Canadair
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Canadair | |
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Fate | incorporated into Bombardier. |
Successor | Bombardier Aerospace |
Founded | 1944 |
Defunct | 1986 |
Location | Montreal, Canada |
Canadair was a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada. It was the subsidiary of other aircraft manufacturers and a nationalized corporation until privatized in 1986 and became the core of Bombardier Aerospace.
Canadair's origins lie in the foundation of a manufacturing centre for Canadian Vickers in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Laurent, at Cartierville Airport. Canadair Plant One is still there, although the airport no longer exists.
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Absorbing the Canadian Vickers Ltd. operations, Canadair was created on 11 November 1944 as a separate entity by the government of Canada as a manufacturer of patrol PBY Canso flying boats for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Air_Force" title="Royal Canadian A