flight of Bristol Boxkite 1910: First flight of Short S.27 1910: Bristol Aeroplane Company formed as British and Colonial Aircraft Company 1911: Vickers forms aviation department and begins producing aircraft 1911: First flight of Admiralty Airship No 1 1912: Royal Flying Corps is formed 1912: First take off from a moving ship 1912: First flight of Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 1912: First flight of Short S.41 1939 to 1945 1943: First flight of De Havilland Vampire 1944: First flight of Avro Lincoln 1945 to 1949 1946: First flight of Westland Wyvern 1947: First flight of De Havilland Venom 1948: First flight of Supermarine Swift 1949: First flight of Avro Shackleton 1949: First flight of Vickers Varsity 1949: First Flight of Avro 707 1949: First Flight of De Havilland Comet 1950 to 1959 1950: First flight of Hawker Hunter 1950: First flight of Hawker P.1072 1950: First flight of Boulton Paul P.111 1950: First flight of Percival Provost 1951: First flight of Gloster Javelin 1951: First flight of De Havilland Sea Vixen 1951: First flight of Vickers Valiant 1951: First flight of Handley Page HP.88 1952: First flight of Short SB5 1952: First flight of Avro Vulcan 1952: First flight of Handley Page Victor 1954: First flight of Fairey Delta 2 1954: First flight of English Electric Lightning 1954: First flight of BAC Jet Provost 1955: First flight of Folland Gnat 1957: First flight of Saunders-Roe SR.53 1958: First flight of Blackburn Buccaneer 1960 to 1969 1960: First flight of Hawker Siddeley P.1127 1962: First flight of Bristol 188 1962: First flight of Hawker Siddeley Trident 1964: First flight of Hawker Siddeley Kestrel 1964: First flight of BAC TSR-2 1965: First flight of Britten-Norman Islander 1967: First flight of Hawker Siddeley Harrier 1967: First flight of BAC Strikemaster 1967: First flight of Hawker Siddeley Nimrod 1967: First flight of Handley Page Jetstream 1968: First flight of SEPECAT Jaguar 1969: First flight of Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde 1969: First flight of Scottish Aviation Bulldog 1970 to 1979 1970: First flight of Britten-Norman Defender 1971: First flight of Britten-Norman Trislander 1971: First flight of Westland Lynx 1972: First flight of Airbus A300 (wings designed and built in the UK) 1974: First flight of Panavia Tornado 1974: First flight of BAE Hawk 1979: First flight of Panavia Tornado ADV 1979: First flight of Westland 30 1980 to 1989 1981: First flight of BAe 146 (the UK's