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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.
British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was created in 1960 after government pressure to rationalise an industry and saw an amalgamation of some of the most talented and technically skilled engineers in the UK.
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.
The brilliant British bomber that never was: BAC TSR-2. In 1951, Britain introduced the English Electric Canberra. Designed to operate at high level, it would go onto become the RAF's longest serving machine. It was an incredibly efficient aircraft, but by the late 1950s everything changed.
This paper traces the history of the merger between Vickers, English Electric and Bristol that produced the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC). It follows the development of government policy to rationalise the aircraft industry, and the lengthy negotiations between various parts of the industry.
In early 1960 British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was created through the amalgamation of Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd. with English Electric Company and Bristol Aeroplane Company; shortly afterward BAC acquired a controlling interest in Hunting Aircraft Ltd.
Aug 1, 2012 · In its short, seventeen-year, life, the British Aircraft Corporation built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 1970s and beyond: its best-known products included the...
Feb 13, 2024 · Following the release of the BAC 1-11 200, the British Aircraft Corporation decided to launch an updated version of the aircraft, which they named the BAC 1-11 300. This variant had upgraded engines and was designed with larger fuel tanks to allow for a longer range.
Apr 5, 2017 · It was the last leg of the new scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) jet passenger flight between London and Johannesburg. Some 36 hours later, with a new crew on board, the...
The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) TSR-2 was a cancelled Cold War tactical strike and reconnaissance aircraft developed for the Royal Air Force (RAF) in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
