Agent 17 e-mailed us to say that the photo of the de Havilland DHC-1 Chipmunk (in "Take off, eh! de Havilland Canada flies again!", WWW 3/6/19) brought back happy memories. That thank-you prompted Ed. to hunt around for some video, and here's what he came up with.
Just short of 18 minutes, you'll see the narrator take his first flight at the controls of a Chipmunk, from the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association at Windsor ON. 17, this is for you!
For more information on the Canadian Historical Aircraft Association, click here! If you decide to join, or go to one of their events, or anything... tell `em Walt sent ya!
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Monday, June 10, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
Take off, eh! de Havilland Canada flies again!
CBC News has a story today that I know will be of interest to a couple of Walt's agents. They report that Longview Aviation Capital Corp. has launched de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd., following purchase of the de Havilland trademark and the complete Dash-8 aircraft programme from struggling Bombardier Inc.
The new(ish) company will build and market the latest version of the Dash-8 -- the Q400 -- from the plant in Downsview (now a part of Toronto) where it started business in Canada in the 1920s. During World War II, its DHC-1 Chipmunk became the backbone of the Commonwealth Air Forces training programme.
Longview paid C$300 million ($223 million in real money) for the rights to Bombardier's Q Series of aircraft, originally known as the Dash-8, comprising the 100, 200 and 300 series, all turboprop regional jets which seat 40 to 90 passengers. The Dash-8 is in use not only by Canadian airlines like Porter, but all over the world, and is known for its economy and reliability.
Another Longview subsidiary, Viking Air Ltd., based in British Columbia, still produces the famous de Havilland Beaver and Twin Otter aircraft, workhorses of the Canadian North and other remote areas. If you're headed for Kathmandu, for instance, you may well get there (and safely too) in a Nepal Airlines Twin Otter.
David Curtis, chairman of the Longview, said in a statement de Havilland Aircraft would take on board more than 1200 employees from Bombardier. He previously pledged to keep all manufacturing already in Canada within the country and to maintain supply chains for the Q400 series that currently stretch from China to Ireland to Mexico. Bombardier manufactured roughly 28 to 30 Q400s annually at the Downsview plant.
The new(ish) company will build and market the latest version of the Dash-8 -- the Q400 -- from the plant in Downsview (now a part of Toronto) where it started business in Canada in the 1920s. During World War II, its DHC-1 Chipmunk became the backbone of the Commonwealth Air Forces training programme.
Longview paid C$300 million ($223 million in real money) for the rights to Bombardier's Q Series of aircraft, originally known as the Dash-8, comprising the 100, 200 and 300 series, all turboprop regional jets which seat 40 to 90 passengers. The Dash-8 is in use not only by Canadian airlines like Porter, but all over the world, and is known for its economy and reliability.
Another Longview subsidiary, Viking Air Ltd., based in British Columbia, still produces the famous de Havilland Beaver and Twin Otter aircraft, workhorses of the Canadian North and other remote areas. If you're headed for Kathmandu, for instance, you may well get there (and safely too) in a Nepal Airlines Twin Otter.
David Curtis, chairman of the Longview, said in a statement de Havilland Aircraft would take on board more than 1200 employees from Bombardier. He previously pledged to keep all manufacturing already in Canada within the country and to maintain supply chains for the Q400 series that currently stretch from China to Ireland to Mexico. Bombardier manufactured roughly 28 to 30 Q400s annually at the Downsview plant.
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