de Havilland Canada
| De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd.
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| legal form | Ltd. |
| founding | 1928 as de Havilland Canada Company 2019 as De Havilland Aircraft of Canada |
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Toronto , Ontario , Canada
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| Branch | Aircraft construction |
| Website | dehavilland.com |
The De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. is a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Toronto . The company is a subsidiary of Longview Aviation Capital Corp. (LAC).
history
De Havilland Canada Company
de Havilland Canada Company (DHC) was founded in 1928 by the British De Havilland Aircraft Company . Production initially consisted of Tiger Moth training aircraft. 1,134 Mosquito fighter jets were also produced during World War II .
After the Second World War, de Havilland Canada began developing its own types of aircraft, most of which were adapted to the special conditions in Canada. In addition, types of the British parent company continued to be produced. The American submarine fighter Grumman S2F Tracker was produced under license .
In 1962, DHC took over Avro Canada's aircraft plant from Hawker Siddeley , the new owner of de Havilland UK.
De Havilland Canada was nationalized in the 1970s. The company was then privatized and sold to Boeing in 1986 . In 1992 it came into the possession of Bombardier Aerospace . The company was dissolved and integrated into Bombardier Aerospace.
On the former factory site at Downsview Airport that was Toronto Aerospace Museum located.
The rights to the no longer produced types DHC-1 Chipmunk , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-4 Caribou , DHC-5 Buffalo , DHC-6 Twin Otter and DHC-7 belong to the Canadian Viking Air since February 2006 , which resumed production of the DHC-6 Twin Otter under the new series designation DHC-6-400 from 2008. Viking Air is a subsidiary of Longview Aviation Capital.
On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Bombardier would sell the rights, production, and worldwide maintenance of the DHC-8 to Longview Aviation Capital for $ 300 million. Longview also wants to take over the De Havilland brand.
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Longview Aviation Capital founded De Havilland Aircraft of Canada on June 3, 2019. It will kick off with the formal closing of the transaction, through which Longview Aviation Capital will take over the entire DHC-8 program including the 100, 200 and 300 series and 400 series program from Bombardier Aerospace .
Former aircraft types
Former types of aircraft, built under license
De Havilland Canada Company initially built the De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth training machine and other types of the Moth family. After the training of Commonwealth pilots was relocated to Canada during World War II, the production number of this type rose to 1,747 units. At the same time, 1,134 De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito fighter aircraft were built during the war .
De Havilland Canada (Grumman) CS2F Tracker
In 1954, the Royal Canadian Navy decided to replace its fleet of obsolete Grumman TBM Avenger submarine fighter aircraft with domestically produced licensed versions of the new Grumman S2F Tracker . The first tracker built in Canada flew on May 31, 1956. Some of these aircraft were in service with the Canadian military until the 1990s. As recently as 2008, 14 of these aircraft were used as fire-fighting aircraft (2 in France with the Sécurité civile, 12 in Canada).
DHC-1 chipmunk
The first significant post-war project was the DHC-1 Chipmunk from 1946, which replaced the outdated Tiger Moth as a training aircraft. 158 units were built in Canada for the Canadian Air Force , and a further 740 units were produced in Great Britain for the Royal Air Force .
DHC-2 Beaver
In 1947 the DHC-2 Beaver was created, a seven-seater, single-engine machine adapted to the conditions in northern Canada. It can be optionally equipped with wheels, floats or skis. A total of almost 1,700 aircraft of this type were built, including 968 of the military version L-20A Beaver sold to the USA . From Viking Air DHC-2T Turbo Beaver used for conversions copies made.
DHC-3 otters
The DHC-3 Otter is an enlarged version of the DHC-2 Beaver with 13 seats.
DHC-4 Caribou
With the DHC-4 Caribou, the manufacturer presented a twin-engine aircraft for the first time in 1958. Most of the machines were used in the Vietnam War.
DHC-5 Buffalo
The DHC-5 Buffalo from 1964, which is somewhat larger than the DHC-4 Caribou and equipped with propeller turbines, was specially developed for the US military. Since the hoped-for orders from the USA did not materialize, only 122 of them were built.
DHC-6 Twin Otter
The 1965 DHC-6 Twin Otter is Canada's most successful commercial aircraft program with over 800 units. It was the twin-engine successor to the DHC-3 Otter and could also be equipped with skis and floats. Production ended in 1988. Since 2008 the - meanwhile modernized - DHC-6 Twin Otter in the form of the DHC-6-400 has been produced by Viking Air .
DHC-7
The four-engine DHC-7 (internally called "Dash 7" ) from 1975 is a turboprop regional aircraft designed for 50 passengers. It was specially developed for small airfields. After Boeing took over de Havilland Canada , production ceased in 1988.
Aircraft types
DHC-8 Dash 8
The twin-engine DHC-8 (also called "Dash 8" internally ), designed for up to 78 passengers, made its maiden flight in 1983. From 1996 to 2019 it was named Bombardier Dash 8Q by the manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace for marketing purposes . It has been called the Dash 8-400 since De Havilland Aircraft of Canada took over production in June 2019 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Zwerger: Return of a traditional brand: de Havilland Canada is being revived. June 4, 2019, accessed December 24, 2019 .
- ^ COMPANY NEWS; Bombardier Agrees to Buy De Havilland From Boeing. The New York Times, January 23, 1992, accessed May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Bombardier no longer wants its turbo props. In: aerotelegraph.com. 2018-11-08, accessed June 4, 2019 .
- ^ De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Returns to the Skies. In: dehavilland.com. 2019-06-03, accessed June 4, 2019 .
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international 2008/09 . Sutton, UK, 2008.
- ^ Dash 8-400 Aircraft. In: dehavilland.com. Retrieved June 17, 2019 .