Talk:Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom

December 2007
I'm going to develop the article over the next few days, so please don't overreact, I just wanted it online for now, I am going to clean it up and make it wiki standard (hopefully above standard). ;) —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThebetterRob (talk • contribs) 20:51, December 2, 2007

December 2008
Tried to clean-up as much as possible. Still needs expert attention.--Funandtrvl (talk) 16:48, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Purpose of article
At the moment the article appears as a bit of a mess just a rambling of slightly related subjects. Is this describing the current aerospace industry or is it also meant to provide some history. Not sure what a random sampling of first flights does for the article either. Anybody any ideas? MilborneOne (talk) 18:33, 1 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, I stumbled on this article a few weeks ago and saw that it contained some out of date information, had quite a few issues and had virtually no other articles linked to it and was as a result getting very few hits.


 * Since I feel that this is an important topic I have made an effort to update and improve the article, although this is not an area of expertise for me and this has limited what I am able to do. As I see it the purpose of the article should be, as with articles such as Automotive industry in the United Kingdom or Automobile industry in China, to provide a concise overview of the industry including its history, current state and economic impact, important products and companies.


 * I agree that the list of first flights is not appropriate. In my view this should be changed into a prose description of the history of the industry, with some of the first flight details being woven into the text as appropriate.


 * I have started trying to improve the 'Major participants' section but in my view this requires more work. The 'Current developments' section contains a lot of interesting and useful information but appears to need some updating.


 * On a minor point I see that you have moved Thales from the overseas to the domestic section of the paragraph in the lead on major participants. As I wrote this list I was looking at the companies from the perspective of the location of the ultimate parent companies headquarters and registered office. Although Thales's UK subsidiaries are registered in the UK they are wholly-owned by the French parent company. Rangoon11 (talk) 18:55, 1 November 2010 (UTC)


 * OK I will see what I can add to the article to improve it but it may not happen for a few weeks. Although part of the Thales Group Thales UK is considered a British company as it was previously Racal and a legacy of other long-term British electronic companies. Thales UK is registered at Weybridge, Surrey. MilborneOne (talk) 19:10, 1 November 2010 (UTC)


 * It would be great if you could as I see from your user page that you have a massive expertise in the area.


 * Re Thales, would you be happy with the following wording 'Thales Group (including its UK-headquartered subsidiaries Thales Air Defence and Thales Optronics)' and leaving Thales Group described as an overseas company?Rangoon11 (talk) 19:16, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Probably OK for now but perhaps UK-based rather than headquartered. Other UK based aerospace divisions also include Thales Avionics who produce in-flight-entertainment. MilborneOne (talk) 20:03, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

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