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177 relations: Adhesive, Aer Lingus, Aerospace, Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom, Airco, Airco DH.1, Airco DH.10 Amiens, Airco DH.11 Oxford, Airco DH.16, Airco DH.2, Airco DH.3, Airco DH.4, Airco DH.5, Airco DH.6, Airco DH.9, Airco DH.9A, Airco DH.9C, Airframe, Airspeed Ltd., Alan Samuel Butler, Amy Johnson, Armstrong Siddeley, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Arnold Alexander Hall, Arthur Ernest Hagg, Australian Army Aviation, BAE Systems, Bert Hinkler, Biplane, Birmingham Small Arms Company, Blue Streak (missile), Boeing, Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Boeing Australia, Bombardier Aviation, Bombardier Inc., Bristol Aeroplane Company, British Aerospace, British Aerospace 125, British Aerospace 146, British Overseas Airways Corporation, Campbell MacKenzie-Richards, Chester, Cierva C.24, Crown corporations of Canada, Czerwiński Sparrow, De Havilland, De Havilland Aircraft Museum, De Havilland Albatross, ... Expand index (127 more) »
- 1960 mergers and acquisitions
- 1963 disestablishments in England
- British companies established in 1920
- Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- Hawker Siddeley
- Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1963
Adhesive
Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.
Aer Lingus
Aer Lingus (an anglicisation of the Irish aerloingeas, meaning "air fleet") is the flag carrier of Ireland.
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Aerospace
Aerospace is a term used to collectively refer to the atmosphere and outer space.
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Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
The aerospace industry of the United Kingdom is the second-largest national aerospace industry in the world (after the United States) and the largest in Europe by turnover, with a global market share of 17% in 2019.
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Airco
The Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited (Airco) was an early British aircraft manufacturer. De Havilland and airco are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
Airco DH.1
The Airco DH.1 was an early military biplane of typical "Farman" pattern flown by Britain's Royal Flying Corps during World War I. By the time the powerplant for which it was designed was sufficiently plentiful it was obsolete as an operational aircraft, and apart from a few examples sent to the Middle East it served as a trainer and Home Defence fighter.
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Airco DH.10 Amiens
The Airco DH.10 Amiens was a twin-engined heavy bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Airco.
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Airco DH.11 Oxford
The Airco DH.11 Oxford (later de Havilland) was a British twin-engined biplane bomber which was designed to replace the earlier Airco DH.10 Amiens.
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Airco DH.16
The Airco DH.16 was an early British airliner designed by Geoffrey de Havilland, the chief designer at Airco.
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Airco DH.2
The Airco DH.2 was a single-seat pusher biplane fighter aircraft which operated during the First World War.
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Airco DH.3
The Airco DH.3 was a British bomber aircraft of the First World War.
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Airco DH.4
The Airco DH.4 is a British two-seat biplane day bomber of the First World War.
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Airco DH.5
The Airco DH.5 was a British First World War single-seat biplane fighter aircraft.
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Airco DH.6
The Airco DH.6 was a British military trainer biplane used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War.
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Airco DH.9
The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) – also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 – is a British single-engined biplane bomber that was developed and deployed during the First World War.
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Airco DH.9A
The Airco DH.9A is a British single-engined light bomber that was designed and first used shortly before the end of the First World War.
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Airco DH.9C
The Airco DH.9C was a British passenger aircraft.
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Airframe
The mechanical structure of an aircraft is known as the airframe.
Airspeed Ltd.
Airspeed Limited was established in 1931 to build aeroplanes in York, England, by A. H. Tiltman and Nevil Shute Norway (the aeronautical engineer and novelist, who used his forenames as his pen-name). De Havilland and Airspeed Ltd. are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
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Alan Samuel Butler
Alan Butler (22 November 1898 – 24 May 1987), born as Alan Samuel Butler, was a British aviator and, as claimed in his obituary in The Times, the first private aeroplane owner-driver.
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Amy Johnson
Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot, who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
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Armstrong Siddeley
Armstrong Siddeley was a British engineering group that operated during the first half of the 20th century.
