British Aircraft Corporation formed in February 1960 to
unite the aircraft and guided weapon activities of
111 One Eleven
Bristol
Aeroplane Company Ltd., English Electric Company Ltd.,
and Vickers Ltd. It then had four wholly owned subsidiaries:
Bristol Aircraft Ltd., English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers
Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd., and British Aircraft Corporation
(Guided Weapons) Ltd., plus a controlling
TSR.2
interest in Hunting
Aircraft Ltd. On January 1,1964 British Aircraft Corporation
(Operating) Ltd. was formed to be responsible for
the business conducted formerly by the subsidiaries. At
the same time BAC acquired the remaining shares of Hunting
Aircraft Ltd.
145/164/166/167 "Strikemaster"
Merged into British Aerospace in April
1977. Final products using BAC name included One-Eleven
short/medium-range airliner (first flown August 1963 in
Series 200 prototype form), Strikemaster jet trainer and
armed tactical support jet (first flown October 1967), and
Concorde supersonic airliner (first flown March 1969) in
association with Aerospatiale of France.
