the next four years
After the Second World War de Havilland continued with advanced designs in both the military and civil fields, but several public disasters doomed the company as an independent entity. The experimental tailless jet-powered de Havilland DH 108 Swallow crashed in the Thames Estuary, killing Geoffrey de Havilland Jr., son of the company's founder. A large additional aircraft factory was acquired in 1948 at Hawarden Airport at Broughton near Chester, where production supplemented the Hatfield output. The de Havilland Comet was put into service in 1952 as the eagerly anticipated first commercial jet airliner, twice as fast as previous alternatives and a source of British national pride. Operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | 1920 |
| Founder | Geoffrey de Havilland |
| Defunct | 1963 |
| Fate | Incorporated into Hawker Siddeley |
| Headquarters | Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England |
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| Products | Civil and military aircraft, aero engines, guided weapons |
| Parent | Hawker Siddeley (from 1959) |
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The high-performance designs and wooden construction methods culminated in the Mosquito, constructed primarily of wood, which avoided use of strategic materials such as aluminium during the Second World War. The company followed this with the even higher-performing Hornet fighter, which was one of the pioneers of the use of metal-wood and metal-metal bonding techniques. In 1937 de Havilland set up a factory at what is now known as De Havilland Way in Lostock to produce variable pitch propellers for the RAF. The site was of strategic importance and became a German Luftwaffe target. On 3 July 1942 two Ju 88 bombers attempted a low-altitude bombing raid, using the Rivington reservoir chain to navigate but the mission went off course.[
Aircraft Designed by Geoffrey de Havilland.
Designed by Geoffrey de Havilland
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Main article: List of de Havilland aircraft click here
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The Airco DH.1 was an early military biplane of typical "Farman" pattern flown by Britain's Royal Flying Corps during World War I.
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Building on the success and popularity of the Dash 8-100/200/300 aircraft.
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| Preserved de Havilland DH.115 Vampire trainer in Royal New Zealand Air Force markings | |
| Role | Fighter aircraft |
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| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | de Havilland English Electric |
| First flight | 20 September 1943 |
| Introduction | 1946 |
| Retired | 1979 (Rhodesian Air Force |
| Primary users | Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Fleet Air Arm (RAN) Royal Navy Royal Canadian Air Force |
| Number built | 3,268 |
| Developed into | de Havilland Venom |
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