Canadair

The Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society meets on Thursday at 11 a.m. at the Pointe-Claire Legion, 365 St. Louis St. Jim Martin will speak on Development, Flight Tests and Certification of the Canadair CL-600 Challenger.

Bombardier acquired Canadair after the Canadian government-owned aircraft manufacturing company recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian history.

Canadair continued development until the Arrow was cancelled in 1959.

Canadair had completed five missiles based on airframes from Douglas, and built two models from scratch, when the program was cancelled with the cancellation of the Arrow.

Divestitures * 1967 - General Atomics to Gulf Oil * 1976 - Canadair sold back to the Canadian government.

General Dynamics emerges As the aircraft production at Canadair became increasingly important to the company, Hopkins argued that the name "Electric Boat" was no longer appropriate.

In 1976, Canadair was sold back to the Canadian Government, which sold it to Bombardier Inc. in 1986.

Land Systems focus In 1976, General Dynamics sold the struggling Canadair back to the Canadian government for $38 million.

This designation was given to some Canadair CF-116s which were sold to the Venezuelan Air Force.

When Electric Boat purchased Canadair, its production line and inventory systems were in disorder.