Following Fairy financial troubles it was sold to Oerlikon-Bührle (owner of Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland in 1978, hence the "Pilatus Britten-Norman" designation of some of their aircraft).
Fairey Aviation приобрела Britten-Norman в 1972 затем продала Oerlikon-Buhle (владелец швейцарской Pilatus Aircraft, в результате чего некоторые самолёты получили название "Pilatus Britten-Norman") в 1979.