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Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, or Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, was a British aircraft manufacturer. De Havilland and Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom and Hawker Siddeley.
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Arnold Alexander Hall
Sir Arnold Alexander Hall (23 April 1915 – 9 January 2000) was an English aeronautical engineer, scientist and industrialist. De Havilland and Arnold Alexander Hall are Hawker Siddeley.
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Arthur Ernest Hagg
Arthur Ernest Hagg (1888 – 21 January 1985) was a British aircraft and boat designer.
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Australian Army Aviation
The Australian Army Aviation (AAAvn) is an administrative corps of the Australian Army.
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BAE Systems
BAE Systems plc is a British multinational aerospace, defence and information security company, based in London, England.
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Bert Hinkler
Herbert John Louis Hinkler (8 December 1892 – 7 January 1933), better known as Bert Hinkler, was a pioneer Australian aviator (dubbed "Australian Lone Eagle") and inventor. He designed and built early aircraft before being the first person to fly solo from England to Australia, completed on 22 February 1928, and the first person to fly solo across the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
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Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.
Birmingham Small Arms Company
The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited (BSA) was a major British industrial combine, a group of businesses manufacturing military and sporting firearms; bicycles; motorcycles; cars; buses and bodies; steel; iron castings; hand, power, and machine tools; coal cleaning and handling plants; sintered metals; and hard chrome process.
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Blue Streak (missile)
The de Havilland Propellers Blue Streak was a British Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle.
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Boeing
The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
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Boeing Australia
Boeing Australia Holdings Pty Ltd., or simply Boeing Australia, is Boeing's largest subdivision outside the United States.
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Bombardier Aviation
Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada.
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Bombardier Inc.
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian business jet manufacturer.
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Bristol Aeroplane Company
The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aircraft engines. De Havilland and Bristol Aeroplane Company are Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom and former defence companies of the United Kingdom.
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British Aerospace
British Aerospace plc (BAe) was a British aircraft, munitions and defence-systems manufacturer that was formed in 1977. De Havilland and British Aerospace are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom and former defence companies of the United Kingdom.
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British Aerospace 125
The British Aerospace 125 is a twinjet mid-size business jet.
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British Aerospace 146
The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems.
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British Overseas Airways Corporation
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd.
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Campbell MacKenzie-Richards
Campbell Mackenzie-Richards (6 January 1900 – 9 November 1927) was a pioneer English aviator, Royal Air Force test pilot, and air race contestant, who was killed testing experimental equipment in November 1927.
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Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.
Cierva C.24
The de Havilland C.24 was a two-seat autogyro built by de Havilland at its Stag Lane works in England in 1931.
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Crown corporations of Canada
Crown corporations in Canada (Société de la Couronne) are government organizations with a mixture of commercial and public-policy objectives.
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Czerwiński Sparrow
The Czerwiński Sparrow, sometimes known as the de Havilland Canada glider, was a single seat glider, designed and built by a group of de Haviiland engineers in Canada in 1942.
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De Havilland
The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. De Havilland and de Havilland are 1920 establishments in England, 1960 mergers and acquisitions, 1963 disestablishments in England, British companies established in 1920, Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom, former defence companies of the United Kingdom, Hawker Siddeley, manufacturing companies disestablished in 1963 and manufacturing companies established in 1920.
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De Havilland Aircraft Museum
The de Havilland Aircraft Museum, formerly the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, England.
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De Havilland Albatross
The de Havilland DH.91 Albatross was a four-engined British transport aircraft of the 1930s manufactured by de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited.
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De Havilland Australia
de Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd (DHA) was part of de Havilland, then became a separate company.
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De Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
The de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover is a small transport aircraft that was built by de Havilland Australia (DHA) in the 1940s and 1950s.
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De Havilland Australia DHA-G2
The de Havilland Australia DHA-G2 was a Second World War Australian transport glider based on the earlier prototype DHA-G1.
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De Havilland Biplane No. 1
De Havilland Biplane No.
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De Havilland Canada
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited (DHC) is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer that has produced numerous aircraft models since its inception including the popular Dash 8.
