Originally Posted by
cazatou
The 146 was, however, BAe.
Or was it?
Hawker Siddeley carried out the original design in 1973 using the designation
HS.146, but soon abandoned the project as a result of the world economic downturn resulting from the 1973 oil crisis. Low-key development proceeded, however, and in 1978
British Aerospace, Hawker Siddeley's corporate successor, re-launched the project. The 146 type number comes from the original
de Havilland designation sequence, which was continued by Hawker Siddeley when the former became a subsidiary of the latter. The type name "Avro RJ" superseded "BAe 146" in 1993.