Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
I dug out the RAeS Journal of Aeronautical History 2013 Paper 'The HAWK story' to see if it has anything to say about the origin of the name, it doesn't. In case anyone is interested in reading it, I checked that it is still available online; it is at:
https://www.aerosociety.com/media/48...hawk-story.pdf
If anyone has access to an archive of the in-house newspaper "Hawker Siddeley News", I am sure that there is to be found the article that I believe I can remember reading about the name choice, which also mentions Tercel. I have no idea why it stuck in my memory. I believe that although employees could suggest names, the choice was to be made by a select group ...