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De Havilland Canada Dash 8
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, commonly known as the Dash 8, is a series of turboprop-powered regional airliners, introduced by de Havilland Canada (DHC) in 1984.
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De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet is the world's first commercial jet airliner.
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De Havilland DH 108
The de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow" was a British experimental aircraft designed by John Carver Meadows Frost in October 1945.
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De Havilland DH.14 Okapi
The de Havilland DH.14 Okapi was a British two-seat day bomber of the 1910s built by de Havilland.
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De Havilland DH.15
The de Havilland DH.15 Gazelle was an engine testbed for the B.H.P Atlantic engine, converted from a de Havilland DH.9A for flight trials in 1919–20.
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De Havilland DH.18
The de Havilland DH.18 was a single-engined British biplane transport aircraft of the 1920s built by de Havilland.
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De Havilland DH.27 Derby
The de Havilland DH.27 Derby was a large single-engined biplane designed to a heavy day bomber Air Ministry specification.
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De Havilland DH.34
The de Havilland DH.34 was a single engined British biplane airliner built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in the 1920s.
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De Havilland DH.37
The de Havilland DH.37 was a British three-seat sporting biplane of the 1920s designed and built by de Havilland for aviator Alan Samuel Butler.
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De Havilland DH.50
The de Havilland DH.50 was a 1920s British large single-engined biplane transport built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, and licence-built in Australia, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia.
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De Havilland DH.51
The de Havilland DH.51 is a 1920s British three-seat touring biplane built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware.
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De Havilland DH.52
The de Havilland DH.52 was a single-seat, high-winged glider produced as an entrant to a 1922 prize competition.
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De Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird
The de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird is a British single-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane light aircraft first flown in the 1920s.
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De Havilland DH.60 Moth
The de Havilland DH.60 Moth is a 1920s British two-seat touring and training aircraft that was developed into a series of aircraft by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland DH.65 Hound
The de Havilland DH.65 Hound was a 1920s British two-seat day bomber built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome.
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De Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth
The de Havilland DH.71 Tiger Moth was a British single-seat monoplane, designed to research high-speed flight and to test replacement engines for the Cirrus.
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De Havilland DH.72
The de Havilland DH.72 was a large British three-engined biplane bomber, designed as a Vickers Virginia replacement.
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De Havilland DH.77
The de Havilland DH.77 was a prototype British fighter aircraft of the late 1920s.
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De Havilland DH.88 Comet
The de Havilland DH.88 Comet is a British two-seat, twin-engined aircraft built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Dolphin
The de Havilland DH.92 Dolphin was a 1930s British prototype light biplane airliner designed and built by the de Havilland aircraft company.
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De Havilland Don
The de Havilland DH.93 Don was a 1930s British multi-role three-seat training aircraft built by de Havilland Aircraft.
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De Havilland Doncaster
The de Havilland DH.29 Doncaster was a British long-range high-wing monoplane of the 1920s built by de Havilland.
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De Havilland Dormouse
The de Havilland DH.42 Dormouse and its two variants the de Havilland DH.42A Dingo I and II were two-seat single-engined biplanes designed for fighter-reconnaissance and army cooperation roles.
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De Havilland Dove
The de Havilland DH.104 Dove is a British short-haul airliner developed and manufactured by de Havilland.
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De Havilland Dragon
The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon is a successful small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the de Havilland company.
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De Havilland Dragon Rapide
The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide is a 1930s short-haul biplane airliner developed and produced by British aircraft company de Havilland.
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De Havilland Dragonfly
The de Havilland DH.90 Dragonfly is a 1930s British twin-engined luxury touring biplane built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company at Hatfield Aerodrome.
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De Havilland Engine Company
The de Havilland Engine Company was an offshoot of the de Havilland aircraft building company, which started life as the 'Engine Division of the de Havilland Aircraft Company' in 1926 producing the famous de Havilland Gipsy aero-engine.
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De Havilland Express
The de Havilland Express, also known as the de Havilland D.H.86, was a four-engined passenger aircraft manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company between 1934 and 1937.
