The de Havilland Propellers Blue Streak was a British Intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), and later the first stage of the Europa satellite launch vehicle. Blue Streak was cancelled without entering full production.
Blue Streak at the Deutsches Museum, Schleissheim, Munich
The placard reads: "Remains of the first Blue Streak rocket launched from Woomera 5 June 1964. Discovered 50 km SE of Giles in 1980."
Blue Streak F1 rocket remains
Blue Streak F4 rocket remains
de Havilland Propellers was established in 1935, as a division of the de Havilland Aircraft company when that company acquired a licence from the Hamilton Standard company of America for the manufacture of variable-pitch propellers at a cost of about £20,000. Licence negotiations were completed in June 1934.
At the same time an extensive new factory, claimed to be one of the largest in the world, was laid down at Lostock, Bolton, some distance away from de Havilland's main aircraft plant at Hatfield.This factory was built in only nine months as part of the government's emergency pre-war shadow-factory programme.
De Havilland Propellers