each company becoming known as Hawker Siddeley aircraft. Merged into British Aerospace in April 1977. Final products under its own name
were
"Trident"
the HS 125 corporate jet (first flown August 1962;
see Raytheon Aircraft Company), HS 748 turboprop airliner
(first flown June 1960), Trident short/medium-range
airliner
HS-801 "Nimrod"
(first flown January 1962), Harrier and Sea Harrier
(see British Aerospace), Buccaneer (former Blackburn),
Nimrod maritime patrol jet (first flown May 1967), and
Hawk jet trainer (see British Aerospace).