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De Havilland Firestreak
The de Havilland Firestreak is a British first-generation, passive infrared homing (heat seeking) air-to-air missile.
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De Havilland Flamingo
The de Havilland DH.95 Flamingo was a British twin-engined high-wing monoplane airliner first flown on 22 December 1938.
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De Havilland Fox Moth
The DH.83 Fox Moth is a small biplane passenger aircraft from the 1930s powered by a single de Havilland Gipsy Major I inline inverted engine, manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Ghost
The de Havilland Ghost (originally Halford H-2) was the de Havilland Engine Company's second design of a turbojet engine to enter production and the world's first gas turbine engine to enter airline service (with BOAC).
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De Havilland Giant Moth
The de Havilland DH.61 Giant Moth was a 1920s British large single-engined biplane transport built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware.
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De Havilland Gipsy
The de Havilland Gipsy is a British air-cooled four-cylinder in-line aircraft engine designed by Frank Halford in 1927 to replace the ADC Cirrus in the de Havilland DH.60 Moth light biplane.
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De Havilland Goblin
The de Havilland Goblin, originally designated as the Halford H-1, is an early turbojet engine designed by Frank Halford and built by de Havilland.
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De Havilland Gyron Junior
The de Havilland Gyron Junior is a military turbojet engine design of the 1950s developed by the de Havilland Engine Company and later produced by Bristol Siddeley.
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De Havilland Hawk Moth
The de Havilland DH.75 Hawk Moth was a 1920s British four-seat cabin monoplane built by de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware.
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De Havilland Hercules
The de Havilland DH.66 Hercules was a British 1920s seven-passenger, trimotor airliner built by de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Heron
The de Havilland DH.114 Heron is a small propeller-driven British airliner that first flew on 10 May 1950.
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De Havilland Highclere
The de Havilland DH.54 Highclere was a single-engined 15-passenger biplane airliner designed to replace the DH.34.
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De Havilland Hornet
The de Havilland DH.103 Hornet, developed by de Havilland, was a fighter aircraft driven by two piston engines.
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De Havilland Hornet Moth
The de Havilland DH.87 Hornet Moth is a single-engined cabin biplane designed by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1934 as a potential replacement for its highly successful de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer.
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De Havilland Hyena
The de Havilland DH.56 Hyena was a prototype British army cooperation aircraft of the 1920s.
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De Havilland Leopard Moth
The de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth is a three-seat high-wing cabin monoplane designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company in 1933.
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De Havilland Marine
de Havilland Marine was a division of Hawker de Havilland Australia Pty. Ltd. which is now owned by Boeing Australia and known as Boeing Aerostructures Australia. De Havilland and de Havilland Marine are Hawker Siddeley.
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De Havilland Mosquito
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War.
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De Havilland Moth Minor
The de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor was a 1930s British two-seat tourer/trainer aircraft built by de Havilland at Hatfield Aerodrome, England.
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De Havilland Propellers
de Havilland Propellers was established in 1935, as a division of the de Havilland Aircraft company when that company acquired a licence from the Hamilton Standard company of America for the manufacture of variable-pitch propellers at a cost of about £20,000. De Havilland and de Havilland Propellers are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom and Hawker Siddeley.
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De Havilland Puss Moth
The de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth is a British three-seater high-wing monoplane aeroplane designed and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company between 1929 and 1933.
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De Havilland Sea Venom
The de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom.
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De Havilland Sea Vixen
The de Havilland DH.110 Sea Vixen is a British twin-engine, twin boom-tailed, two-seat, carrier-based fleet air-defence fighter flown by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm from the 1950s to the early 1970s.
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De Havilland Sprite
The de Havilland Sprite is a British rocket engine that was built by de Havilland in the early-1950s for use in RATO (Rocket-assisted take off) applications.
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De Havilland Swallow Moth
The de Havilland DH.81 Swallow Moth was aimed at the low-cost sporting aircraft market during the Great Depression.
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De Havilland T.K.1
The de Havilland T.K.1 was a 1930s British two-seat biplane and the first design built by students of the de Havilland Technical School.
