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British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. Its head office was at Warwick House in the Farnborough Aerospace Centre in Farnborough, Hampshire . [ 1 ]
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. Bristol, English Electric and Vickers became "parents" of BAC with shareholdings of 20%, 40% and 40% ...
The company was formed on 30 November 1999 by the £7.7 billion purchase of and merger of Marconi Electronic Systems (MES), the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc (GEC), with British Aerospace, an aircraft, munitions and naval systems manufacturer.
Babcock Aircraft Company; British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Ltd – United Kingdom, (1959–1977) > British Aerospace; Bach Aircraft – United States; Bachem, Bachem – Germany, (1944–1945) [1] Back Bone, Tallard, France; Backcountry Super Cubs, Douglas, Wyoming, United States; BAE Systems, BAE Systems PLC – United Kingdom, (1999–present)
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1988–1989 General characteristics Crew: 2 Capacity: 19 passengers Length: 47 ft 1.75 in (14.3701 m) Wingspan: 52 ft 0 in (15.85 m) Height: 17 ft 5.5 in (5.321 m) Wing area: 271 sq ft (25.2 m 2) Airfoil: root: NACA 63A418 ; tip: NACA 63A412 Empty weight: 9,613 lb (4,360 kg) Max takeoff weight: 15,332 lb (6,954 kg) Powerplant: 2 × Garrett TPE331-10UG ...
The first flight of a proper J61 aircraft was by 2064 G-JLXI on 10 May 1994 from Prestwick. Four airframes were produced as Jetstream 61s, 2065 being the only other to have flown before British Aerospace's regional airliner manufacturing operations were merged with ATR as Aero International (Regional) on 26 January 1995.
Lists of British Aerospace aircraft operators (2 C, 1 P) Pages in category "British Aerospace aircraft" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
GKN Aerospace is a division of the British company GKN, which employs approximately 5,000 people, mainly in the UK and the USA. In the UK, its most important facility is on the Isle of Wight, where it has a carbon composite centre of excellence. There it designed, and used to produce, the composite wing spar for the A400M now produced at GKN's ...