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British Aircraft Corporation. The British Aircraft Corporation ( BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960.
- 29 April 1977; 46 years ago
- 1960; 63 years ago
British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was created in 1960 after government pressure to rationalise an industry and saw an amalgamation of some of the most talented and technically skilled engineers in the UK.
British Aerospace (BAe) was formed as a statutory corporation on 29th April 1977 as a result of the Aircraft and Shipbuilders Industries Act of the same year. The company brought together the British Aircraft Corporation, Hawker Siddeley Aviation, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and Scottish Aviation.
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The brilliant British bomber that never was: BAC TSR-2. In 1951, Britain introduced the English Electric Canberra. Designed to operate at high level, it would go onto become the RAF's longest serving machine. It was an incredibly efficient aircraft, but by the late 1950s everything changed.
Feb 13, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2024. The type was a short-haul aircraft manufactured in the United Kingdom and Romania. Photo: Ken Fielding | Wikimedia Commons. Summary. The BAC 1-11, one of the earliest British jetliners, remained in service until 2019, primarily in Africa and Eastern Europe.
Of the 14 customer aircraft, 7 each were delivered to Air France and to British Airways. With only 20 aircraft being finally built, the development of Concorde represented a substantial economic loss on both sides of the channel.
In early 1960 British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was created through the amalgamation of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. with English Electric Company and Bristol Aeroplane Company; shortly afterward BAC acquired a controlling interest in Hunting Aircraft Ltd.
