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Hawker Siddeley Group Limited
Fate Aircraft merged with British Aircraft Corporation and Scottish Aviation. The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC) was a British Aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Scottish Aviation was a Scottish Aircraft manufacturer based at Prestwick in South Ayrshire.
group divested
Successor British Aerospace, Bristol Siddeley
Founded 1934 (as Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co. British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems. Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. )
Defunct Aircraft 29 April 1977
as a whole 1992
Location Flag of the United Kingdom England, UK
Industry Aerospace, Engineering
Key people Harry Hawker, J. D. Siddeley
Subsidiary Hawker Aircraft, Gloster Aircraft Company, A. V. Roe and Company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft,
A.V. Roe Canada/Hawker Siddeley Canada (from 1945),
Folland Aircraft (from 1959),
de Havilland Aircraft (from 1960),
Blackburn Aircraft (from 1960)

Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies renowned for their aircraft production. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1977: Events January January 15 – A Skyline Sweden Vickers England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Harry George Hawker MBE, AFC, ( January 22, 1889 &ndash July 12, 1921. John Davenport Siddeley Baron Kenilworth ( August 5, 1866 - November 3, 1956) was a captain of the Automobile industry in the Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history The Gloster Aircraft Company Limited, known locally as GAC was a British aircraft manufacturer Avro was a British Aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, or Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, was a British aircraft manufacturer. Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company that was in business from 1945-62 Hawker Siddeley Canada was the Canadian unit of the Hawker Siddeley Group of the United Kingdom and manufactured railcars streetcars and aircraft engines from the Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company The de Havilland Aircraft Company (less commonly spelled de Haviland was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British Aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft during the first part of the twentieth century The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This is a list of Aircraft manufacturers sorted alphabetically by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO/common name Hawker Siddeley combined the legacies of several well-known British aircraft manufacturers, emerging through a series of mergers and acquisitions as one of only two such major British companies in the 1960s. In 1977, Hawker Siddeley became a founding component of the nationalised British Aerospace (BAe). British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems. In 1993, BAe sold its corporate jet product line to the American Raytheon Aircraft Company (now Hawker Beechcraft), who maintain the Hawker legacy with a line of eponymous business jets. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Hawker Beechcraft Corporation is the name of a holding company formed by Onex Corporation and Goldman Sachs to acquire the aircraft manufacturing assets of Raytheon

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History

Hawker Siddeley Aircraft was formed in 1935 as a result of the purchase by Hawker Aircraft of the companies of J. D. Siddeley; the automotive and engine builder Armstrong Siddeley and the aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft manufacturer responsible for some of the most famous products in British aviation history John Davenport Siddeley Baron Kenilworth ( August 5, 1866 - November 3, 1956) was a captain of the Automobile industry in the Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, or Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, was a British aircraft manufacturer. At this time, Hawker Siddeley also came into control of A.V. Roe & Company (Avro), Gloster Aircraft Company (Gloster) and Air Training Services. Avro was a British Aircraft manufacturer, with numerous landmark designs such as the Avro 504 trainer in the First World War, the Avro The Gloster Aircraft Company Limited, known locally as GAC was a British aircraft manufacturer The constituent companies continued to produce their own aircraft designs under their own name as well as sharing manufacturing work throughout the group.

During the Second World War, Hawker Siddeley was one of the United Kingdom's most important aviation concerns, producing numerous designs including the famous Hawker Hurricane fighter plane that, along with the Supermarine Spitfire, was Britain's front-line defence in the Battle of Britain. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Battle of Britain (German ''Luftschlacht um England'' is the name given to the sustained strategic effort by the German Luftwaffe during the summer and During this campaign, Hurricanes outnumbered all other British fighters, combined, in service and were responsible for shooting down 55 percent of all enemy aircraft destroyed.

