15 Facts About De Havilland

De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London.

De Havilland company became a member of the Hawker Siddeley group in 1960, but lost its separate identity in 1963.

In January 1920 Geoffrey de Havilland was working for Airco as technical director and chief designer.

De Havilland continued to produce high-performance aircraft including the twin piston-engined DH 88 Comet racer, one of which became famous as the winner of the MacRobertson Air Race from England to Australia in 1934.

De Havilland followed this with the even higher-performing Hornet fighter, which was one of the pioneers of the use of metal-wood and metal-metal bonding techniques.

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The de Havilland Comet was put into service in 1952 as the eagerly anticipated first commercial jet airliner, twice as fast as previous alternatives and a source of British national pride.

De Havilland entered the field of long-range missiles, developing the liquid-fuelled Blue Streak.

De Havilland was eventually incorporated into the Bombardier group of companies and the Dash Eight remains in production with a particular emphasis being placed on its quiet operation in comparison to other aircraft of a similar size.

De Havilland moved from Melbourne to Sydney during 1930 where it acted as an agency for the parent company, with assembly, repair and spares facilities for the company's popular sporting and airliner types.

Aircraft design and full manufacture by de Havilland Australia did not take place until the Second World War, when the company began production of the DH 82 Tiger Moth primary trainer at Bankstown, NSW.

De Havilland began to manufacture the Mosquito, with deliveries to the RAAF being first made in 1944.

On 6 February 2009, Boeing announced that Hawker de Havilland Aerospace had changed its name to Boeing Aerostructures Australia.

The de Havilland company was a competitor to Rolls-Royce and Metrovick in the early years of jet engine development.

De Havilland company donated a site to Hertfordshire County Council for educational use: the site was then developed as Hatfield Technical College, which is the College Lane Campus of the University of Hertfordshire.

De Havilland was purchased by Hawker Siddeley in 1960 and merged into British Aerospace in 1978.