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1960
1960 - 1651.PDF
PL! XT, 2 September 1960 369 BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION Portrayed here are members of the board; below is illus- trated the end of the Vanguard assembly line at Weybridge Marshal of the RAF Viscount Portal Maj-Gen Sir Charles Dunphie Hon George Nelson Sir W. R. Verdon Smith The Viscount Caldecote Sir George Edwards William Masterton G. A. Riddell R. P. H. Yapp ON May 24, 1960, Vickers Ltd, The English Electric Co Ltd andthe Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd announced the composition of the board of British Aircraft Corp Ltd; which they had formed tobring together their respective aircraft and guided-weapon interests. The Corporation was incorporated initially with anominal capital, which, following completion of the legal and financial formalities on June 18, is being appropriately increased.Secretary is Mr J. O. Charlton, and he is one of the first to take up office in the BAC headquarters in Pall Mall. Although thethree original operating divisions—Bristol Aircraft, English Electric Aviation and Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)—are con-tinuing to retain their existing names and to produce and manu- facture their current products without disruption, it is the board'sintention that BAC shall eventually become welded into a single unit, and all future projects will be BAC projects. When the Corporation was formed, negotiations had just been completedwith the Hunting Group. As a result, BAC are acquiring a con- trolling interest in Hunting Aircraft, and this firm will henceforthbe an operating subsidiary of BAC.* A strong centralized staff is being established to determine priorities and allocate capacitywithin the Corporation, and this work will be managed by Sir George Edwards for aircraft and Lord Caldecote for guidedweapons. Already the future projects of the Corporation, including the TSR.2, Super VC10, VC11, H.107 and Blue Water, are allBAC programmes, and will not in future retain the name of their original design companies. Should BAC embark on a supersonicairliner it will be a single project managed by a single corporation, who will place the work wherever the existing capacities and skillsrender appropriate. * Their work on the D.H.121 has not been terminated.
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