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J Boyle
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Raytheon said the name “Hawker” was better known and I understand in the bizjet word, 125 variants/successors are indeed called Hawkers.

I would have thought that De Havilland was better known…since the Hunter and Hurricane aren’t that well known here by the general public.

A few feet away from me in my den is a small gift tin given away by British Aerospace at some event here in the States (probably a NBAA convention or trade show).
The sides show the various series and provide the ranges of them: 1280 sm for the Series 1 powered by Vipers to 4055 sm for the 1000 powered by P & W turbofans.

Being produced in 1992, the tin ends with the 800/1000 series marketed by British Aerospace. By that time 825 jets had been sold.

I can’t think of an airplane that has been sold under more names by more people.