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De Havilland T.K.2
The de Havilland T.K.2 was a British 1930s single-engined monoplane, designed by students of the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School.
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De Havilland T.K.4
The de Havilland T.K.4 was a 1930s British single-seat racing monoplane designed and built by students of the de Havilland Technical School.
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De Havilland T.K.5
The de Havilland T.K.5 was an unflown 1930s British single-seat canard research aircraft, designed and built by students of the de Havilland Technical School.
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De Havilland Tiger Moth
The de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth is a 1930s British biplane designed by Geoffrey de Havilland and built by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Vampire
The de Havilland Vampire is a British jet fighter which was developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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De Havilland Venom
The de Havilland DH 112 Venom is a British post-war single-engined jet aircraft developed and manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Company.
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Douglas DC-8
The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.
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Edgware
Edgware is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with some parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent.
Europa (rocket)
The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Fatigue (material)
In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading.
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Flat engine
A flat engine is a piston engine where the cylinders are located on either side of a central crankshaft.
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Frank Halford
Major Frank Bernard Halford CBE FRAeS (7 March 1894 – 16 April 1955) was an English aircraft engine designer.
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Geoffrey de Havilland
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer.
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Geoffrey de Havilland Jr.
Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland Jr., OBE (18 February 1910 – 27 September 1946) was a British test pilot.
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George Holt Thomas
George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) was an aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor.
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Gloster Aircraft Company
The Gloster Aircraft Company was a British aircraft manufacturer from 1917 to 1963. De Havilland and Gloster Aircraft Company are 1963 disestablishments in England, Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Hawker Siddeley and manufacturing companies disestablished in 1963.
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Gloster Survey
The Gloster A.S.31 Survey was a 1920s British photo-survey biplane developed by the Gloster Aircraft Company from the de Havilland DH.67 design project.
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Hamilton Standard
Hamilton Standard was an American aircraft propeller parts supplier.
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Hatfield Aerodrome
Hatfield Aerodrome was a private airfield and aircraft factory located in the English town of Hatfield in Hertfordshire from 1930 until its closure and redevelopment in the 1990s. De Havilland and Hatfield Aerodrome are Hawker Siddeley.
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Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England, in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield.
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Hawarden Airport
Hawarden Airport (Maes Awyr Penarlâg), is an airport near Hawarden in Flintshire, Wales, near the border with England and west southwest of the city of Chester.
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Hawker Siddeley
Hawker Siddeley was a group of British manufacturing companies engaged in aircraft production. De Havilland and Hawker Siddeley are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom, Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom and former defence companies of the United Kingdom.
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Hawker Siddeley Trident
The Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident (originally the de Havilland DH.121 and briefly the Airco DH.121) is a British airliner produced by Hawker Siddeley.
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Hubert Broad
Captain Hubert Standford Broad, MBE, AFC (1897–1975) was a British First World War aviator and noted test pilot.
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Jet airliner
A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines (passenger jet aircraft).
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Jet engine
A jet engine is a type of reaction engine, discharging a fast-moving jet of heated gas (usually air) that generates thrust by jet propulsion.
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John Cunningham (RAF officer)
John 'Cat's Eyes' Cunningham (27 July 1917 – 21 July 2002) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) night fighter ace during the Second World War and a test pilot.
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John de Havilland (pilot)
John de Havilland (17 October 1918 – 23 August 1943) was a British test pilot.
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Junkers Ju 88
The Junkers Ju 88 is a German World War II Luftwaffe twin-engined multirole combat aircraft.
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Liberty L-12
The Liberty L-12 is an American water-cooled 45° V-12 aircraft engine displacing and making designed for a high power-to-weight ratio and ease of mass production.
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List of de Havilland aircraft
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by Geoffrey de Havilland or designed at the de Havilland Aircraft Company from its founding in 1920 until its purchase by (and integration into) the Hawker Siddeley Group in 1959.
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Lostock, Bolton
Lostock is a residential district of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, west of Bolton town centre and northwest of Manchester.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
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Lycoming O-360
The Lycoming O-360 is a family of four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engines.
