de Havilland Australia
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Company type | Parent Boeing Australia | |
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Website | www.boeing.com.au |
de Havilland Aircraft Pty Ltd (DHA) was part of de Havilland, then became a separate company.[1] It acquired the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in 1985 and was purchased by Boeing in 2000 and merged with the Boeing owned AeroSpace Technologies of Australia (formerly the Government Aircraft Factories) to become Hawker de Havilland Aerospace Pty Ltd. In 2009, the name was changed to Boeing Aerostructures Australia (BAA) and is a subsidiary of Boeing Australia Ltd.[2]
Early years and WWII
In March 1927 the de Havilland Aircraft Company established DHA in Melbourne, its first overseas subsidiary. Its founder was Hereward de Havilland.[3] DHA was set up to sell de Havilland products in Australia, to assemble aircraft that had been sold, and to provide repair and spare parts services. In 1930 DHA relocated to Mascot aerodrome in Sydney.
Prior to
In 1942 DHA produced its first indigenous design. In March that year the RAAF issued a specification for a small transport glider. DHA responded with the DHA-G1 a high-wing design incorporating the nose section of the Dragon then being built. The first of two DHA-G1s was flown in June 1942. The RAAF ordered the improved seven-seat DHA-G2 in 1943: these differed from the DHA-G1 in having a larger fuselage and wing. By this time the threat of invasion of Australia by Japan and the rationale for the type had passed and only six were produced.
Consolidation
Mosquito production continued until 1948, by which time work had begun on DHA's third indigenous design, the
The end of the Vampire programme marked the beginning of an extended period when no complete aircraft were produced, although there was work for the company in various modification (see
In 1970 HdH entered a new phase
Earlier in 1985 HdH purchased CAC, which was initially kept as a separate company but was then renamed Hawker de Havilland Victoria (HdHV) the following year. At the time of the purchase both companies were in the initial stages of producing components for the GAF-built version of the
Building aircraft again
Following the cancellation of the Wamira, HdH resumed production of complete aircraft in 1987 after it was selected to build a version of the
In May 1988 HdH delivered the first Bankstown-assembled
The PC-9/A was the last complete aircraft type to be built by HdH, although RAAF Caribous could still be seen at Bankstown until 1994.[15][16] During the same time period HdH was involved in the McDonnell Douglas Helicopters MDX project, HdH being responsible the design and development of the fuselage in Sydney with manufacture and final assembly at the Bankstown(Sydney) and Fishermen's Bend ( Melbourne) plants. In 1998 the company was bought by Tenix and Hawker Pacific was sold to Swedish company Celsius. In 2000 Tenix sold HdH to Boeing which merged the company with ASTA to form Hawker de Havilland Aerospace within Boeing Australia. Today HdH is in the forefront of composite structures technology and manufactures composite and alloy components for the Airbus A320 family, Airbus A330, Airbus A340, Airbus A380, Bombardier Challenger 300, Boeing 737, Boeing 747 and Boeing 777 as well as for several military aerospace programmes.[17]
Aircraft
- AAC Wamira, 1 prototype built 1984
- de Havilland Australia DHA-G1, 2 prototypes built 1942
- de Havilland Australia DHA-G2, 6 built 1943 based on improved production version of G1
- de Havilland Australia DHA-3 Drover
Licensed built de Havilland aircraft
- de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth 1085 built from 1940–1945
- de Havilland DH.84 Dragon, 87 built from 1942–1943[18]
- de Havilland DH.94 Moth Minor, 41 built 1939–?[19]
- de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, 212 built from 1943–1948 [20]
- de Havilland DH.100 Vampire, 80 built from 1946–1960
- de Havilland DH.115 Vampire, 73 built from 1946–1960
Other licensed built
- Pilatus PC-9A 48 built 1987–1992
- RAAF and finally to Australian Army
References
Citations
- ^ "De Havilland Australia". BAE Systems | Australia. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Boeing in Australia - History". Retrieved 21 May 2019.
- ^ "People and Posts". Flight International. 2 October 1976.
- ^ Qantas website retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ Tiger Moth, CT-4, Wackett & Winjeel in Australian Service p38.
- ^ "Hawker de Havilland - History - Birth of an Industry". 3 February 2007. Archived from the original on 3 February 2007.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Sources disagree on exact numbers: 1035, 1070 or 1085.
- ^ Hawker Pacific website retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ Boeing Australia website Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ Hawker Pacific website Archived 10 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ The date was obtained from personal recollections of employees of Hawker de Havilland transferred to Hawker Pacific at the time Hawker Pacific was established.
- ^ Funding Universe.com Hawker Siddeley History page retrieved 10 August 2007.
- ^ Keith Meggs The Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ Delisted.com.au website retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ The year that Hawker Pacific commenced major servicings of the RAAF Caribou Fleet at a new facility at Brisbane Airport.
- ^ Australian Aerospace website Archived 4 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ Boeing Australia website Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 10 August 2007
- ^ "Dh.84 Dragon in Australia - Part 2".
- ^ "Dh.94 Moth Minor in Australia".
- ^ "Geoff Goodall's Aviation History Site".
Sources
- Wilson, Stewart (1990). Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 0-9587978-4-6
- Wilson, Stewart (1990). Dakota, Hercules and Caribou in Australian Service. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 0-9587978-5-4
- Wilson, Stewart (1993). Phantom, Hornet and Skyhawk in Australian Service. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-03-X
- Wilson, Stewart (1994). Vampire, Macchi and Iroquois in Australian Service. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-07-2
- Wilson, Stewart (1994). Tiger Moth, CT-4, Wackett & Winjeel in Australian Service. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-16-1
- Wilson, Stewart (1994). Military Aircraft of Australia. Aerospace Publications Pty. Ltd. ISBN 1-875671-08-0
External links
- Boeing Australia Hawker de Havilland - History
- Boeing Hawker de Havilland - History