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De Havilland Canada (1928–1986)
Former Canadian aircraft manufacturer
De Havilland Canada (1928–1986)
The de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada, Limited (DHC) was an aircraft manufacturer with facilities based in what is now the Downsview area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The original location of de Havilland Canada later became the site of the Canadian Air and Space Museum located in what is now Downsview Park. The aircraft company was established in 1928 by the British de Havilland Aircraft Company to build Moth aircraft for the training of Canadian airmen, and subsequently after the Second World War, designed and produced indigenous designs. In the 1980s, the Government of Canada privatized DHC and in 1986 sold the aircraft company to then Seattle-based Boeing, which renamed the company to Boeing of Canada Ltd., marking the end of DHC as an independent aircraft manufacturer. The company was put up for sale in 1988 and was eventually acquired by Montreal-based Bombardier Aerospace in 1992, where it continued to exist as the newly formed de Havilland Inc. until 1998. In 2006, Viking...
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