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MacRobertson Air Race
The MacRobertson Trophy Air Race (also known as the London to Melbourne Air Race) took place in October 1934 as part of the Melbourne Centenary celebrations.
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Metropolitan-Vickers
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. De Havilland and Metropolitan-Vickers are former defence companies of the United Kingdom.
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Miles per hour
Miles per hour (mph, m.p.h., MPH, or mi/h) is a British imperial and United States customary unit of speed expressing the number of miles travelled in one hour.
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Military glider
Military gliders (an offshoot of common gliders) have been used by the militaries of various countries for carrying troops (glider infantry) and heavy equipment to a combat zone, mainly during the Second World War.
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Monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
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Pat Fillingham
William Patrick Ingram Fillingham (27 February 1914 – 17 July 2003) was an English test pilot for the de Havilland company.
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Percy Martin
Percy Martin (1871-1958) was an American-born British engineer and automobile manufacturer.
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Qantas
Qantas Airways Limited, or simply Qantas, is the flag carrier of Australia, and is the largest airline by fleet size, international flights, and international destinations in Australia and Oceania.
Ralph Marcus Hare
Ralph Marcus Hare (1914-2009) was a British aircraft engineer.
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Richard Clarkson
Richard Milroy Clarkson OBE FCGI FRAeS (14 July 1904 – 7 October 1996) was a British aeronautical engineer with de Havilland, then Hawker Siddeley. De Havilland and Richard Clarkson are Hawker Siddeley.
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Rivington
Rivington is a village and civil parish of the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England, occupying.
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Rolls-Royce Gnome
The Rolls-Royce Gnome is a British turboshaft engine originally developed by the de Havilland Engine Company as a licence-built General Electric T58, an American mid-1950s design.
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Rolls-Royce Limited
Rolls-Royce Limited was a British luxury car and later an aero-engine manufacturing business established in 1904 in Manchester by the partnership of Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
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Ronald Eric Bishop
Ronald Eric Bishop CBE FRAeS (27 February 1903 – 11 June 1989), commonly referred to as R. E.
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Rongotai
Rongotai is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located southeast of the city centre.
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Royal Aircraft Establishment
The Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) was a British research establishment, known by several different names during its history, that eventually came under the aegis of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), before finally losing its identity in mergers with other institutions. De Havilland and Royal Aircraft Establishment are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
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Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1
The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.1 was designed and built in 1910 by the pioneer designer Geoffrey de Havilland.
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Royal Flying Doctor Service
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS), commonly known as the Flying Doctor, is an air medical service in Australia.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Stag Lane Aerodrome
Stag Lane Aerodrome was a private aerodrome between 1915 and 1933 in Edgware, north London, UK.
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Straight engine
The straight engine (also called inline engine) is a configuration of multi-cylinder piston engine where all of the cylinders are arranged in a single row, rather than radially or in two or more cylinder banks.
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Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
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Tony Fairbrother
Anthony James Fairbrother (4 May 1926, Coventry – 7 December 2004) was an English engineer who was the flight-test engineer on the maiden flight of the de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, the world's first jet airliner, in 1949.
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Trans Australia Airlines
Trans Australia Airlines (TAA), renamed Australian Airlines in 1986, was one of the two major Australian domestic airlines between its inception in 1946 and its merger with Qantas in September 1992.
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Type certificate
A type certificate signifies the airworthiness of a particular category of aircraft, according to its manufacturing design (type design).
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University of Hertfordshire
The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
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Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics)
In aeronautics, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller (airscrew) with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch.
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Viking Air
Viking Air Ltd. is an operator and manufacturer of aircraft, as well as aircraft parts and systems, based at Victoria International Airport in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
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War Office
The War Office has referred to several British government organisations in history, all relating to the army.
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Wellington Airport
Wellington International Airport (Taunga Rererangi o Te Whanganui-a-Tara; formerly known as Rongotai Aerodrome or Rongotai Airport) is an international airport located in the suburb of Rongotai in Wellington.
