The British Aircraft Corporation was a British aircraft manufacturer formed in 1960 from the merger of four aviation firms. It jointly developed and manufactured Concorde with France's Sud Aviation. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Founded Year SignificanceThe British partner, alongside France's Sud Aviation, in the joint development and manufacture of the Concorde supersonic airliner. 1 Headquarters100 Pall Mall, City of Westminster, London 1 Merged IntoBritish Aerospace (1977 nationalisation and merger with Hawker Siddeley Group and Scottish Aviation) 1 Dissolved Year British Aircraft Corporation
Filter Results3 entries
Connections
Has Vehicles
Source Wikipedia: BAC One-Eleven
Source Wikipedia: Concorde
Source Wikipedia, English Electric Lightning
In the Other Atlases
Located In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: British Aircraft Corporation
WikipediaIntroduction
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.
Head office description
BAC's head office was on the top floors of the 100 Pall Mall building in the City of Westminster, London.
1977 nationalisation section
On 29 April 1977, BAC, the Hawker Siddeley Group and Scottish Aviation were nationalised and merged under the provisions of Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977. This new group was established as a statutory corporation, British Aerospace (BAe).
Merger speculation and nationalisation section
On 29 April 1977, BAC, the Hawker Siddeley Group and Scottish Aviation were nationalised and merged under the provisions of Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977.
In Group: Aircraft and Aerospace Manufacturers, Lead sentence
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.
View the Source Wikipedia: Concorde
WikipediaHas Part: Concorde, Overview
Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Has Vehicles: Concorde, Infobox: manufacturer
British Aircraft Corporation (later British Aerospace and BAE Systems) Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale and Airbus)
View the Source Wikipedia, English Electric Lightning
Has Vehicles: English Electric Lightning, Infobox: manufacturerQuote, Has Vehicles: English Electric Lightning, Infobox: manufacturer
English Electric British Aircraft Corporation
Wikipedia: BAC One-Eleven
Has Vehicles: BAC One-Eleven, Infobox: manufacturerQuote, Has Vehicles: BAC One-Eleven, Infobox: manufacturer
British Aircraft Corporation, Romaero
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.