Hawker Aircraft Limited was a British aircraft producer that has given many fabulous products for British aviation industry.
The formation of Hawker Aircraft goes back to the post World War I. After World War I the Sopwith Aviation Company got bankrupted. Harry Hawker who was test pilot at Sopwith, along with Thomas Sopwith brought assets of the bankrupted company and formed a new company H.G. Hawker Engeneering.
Later in 1933 the newly formed company got its new name, Hawker Aircraft Limited. The company took advantage of the great depression and showed its strong finanacial position. They purchased Gloster Aircraft Company.
Hawker Aircraft manufactures business jet aircraft. Hawker 800A aircraft is business jet plane and is also one of the longest running business jet aircraft. The Hawker 800A aircraft was a development of DH-125 [...]