In 1945, the Hawker Siddeley purchased Victory Aircraft of Malton, Ontario, Canada from the Canadian government, renaming the company, A. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Victory Aircraft Limited was a Canadian manufacturing company that during the Second World War, built mainly British-designed aircraft under license Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Canadian Government, formally Her Majesty's Government in Canada, is the Federal government of Canada. V. Roe Canada, commonly known as Avro Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawker Siddeley. Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company that was in business from 1945-62 During its operation, Avro Canada designs included the Avro Jetliner, Avro CF-100, CF-105 Arrow and VZ-9- AV Avrocar. The Avro C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range jet Airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949 WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The VZ-9-AV Avrocar (official designation but often listed as VZ-9) was a Canadian VTOL aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft Ltd Only the CF-100 fighter entered full-scale production. After the cancellation of the Avro Arrow, the company began to unravel. In 1962, A. V. Roe Canada was dissolved and the remaining assets were transferred to the now defunct Hawker Siddeley Canada. The heavy rail manufacturing business, based in Mississauga and Thunder Bay, Ontario, have been acquired by Bombardier Transportation. Mississauga (ˌmɪsɪˈsɑgə) incorporated in 1974 is a City located in the Regional Municipality of Peel Thunder Bay ( 2006 census population 109140 formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a City in and the seat of Thunder Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group

Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1A, with its pilot. This aircraft, used for aerobatic displays, is in a special colour scheme.
Royal Air Force Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout 1A, with its pilot. This aircraft, used for aerobatic displays, is in a special colour scheme.

Postwar

In 1948, the company name was changed to Hawker Siddeley Group. The aircraft division would become Hawker Siddeley Aviation (HSA) and the guided missile and space technology operations as Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (HSD). Guided Missile is a London based Independent record label set up by Paul Kearney in 1994. In 1959, the aero engine business, Armstrong Siddeley was merged with that of the Bristol Aero Engines to form Bristol Siddeley. An aircraft engine is a Propulsion system for an Aircraft. Aircraft engines are almost always a type of lightweight Internal combustion engine. Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally British and Colonial Aeroplane Company was a major British aviation company Bristol Siddeley was a British aero-engine manufacturer formed in 1959 from the merger of Bristol Aero Engines and Armstrong Siddeley Motors. In the late 1950s, the British 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. In 1959, Folland Aircraft was acquired, followed by de Havilland Aircraft Company and Blackburn Aircraft in 1960. Folland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturing company The de Havilland Aircraft Company (less commonly spelled de Haviland was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey Blackburn Aircraft Limited was a British Aircraft manufacturer that concentrated mainly on naval and maritime aircraft during the first part of the twentieth century In 1963, the names of the constituent companies were dropped, with products being rebranded as "Hawker Siddeley" or "HS". In this period, the company developed the first operational, and, by far, the most successful VTOL jet aircraft, the Harrier family. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This aircraft remained in production into the 1990s and remains in service.

Expansion into railways

In 1957, Hawker Siddeley purchased the Brush group of companies that included Brush Electrical Machines, and Brush Traction who manufacture electromotive equipment and railway locomotives. Brush Electrical Machines is a manufacturer of large Generators for Gas turbine and Steam turbine drive applications based at Loughborough in Brush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of Railway Locomotives based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, United Kingdom situated A locomotive is a railway Vehicle that provides the motive power for a Train. The Brush prototype locomotives Falcon and the futuristic but over-weight HS4000 'Kestrel' were produced here. British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction -built prototype locomotive Falcon. HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1968 by Brush Traction, Loughborough to demonstrate its wares to Other railway engineering assets were acquired, including Westinghouse Brake & Signal and the engine builder Mirrlees Blackstone. Westinghouse Rail Systems Ltd (formerly Westinghouse Signals Ltd is a British supplier of Railway signalling and control equipment to the rail industry MAN Diesel (formerly MAN B&W Diesel is is the world’s leading provider of large-bore Diesel enginess for Marine propulsion systems and Power plant applications

