Talk:Hawker Aircraft

Renamed Hawker Aircraft?
Most of the references and this article says that H.G. Hawker was renamed Hawker Aircraft Limited in 1933. But according to companies house Hawker Aircraft was formed on 29 March 1932. The London Gazette has a number of notices indicating that H.G Hawker Engineering Company went into liquidation including a report dated 26 October 1933 reporting en extraordinary general meeting voluntary winding up the company and appointing a liquidator. Also a notice as late as August 1935 with the liquadator calling a winding up meeting.. Point is there appears to be no legal connection or continutation between the two companies, perhaps it was to clear the decks as they had done when they liquidated Sopwith. Anybody know more so we can add it to the article. Thanks. MilborneOne (talk) 19:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * The actual name was Hawker Aircraft Company Limited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.172.230 (talk) 09:18, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

What happened to it?
I don't understand. Did the company go bankrupt and shut down? Did it get sold? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.119.236 (talk)


 * From the article: In 1933 the company was renamed Hawker Aircraft Limited, and it took advantage of the Great Depression and a strong financial position to purchase the Gloster Aircraft Company in 1934. The next year it merged with the engine and automotive company Armstrong Siddeley and its subsidiary, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, to form Hawker Siddeley Aircraft. This group also encompassed A. V. Roe and Company (Avro). Hawker Aircraft continued to produce designs under its own name as part of Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, from 1955 a division of Hawker Siddeley Group. The "Hawker" brand name was dropped, along with those of the sister companies, in 1963; the Hawker P.1127 was the last aircraft to carry the brand. The Hawker legacy was maintained by the American company Raytheon who produced business jets (including some derived from the 125, whose original design dated back to de Havilland days) under the "Hawker" name. This was the result of purchasing British Aerospace's product line in 1993. The name was also used by Hawker Beechcraft after Raytheon's business jet interests (Hawker and Beechcraft) were acquired by investors and merged. - BilCat (talk) 05:46, 2 June 2020 (UTC)