British Aircraft Corporation

British Aircraft Corporation
Founded1960; 64 years ago (1960)
Defunct29 April 1977; 47 years ago (1977-04-29)
FateMerged with Hawker Siddeley and Scottish Aviation
SuccessorBritish Aerospace
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The British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) was a British aircraft manufacturer formed from the government-pressured merger of English Electric Aviation Ltd., Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft), the Bristol Aeroplane Company and Hunting Aircraft in 1960. Bristol, English Electric and Vickers became "parents" of BAC with shareholdings of 20%, 40% and 40% respectively. BAC in turn acquired the share capital of their aviation interests and 70% of Hunting Aircraft several months later.[1]

  1. ^ Charles Gardner, British Aircraft Corporation. A history by Charles Gardner, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1981 (ISBN 0-7134-3815-0), p. 38.