Name of Manufacturer

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Looking for the name of the West Coast probably British Columbia, Canada of the company that has bought the Jigs and I believe the Rights to put back into production the deHaviland DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter.

I can not find the web site I read this on last week.

The company is in Canada and is going to build radial and turbine engined Beavers and Turbine Otters.

If any members have any information on this please pass it on to me.

Thanks

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Fozzer]

Sorry Doug...
..Can't help there...
But in the meantime having lots of fun flying the Pratt and Whitney, radial engined Dh Beavers in the flight sim...!

Doesn't cost a lot either... ...!

Cheers Doug...!

Paul.

Will be interested to see the latest info tho... ...!

[Hagar]

I found this after a quick search. http://home.c2i.net/otter32/trigull/trigull_news.htm

Interesting. I never understood why they stopped production of those classic DHC types in the first place. Not only the Beaver & Otter but also the Caribou & Dash 7. I'm not sure the Dash 8 is still in production.

[Fozzer]

I found this after a quick search. http://home.c2i.net/otter32/trigull/trigull_news.htm

Interesting. I never understood why they stopped production of those classic DHC types in the first place. Not only the Beaver & Otter but also the Caribou & Dash 7. I'm not sure the Dash 8 is still in production.

Hi Doug...!

I can only imagine that it costs a lot of money to run, and maintain, the "old fashioned" piston radial engined prop aeroplanes now...?
Turbo-props seem to be the "in thing" now regarding reliability and maintainance...?

Cheers...!

Paul.

I would always miss my "old fashioned" fire eating, oil dripping, bent connecting rod, radial engines... ...!
LOL...LOL...LOL...!

[Jared]

Ah, the radial engine is the best sound there is! :-)

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Thanks Doug that was the site I was looking for.
I tried to get Beaver Aircraft Canada but it is still underwraps.
It sounds like maybe a couple of years of red tape with the Canadian Government before this will happen.
The Beaver and Otter have both turbine kits now and the Otter is capable of a 1000hp Polish engine radial kit.
The Otter will outperform anything in the STOL field to this day and that includes it's little brother the Beaver.
DeHavilland of Canada needs to be resurrected and brought back to Ontario as it has built the greatest STOL aircraft in the world.
It is sad to say but no Canadian Government has ever backed the Aviation Industry in this country.
We insist on buying foreign aircraft for our military when we can design and build them here.
It is the same with the Canadair Water Bomber, many military's use them but not here.

Thanks for the site...hope these folks get their project off the ground...I guess time will tell

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Rifleman]

Since I have inquired and found that Beaver Aircraft Canada had purchased Viking Air, I searched and this is what I have come up with........hope it provides some help to you.

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Thanks Ken:
I was at the site but can find little on when production is going to start for the Beaver and Otter.
I see Viking does modifications and Beaver Aircraft Canada bought them out.
I sure would like to see the Buffalo modified as well but no mention of that either.
I would have thought the Canadian Government red tape would have been dealt with prior to purchasing the Jigs and Rights.  It seems they have enough back orders for new Beavers and Otters to start immediately along with the modifications to the already manufactured fleet.
Thanks for the site.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Ivan]

The Otter will outperform anything in the STOL field to this day and that includes it's little brother the Beaver.

the oter will outperform any western STOL... not the An-2
An-2 has more load capacity and volume, but the FAA doesn't seem to like them

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

It would certainly be interesting to compare them Ivan.

I saw an AN2 here last year, it is different alright, the pilots side window is unique as he can look almost straight down.  
I am not sure of the aircraft specs on floats either, I believe it was designed for agricultural use was it not?
It does look like a fun aircraft to fly though.

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

[Hagar]

It is sad to say but no Canadian Government has ever backed the Aviation Industry in this country.
We insist on buying foreign aircraft for our military when we can design and build them here.
It is the same with the Canadair Water Bomber, many military's use them but not here.

That's a familiar story. The rot started for the British aircraft industry back in the 1960s. I would be interested to know the facts behind the demise of DH Canada some time. I could never understand why a company with so many outstanding original types of aircraft would go to the wall. From what I can make out it was somehow tied up with the US government's purchasing policies. I did find this interesting site with a little of the history behind it & those wonderful aircraft. http://collections.ic.gc.ca/canadair/dhcframes.htm

Like you, I hope this new project succeeds.

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Your right Doug

The United States Air Force basically wanted all fixed wing aircraft under their control and from what I gather from many exchange officers anything that flew, rotary or fixed wing should be theirs.
The United States Army managed to win part of the battle.
The Canadian Government stopped deHavilland cold from building a four engine replacement for the Caribou and so along came the Buffalo.
The United States Government backed

[SilverFox441]

What was DH Canada is now a division of Bombardier Aerospace. They still produce the Dash-8 (now renamed the Q series), and still produce planes at the Downsview plant in Toronto, Ontario.

Check out http://www.bombardier.com to read all about it.

[Ivan]

[quote]It would certainly be interesting to compare them Ivan.

I saw an AN2 here last year, it is different alright, the pilots side window is unique as he can look almost straight down.

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Thanks SilverFox441

I knew TORONTO/Downsview was still there but have not landed there in years.
I notice in the Canada Flight Supplement that PPR to land is required but that was the norm anyways.
DeHavilland Ops has it's own frequency and Arrival/Departure is done through Toronto.
Runway 15/33 seems the only operational runway now as well.
I have not been there since the first Toronto Aviation Show was held on the old RCAF Station...didn't see any activity at DeHavilland at all and the last we read was it was moving, did they not have some kind of a large strike there some years ago?
I would love to find out about the next Toronto Aviation Show and if you have any info let me know.
I think it would be wonderful if several of us as I think we have some members in Kingston and Ottawa as well as Toronto could all get to-gether with our wives and meet at the show.
Perhaps it is something we as an Ontario group from SimV could do.
If you are interested please keep in touch...thanks for the post

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug