Download or read book Hawker Siddeley Aviation and Dynamics 1960-77 written by Stephen Skinner and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Hawker Siddeley Group that built some of the most important aircraft and missiles of the 1960s, 70s and beyond. Charts the progress of the Group and follows their development after they became British Aerospace in 1977 to the present day. Hawker Siddeley's history can be traced back to 1912 and the formation of the Sopwith Aviation Company by Tom Sopwith , which metamorphosed into Hawker Aircraft after World War One. In 1934-35, Gloster, Avro, Armstrong Siddeley, Armstrong Whitworth and others were taken over to create the Hawker Siddeley Group.