| 1947 - |
John Britten and
Desmond Norman meet at DH Aeronautical Technical School |
| 26 May 1951 - |
BN-1F (G-ALZE) ultra
light mono-plane flies at Bembridge |
| 1953 - |
Britten-Norman
Limited formed |
| 1963 - |
Britten and Norman
commence design of 10 seat STOL aircraft |
| 13 June 1965 - |
BN-2 Prototype
G-ATCT first flight |
| 17 June 1965 - |
BN-2's first public
appearance at Paris Air Show |
| 26 June 1965 - |
BN-2's first flying
demo at Exeter Air Day |
| 15 August 1966 - |
BN-2 named
"Islander" |
| 28 August 1966 - |
BN-2 Islander G-ATWU
first production aircraft flies |
| 9 November 1966 - |
BN-2 Prototype
G-ATCT crashes at Sneek, Holland (test pilot Peter Hillwood dies) |
| 10 August 1967 - |
BN-2 Islander
receives UK CAA certification |
| 13 August 1967 - |
First BN-2 Islander
G-AVCN delivered to GlosAir, Staverton, UK (Later Aurigny) |
| 19 December 1967 - |
BN-2 Islander
receives US FAA certification |
| 1968 - |
Additional
production output requirement causes branching out to BHC, Cowes |
| 1968 - |
Romanian production
agreement signed with IRMA (UK / Romania offset programme) |
| 20 June 1968 - |
First BN-2A Islander
G-AWIB flies |
| 17 May 1969 - |
First flight of
Romanian built BN-2A Islander G-AXHY |
| 15 September 1969 - |
100th BN-2 delivered
- BN-2A VH-ATV to Aerial tours, Papua New Guinea |
| 1970 - |
Britten-Norman
receives Queens Award to Industry for Export Achievement |
| 11 September 1970 - |
First BN-2A MkIII
G-ATWU flies |
| January 1971 - |
BN-2A MkIII named
"Trislander" |
| June 1971 - |
BN-2A Defender
launched at Paris Air Show |
| 29 June 1971 - |
First production
Trislander G-AYWI delivered to Aurigny |
| 22 October 1971 - |
Britten-Norman
Limited go into receivership |
| 23 November 1971 - |
Britten-Norman
(Bembridge) Limited formed |
| August 1972 - |
Bid from Fairey
company accepted |
| 21 November 1973 - |
100th Romanian built
Islander flown: BN-2A-6 G-BBFG |
| 16 August 1974 - |
500th BN-2
delivered: BN-2A-21 Defender G-BCEK to Sultan of Oman's Air Force |
| September 1974 - |
Deal for 100 BN-2s
to Philippines announced |
| February 1976 - |
John Britten and
Desmond Norman leave Britten-Norman to pursue other interests |
| 6 April 1977 - |
First (and only)
BN-2A-41 Turbo Prop Islander G-BDPR flies |
| 3 August 1977 - |
Britten-Norman
(Bembridge) Limited goes into receivership |
| 19 Jun 1978 - |
Pilatus Britten
Norman Limited formed (pending acceptance of bid) |
| July 1978 - |
Bid form Pilatus
Aircraft accepted |
| August 1978 - |
First BN-2B Islander
II flies |
| 2 August 1980 - |
BN-2T Turbine
Islander Prototype G-BCMY flies |
| 13 May 1981 - |
First production
BN-2T Turbine Islander G-BIUJ flies |
| 20 May 1981 - |
1000th BN-2 G-BIIP
flies |
| 8 October 1981 - |
First BN-2T Turbine
Islander delivered to GKN-Enterprise Minieres du Zaire |
| 7 May 1982 - |
1000th BN-2
delivered: BN-2B-21 Maritime Defender G-MICV to Cyprus Government |
| 27 September 1984 - |
Last Belgian built
Trislander delivered: BN-2A MkIII-2 G-BEPK to Botswana |
| 6 March 1987 - |
Launch of AEW
Defender |
| 1988 - |
UK MoD places order
for Islander Light Utility Aircraft (AL Mk 1) |
| 1989 - |
Launch of US$10m
programme for the flagship "Defender 4000" platform |
| August 1990 - |
BN-2T-4R MSSA
development deal signed with Westinghouse Development Corp |
| Late 1993 - |
25 years of Romanian
BN-2 production aircraft celebrated |
| 29 July 1994 - |
First BN-2T-4R MSSA
production aircraft flies |
| 17 August 1994 - |
BN-2T-4S Prototype
G-SURV flies |
| September 1994 - |
BN-2T-4S Defender
4000 launched at Farnborough Air Show |
| 12 June 1995 - |
500th Romanian built
BN-2 flies: BN-2T Islander G-BVFK |
| 13 June 1995 - |
30th anniversary of
BN-2 Prototype G-ATCT's first flight |
| 9 September 1997 - |
First BN-2T-4S
Defender 4000 enters service with Irish Garda Air Support Unit |
| July 1998 - |
Pilatus Britten
Norman bought by Biofarm Inc |
| 22 July 1998 - |
Pilatus Britten
Norman renamed as Britten-Norman Limited |
| 4 May 2000 - |
B-N Group Limited
formed |
| 5 May 2000 - |
B-N Group bid for
Britten-Norman accepted |
| 19 May 2000 - |
Britten-Norman
Limited goes into final liquidation |
| 18 July 2000 - |
First B-N Group
production aircraft delivered from Romania by Chairman, A Zawawi |
| 1 September 2002 - |
Subsidiary company,
Fly BN Limited, formed to specialise in product support and MRO ('145') |
| 10 September 2002 - |
Corresponding
manufacturing subsidiary, Britten-Norman Aircraft Limited, formed |
| 13
November 2002 - |
Co-founder of
Britten-Norman Desmond Norman, dies |
| 12 February 2003 - |
B-N Group announces
relaunch of Trislander production |
| 1 October 2003 - |
Independent HR &
Training company, BN Resources Limited, commences trading |
| January 2004 - |
UK MOD places
urgent order
for Defender 4000 platform - delivered to customer in 9 months |
| 1 August 2004 - |
Subsidiary, BN
Aircraft Sales Inc, formed in USA to handle US aircraft sales |
| 1 November 2004 - |
Britten-Norman Pty
Ltd commences trading in Australia to focus on Asia-Pacific region |
|
23 June 2005 - |
Britten-Norman
Inc commences trading in the Americas |
|
August 2005 - |
Aero Composites Limited, a partly BN
owned
subsidiary, formed. |
|
June 2006 - |
BN Logistics Limited formed, based at
new premises near London Heathrow. |
|
September 2006 - |
BN Helicopters Limited formed, based at
new premises at Thruxton Airfield, UK. |
|
February 2007 - |
BN Defence Limited formed, based at
new premises at MOD St Athan Airfield, UK. |
|
September 2008 - |
BN launches new in house paint facility
for military and civil aircraft (up to size of Twin Otter). |
|
2008 - |
BN Aviation Limited formed, to establish
new Part M capability. |
|
October 2008 - |
BN Aviation Pty Ltd formed, based at
Tamworth Airport, NSW, Australia. |
|
January 2009 - |
BN Aviation Limited takes over Fly BN
MRO/145 activities and commences Part M operations. |
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Further
information is available from the BN Historians website
Note: BN Historians is a third party site - contents
not verified by B-N Group Ltd |
