For other uses, see De Havilland (disambiguation).
de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited
Industry
Aerospace
Founded
1920
Founder
Geoffrey de Havilland
Defunct
1963
Fate
Incorporated into Hawker Siddeley
Headquarters
Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
Key people
Ronald Eric Bishop
Ralph Marcus Hare
Charles Timothy Wilkins
Products
Civil and military aircraft, aero engines, guided weapons
Parent
Hawker Siddeley (from 1959)
Subsidiaries
de Havilland Canada (1928)
de Havilland Australia (1927)
Airspeed Ltd. (1940–1951)
De Havilland Propellers (1935–1961)
de Havilland Engine Company (1944–1961)
The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited (/dəˈhævɪlənd/) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Known for its innovation, de Havilland was responsible for a number of important aircraft, including the Moth biplane which revolutionised aviation in the 1920s; the 1930s Fox Moth, a commercial light passenger aircraft; the wooden World War II Mosquito multirole aircraft; and the pioneering passenger jet airliner Comet.[1]
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.
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