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- de Havilland Canada Ltd.
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De Havilland Canada Ltd. (DHC), also known as de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited, was an aircraft manufacturer incorporated in Ontario on March 5, 1929 by the de Havilland Aircraft Company of England, with head offices in Downsview, Toronto.
After the war, the company went on to design and build its own aircraft, built to withstand harsh climates and rugged conditions in the Canadian North. These aircraft include the DHC-2 Beaver bush plane and the DHC-6 Twin Otter.
In 1961 DHC was purchased by Hawker Siddeley, as part of the acquisition of the parent company in England. With the oil crisis in the 1970s, DHC was in a good position to develop short-range commuter planes, the Dash 7 and Dash 8.
In 1974 the federal government purchased the company and invested in research and development. The company was sold to Boeing in 1986 and then subsequently purchased by Bombardier and the Ontario government in March 1992.
In January 1997, Bombardier completed the purchase of the 49% interest in DHC owned by the province.
On February 24, 2006, Viking Air of British Columbia purchased the rights to manufacture and operate the out-of-production de Havilland aircraft (DHC-1 through DHC-7).
Only the Dash 8 remains in production by Bombardier but it has been rebranded as the Q Series.
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Added Apr/12.