DeHavilland didn’t do that badly - the last Nimrod (based on the Comet) was retired in 2011. The name disappeared because, like a whole host of British aviation

DeHavilland didn’t do that badly - the last Nimrod (based on the Comet) was retired in 2011. The name disappeared because, like a whole host of British aviation manufacturers (English Electric, Folland, Vickers, Supermarine, Hawker-Siddeley, Bristol, Hunting, Avro), they successively merged together until all that was left was a name you probably are familiar with - BAE Systems.