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The de Havilland Aircraft Company was acquired by Hawker Siddeley in 1960 and the de Havilland name ceased to be used in 1963. At Hatfield, the Trident airliner and DH.125 were under development in the early 1960s, with production of the latter taking place at de Havilland's other factory at Hawarden .
- Closed
- 1930–1994
- 254 ft / 77 m
The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited ( / də ˈhævɪlənd /) was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
- 1920
- Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
- Civil and military aircraft, aero engines, guided weapons
- Aerospace
Situated just 20 miles from London in the county of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Aerodrome was open fields when aviation pioneer Geoffrey de Havilland looked to expand his aircraft manufacturing business at Stag Lane near Edgware in the late 1920s.
de Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth. The Museum’s exhibit was built as N6550 at Hatfield in 1939, was used for training during the War. In 1956 it was converted for crop-dusting, as a single-seater flown from the rear cockpit.
Although the Hatfield design department was busy on progressive development of the Mosquito, mainly with the installation of more powerful Merlins, the major developments were the DH.103 Hornet twin Merlin long range fighter for service in Asia and the Vampire, the first de Havilland jet fighter.
5 de abr. de 2017 · The first Comet was rolled out of its hangar at the de Havilland factory in Hatfield, some 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of central London, in July 1949 – only four years after the end of...
Collections. Archive exhibitions. De Havilland – The Man and the Company. Hatfield. The success of the Moth put too much pressure on the factory at Stag Lane. The area was becoming enclosed by the expanding London suburbs. A new site was needed and after careful searching land was purchased at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, in 1930.
