Bristol Aerospace

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Bristol Aerospace
legal form
founding 1930
Seat Winnipeg , Manitoba Canada
CanadaCanada 
management Jim, Grant and Edwin MacDonalds
Number of employees 630
Branch Aerospace
Website Bristol Aerospace website

Bristol Aerospace is a subsidiary of the Canadian aerospace company Magellan Aerospace Corporation, based in Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada . The company employs around 600 people at the location and develops and produces components and parts for various military and civil aerospace manufacturers.

history

Bristol Aerospace emerged from the MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Company in 1930. The brothers Jim and Grant MacDonald moved from Nova Scotia to Winnipeg to start a metal processing company. The third brother, Edwin, later joined his two brothers when air travel increased sharply in 1920. In 1930 the company began producing floats for seaplanes. The company produced these until the beginning of 1980.

During the Second World War , the company built training aircraft for pilots. At the end of the World War, the company employed around 4,500 people. After the war, the company developed into an important repair and overhaul center for aircraft. From 1940 to 1950 the company carried out inspections and repairs for fighter jets.

In 1954, MacDonald Brothers Aircraft was bought by the British Bristol Airplane Company, which acted as a subsidiary. The company was an important supplier of engine components and other aircraft parts, including the Avro CF-100 Canuck. The company later became the main repair center for the military jets. During the 1950–1960s, the company developed several components for various aircraft engines and supplied the respective manufacturers.

In the second half of the 1950s, the company began developing rocket engines. In 1960 the first rocket components were completed and a sounding rocket developed, the Black Brant . At the same time, a new facility, the Rockwood Propellant Plan, was opened in the parish of Stony Mountain, Manitoba. Bristol Aerojet was created through a close partnership with Aerojet General. The company developed the CRV7, a new 70mm air-to-surface missile , in the early 1970s , which is later used by various military and NATO to this day. In the 1960s, Bristol Aerospace won a contract to service and modify Canadian and American McDonnell CF-101 Vodoo / F-101 Vodoo fighter jets . The contracts with the military expired when the machines were retired in 1987. In 1966 the company became part of Rolls-Royce when the company bought the engine division of the Bristol Works in Bristol England. In 1997, Rolls-Royce sold the Canadian subsidiary to the Canadian aerospace company Magellan Aerospace for $ 62 million. In 1999 the company won a tender from the Canadian Space Agency to develop a new research satellite , the SciSat 1 . The research satellite was put into orbit in 2003.

Products

The company develops and builds sounding rockets of the type Black Brant and the air-to-surface missile of the type CRV7 for the military and the NATO .

The company produces / manufactured components for the aerospace industry and the like. a. For:

In addition, the company carries out general overhauls, repairs and modifications for various types of aircraft. Including modifications for various types of helicopters from the manufacturers Sikorsky, Eurocopter, Boeing and MD Helikopters.

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