Canadair
Sign in to saveCanadair Ltd. was a Canadian civil and military aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1944 to 1986. In 1986, its assets were acquired by Bombardier Aerospace, the aviation division of Canadian transport conglomerate Bombardier Inc.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Canadair Ltd.
- Company.image
- Canadair usine St-Laurent.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Canadair Plant One
- Company.fate
- Acquired by Bombardier
- Company.predecessor
- Canadian Vickers
- Company.successor
- Bombardier Aerospace
- Company.founder
- Benjamin W. Franklin
- Company.defunct
- 1986
- Company.location
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Canadair Ltd. was a Canadian civil and military aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1944 to 1986. In 1986, its assets were acquired by Bombardier Aerospace, the aviation division of Canadian transport conglomerate Bombardier Inc.
Canadair's origins lie in the establishment of a factory for Canadian Vickers in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, at Cartierville Airport. It was created as a separate entity by the government of Canada on 11 November, 1944.