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Westland Aircraft
Westland Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer located in Yeovil, Somerset. De Havilland and Westland Aircraft are Defunct aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom and Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
1960 mergers and acquisitions
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Allentown Portland Cement Company
- Bell Textron
- Caufield & Shook
- Chris-Craft Boats
- Daimler Company
- De Havilland
- DeWalt
- E. W. Clark & Co.
- Erie Railroad
- Hunt's
- Minute Maid
- Nederlandsch-Indische Handelsbank
- Porter-Cable
- Rinehart & Company
- Vintage Books
1963 disestablishments in England
- Alexandra Gardens Theatre
- Avro
- Beaumont's Halt railway station
- Bellingham North Tyne railway station
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Birstall railway station (West Yorkshire)
- Coldharbour Halt railway station
- Culmstock Halt railway station
- De Havilland
- Dorton Halt railway station
- Drayton railway station (West Sussex)
- Earlestown F.C. (1945)
- Esmeralda's Barn
- Fine Spinners and Doublers
- Folland Aircraft
- Freestone and Webb
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- Hart railway station
- Hawker Aircraft
- Hemyock railway station
- Hetton railway station
- King's Theatre, Hammersmith
- London Ballet
- Longhoughton railway station
- Maling pottery
- Manchester Racecourse
- Municipal Borough of Richmond (Surrey)
- New Cross Rangers
- Newby Wiske railway station
- Pegasus A.F.C.
- Plawsworth railway station
- Rowlands Gill railway station
- Sheerness Dockyard railway station
- Silver Star Motor Services
- Sinderby railway station
- The Allisons
- The Dale Sisters
- The Springfields
- Usworth railway station
- Washington railway station (England)
- Wath (Park Road) Secondary Modern School
- Whitchurch and Tattenhall Railway
- Whitegate railway station
- Whitehall Halt railway station
- Witton Gilbert railway station
- Woore Racecourse
British companies established in 1920
- ADC Aircraft
- Aeroford
- Albert (automobile)
- Arnold Laver
- Ashendene Press
- Automotive Products
- Baughan
- Carlyle Works
- Charterhouse Bank
- Clayton Wagons
- Cubitt (car)
- De Havilland
- Eastern Coach Works
- Epsom Coaches
- Ercol
- Galloway (car)
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Hants & Dorset
- Hawker Aircraft
- King Alfred Motor Services
- P&O Bank
- Ross Group
Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United Kingdom
- AgustaWestland
- Bristol Aeroplane Company
- British Aircraft Corporation
- Cierva Autogiro Company
- D. Napier & Son
- De Havilland
- Fairey Aviation Company
- Hawker Siddeley
- Hunting Aircraft
- Saunders-Roe
- Westland Aircraft
Hawker Siddeley
- Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft
- Arnold Alexander Hall
- Avro
- Avro Canada
- BTR plc
- Bentham Works
- Bill Humble
- Blackburn Aircraft
- Bob Grigg
- Brush Electrical Machines
- Bunnings
- Canadian Car and Foundry
- De Havilland
- De Havilland Marine
- De Havilland Propellers
- Derek Whitehead (pilot)
- Don Dykins
- Duncan Simpson
- Dunsfold Aerodrome
- Edward Tennant (pilot)
- Expo Express
- Folland Aircraft
- George Bulman (pilot)
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- Hatfield Aerodrome
- Hawker Aircraft
- Hawker Siddeley
- John Farley (pilot)
- John Fozard
- L. Gardner and Sons
- List of BAe 146 operators
- R A Lister and Company
- RAF Bitteswell
- Ralph Hooper
- Red Top (missile)
- Richard Clarkson
- Richard Walker (engineer)
- Robert Lickley
- SRAAM
- Safetran
- Stuart Davies (engineer)
- Tony Blackman
- Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1963
- Avro
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- Cattaraugus Cutlery Company
- De Havilland
- Fine Spinners and Doublers
- Gloster Aircraft Company
- Penn Line Manufacturing
- Underwood Typewriter Company
- William Denny and Brothers
References
Also known as De Haviland, De Havilland (New Zealand) Company Limited, De Havilland Aircraft, De Havilland Aircraft Company, DeHaviland, Dehavilland.