De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey
- Hawker Siddeley Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
- Witney, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East, England
Sectors:
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Transport equipment production
Airframe production & repair
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Professional services
Training & other education services
Notes:
Military and civil aircraft builder established by Geoffrey de Havilland in 1920. Also built aero engines and operated a flying school. Built Comet, first jet airliner, in early 1950s. 1960 acquired by Hawker Siddeley Group and ceased to trade under its name in 1963
Publications:
- British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1909 by Dancey, Peter G
- Broughton. From Wellington to Airbus by Barfield, Norman
- Comet! The world's first jet airliner by Simons, Graham M
- De Havilland Aeronautical Technical School by Unknown
- De Havilland Aircraft. 27 years of progress by Unknown
- De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 by Jackson, Aubrey J
- De Havilland Comet. The world's first commercial jetliner by Higgs, Colin
- De Havilland Enterprises. A history by Simons, Graham M
- De Havilland in Hatfield. The golden years, 1910-35 by Clifford, John
- De Havilland Legacy. Hatfield Aerodrome remembered by Unknown
- De Havilland. The golden years, 1919-1939 by Riding, Richard (ed)
- De Havilland's Fifty Years by Unknown
- DH. A History of De Havilland by Sharp, C Martin
- Flying up the Edgware Road. The birth of North West London's aviation industry by Amies, Mark
- From Gipsy to Gem, with Diversions, 1926-1986 by Stokes, Peter
- High Wycombe's Contribution to Aviation. A history of events and those involved from the earliest days of flight by Scott, David, & Ian Simmons
- History of the Second World War. Design and development of weapons. Studies in government and industrial organisation by Postan, M M, D Hay & J D Scott
- Planemakers 3. De Havilland by Birtles, Philip J
- Sky Fever. The autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland by De Havilland, Geoffrey
- Taking Off. Memories of de Havilland at Hatfield by Marris, Phil (ed)
- Tale of the Comet by Dempster, Derek D
- The First Jet Airliner. The story of the De Havilland Comet by Walker, Timothy, & Scott Henderson
- The Power to Fly. From de Havilland apprentice to chairman of General Electric Aircraft Engines by Rowe, Brian H
- The Silver Jubilee of the de Havilland School of Flying by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey
- Hawker Siddeley Group
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, East of England, England
- High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Buckinghamshire, South East, England
- Witney, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, South East, England
Sectors:
- Transport equipment production Airframe production & repair
- Professional services Training & other education services
Notes:
Military and civil aircraft builder established by Geoffrey de Havilland in 1920. Also built aero engines and operated a flying school. Built Comet, first jet airliner, in early 1950s. 1960 acquired by Hawker Siddeley Group and ceased to trade under its name in 1963Publications:
- British Aircraft Manufacturers Since 1909 by Dancey, Peter G
- Broughton. From Wellington to Airbus by Barfield, Norman
- Comet! The world's first jet airliner by Simons, Graham M
- De Havilland Aeronautical Technical School by Unknown
- De Havilland Aircraft. 27 years of progress by Unknown
- De Havilland Aircraft since 1909 by Jackson, Aubrey J
- De Havilland Comet. The world's first commercial jetliner by Higgs, Colin
- De Havilland Enterprises. A history by Simons, Graham M
- De Havilland in Hatfield. The golden years, 1910-35 by Clifford, John
- De Havilland Legacy. Hatfield Aerodrome remembered by Unknown
- De Havilland. The golden years, 1919-1939 by Riding, Richard (ed)
- De Havilland's Fifty Years by Unknown
- DH. A History of De Havilland by Sharp, C Martin
- Flying up the Edgware Road. The birth of North West London's aviation industry by Amies, Mark
- From Gipsy to Gem, with Diversions, 1926-1986 by Stokes, Peter
- High Wycombe's Contribution to Aviation. A history of events and those involved from the earliest days of flight by Scott, David, & Ian Simmons
- History of the Second World War. Design and development of weapons. Studies in government and industrial organisation by Postan, M M, D Hay & J D Scott
- Planemakers 3. De Havilland by Birtles, Philip J
- Sky Fever. The autobiography of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland by De Havilland, Geoffrey
- Taking Off. Memories of de Havilland at Hatfield by Marris, Phil (ed)
- Tale of the Comet by Dempster, Derek D
- The First Jet Airliner. The story of the De Havilland Comet by Walker, Timothy, & Scott Henderson
- The Power to Fly. From de Havilland apprentice to chairman of General Electric Aircraft Engines by Rowe, Brian H
- The Silver Jubilee of the de Havilland School of Flying by Unknown