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The AVRO 146-RJX was the last full aircraft to be manufactured in the UK.

The aircraft was originally designed by de Havilland and, as it is listed as their 146th design, was named the 146. The de Havilland company was taken over by Hawker Siddeley in 1963 so when the project to build the aircraft began in 1973, it was renamed the HS146. In 1977, Hawker Siddeley merged with British Aerospace and the aircraft was renamed again as the Bae 146. The first Bae 146 flew in 1981 and production of the aircraft moved to Woodford where it remained until the project was completed in 1992.

In March 1992, a new development of the 146 flew under the designation AVRO 146-RJ, capable of fully automatic landing in all weathers. A total of 170 AVRO 146-RJs were built between 1992 and 2003 in three different versions named the RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100, with the number indicating the number of passengers that could be carried.

This example, on display at Manchester Airport's Runway Visitor Park Park Link is a re-engined version of the 146-RJ, named AVRO 146-RJX 100. It first flew in April 2001; the second of three aircraft built to participate in a development programme.

See Link (Wikipedia article) for more information about the British Aerospace 146.