Hunting Aircraft

Hunting Aircraft
IndustryAerospace
Founded1933 (as Percival Aircraft Co.)
Defunct1960
FateMerged to form British Aircraft Corporation
HeadquartersLuton, Bedfordshire, UK

Hunting Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer that produced light training aircraft and the initial design that would evolve into the BAC 1-11 jet airliner. Founded as Percival Aircraft Company in 1933, the company later moved to Luton, UK. It was eventually taken over by the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) in 1960.