In the early 1970's Hawker Siddeley's Canada Car and Foundry subsidiary began to build rapid transit vehicles for the North American market. Canadian Car and Foundry (CC&F also variously known as "Canadian Car & Foundry" or more familiarly as "Can Car" manufactured Buses Railroad The first order was for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson line and consisted of 38 PA-3 cars, which were largely based on the original hexagonal profile PA car design built by the St. Louis Car Company. The Port Authority Trans-Hudson ( PATH) is a Rapid transit railroad linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service The St Louis Car Company was a major United States manufacturer of railroad passenger cars streetcars Trolleybuses Later Hawker Siddeley would sell the same general design to the MBTA in Boston for their Blue and Orange Lines. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ( MBTA) is "a body politic and corporate and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Blue Line is one of four subway lines of the MBTA. It runs from northeast to southwest extending from Wonderland station in Revere Massachusetts The Orange Line is one of the four subway lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 70 48' cars were delivered to the Blue Line in 1978-80 and 120 65' cars were delivered to the Orange Line in 1980-81. Hawker Siddeley also manufactured a great deal of the Toronto Transit Commission's older subway fleet, the H5 and H6 models. The Toronto Transit Commission ( TTC) is a Public transport authority that operates Buses streetcars, subways and Rapid transit

MBTA also bought a number of commuter rail coaches from the German firm Messerschmitt, teaming up Hawker Siddeley with its old wartime rival under the same organization. Messerschmitt AG was a famous German Aircraft manufacturer known primarily for its World War II Fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109

Nationalisation of aircraft production

On 29 April 1977, as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act, Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics were nationalised and merged with British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) and Scottish Aviation to form British Aerospace; BAe. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1977: Events January January 15 – A Skyline Sweden Vickers The Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that nationalised large parts of the UK Aerospace The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC) was a British Aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Scottish Aviation was a Scottish Aircraft manufacturer based at Prestwick in South Ayrshire. British Aerospace (BAe was a UK aircraft and defence-systems manufacturer that is now part of BAE Systems. However, HSA and HSD accounted for only 25% of the Hawker Siddeley business by this time, and the non-aviation and foreign interests were retained by a holding company known as 'Hawker Siddeley Group Plc after 1980. A Public Limited Company ( PLC, plc or plc or p l c is a type of Limited company in the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland which is The group was rationalised in the 1980s, focusing on railway engineering and signaling, industrial electronics and instrumentation and signaling equipment. In 1992, Hawker Siddeley Group Plc was broken-up, and the various assets sold off, some of which were acquired by BTR Aerospace Group. BTR Aerospace Group was renamed by BTR plc after the acquisition of the Dunlop Aviation Division from Dunlop Rubber in 1985.

Hawker Siddeley today

In 1973, HS acquired the industrial electronics firm South Wales Switchgear. Hawker Siddeley Switchgear is a British manufacturer and once part of the Hawker Siddeley Group of Companies Later known as Aberdare Holdings, in 1992 this company was renamed Hawker Siddeley Switchgear (HSS). Hawker Siddeley Switchgear is a British manufacturer and once part of the Hawker Siddeley Group of Companies They have an Australian subsidiary, Hawker Siddeley Switchgear Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Another company which retains the name is Hawker Siddeley Power Transformers. Orenda Aerospace, as part of the Magellan Aerospace Corporation, is the only remaining original company from the Avro Canada / Hawker Siddeley Canada era, although greatly diminished in size and scope of operations. Orenda Aerospace is a Canadian Aircraft engine manufacturer and parts supplier and part of the Magellan Aerospace Corporation

Timeline of British aerospace companies since 1955


Products

Aircraft

The Hawker Siddeley name was not used to brand and market aircraft until 1963. Bombardier Inc (bɔ̃baʁdje is a Canadian conglomerate, founded by Joseph-Armand Bombardier as L'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée in 1942 Prior to this, aircraft were produced under the name of the subsidiary company (e. g. Hawker Hurricane, Gloster Meteor). WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout First flight date is in parenthesis.

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