The Bellanca Aircraft Corporation was incorporated in 1927, taking over the Bellanca Aircraft Corp. of America. Its head office is in New Castle, Deleware. The company designs and constructs commercial aircraft along with some military type aircraft for foreign companies. Canada made use of these large planes during the mining boom for transporting mining equipment.
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Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. was a result of the aviation activities of the St. Maurice Valley Protective Association beginning in 1919. This association was the first to use aircraft for commercial purposes in Canada. From the St. Maurice Assoc., Fairchild Aerial Surveys of Canada Ltd. was formed in 1922 until1929. Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. was developed to act soley as a servicing organization dealing with forestry, mapping, surveying (aerial photography), fire detection and reforestation. "Forester extraordinaire", Ellwood Wilson, was the man responsible for creating this specialized Canadian company. The first planes used were 12 Curtiss HS-2L's. Problems with this boat plane arose when water entered the rubber seals, froze and cracked. The need for planes appropriate for the Canadian climate, sparked the company to expand into the construction and adaptation of planes for the Canadian government. Among these adapted planes were a series of monoplanes from Bristol, Lockheed and Trans-Canada Airlines. The Huff-Deland was the first plane adapted to their needs which could be fitted interchageably with wheels, skis or floats.
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The Nederlandsche Vliegtugenfabriek Fokker (name of company in Dutch). Originated in Amsterdam Noord, Holland. The company constructed commercial aircraft both of all-metal and mixed material. Fokker planes have been supplied to thirty countries, seventeen of which have bought the licence for building Fokker aircraft. The first Fokker plane ever to be imported into Canada was the Fokker Super Universal which was used by the Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration.
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The origin of the Junkers Aircraft Factory (Junkers Flugzeug und Motorenwerke, A. G.) can be tracked back to 1910, in Dessau, when Professor Junkers was granted a patent for an "all-wing aeroplane". The idea was to include the fuel system, crew, freight-holds and passenger accomodation within the wing in order to reduce resistance. As a result of their outstanding characteristics and performance, Junkers commercial planes were in use all over the world. Its nickname was the "flying boxcar".
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Lockheed has had long associations with many Canadian companies, located throughout most of the provinces. Lockheed work placed in Canada has ranged from the manufacture of electronic equipment and major aerospace components to the development of subsea oil-well systems and the licenced production of complete aircraft. The value of Canadian/Lockheed industrial involvements is about 800 million dollars, representing over 100,000 man-years of work. The Lockheed Orion's program, L.R.P.A. (Long Range Patrol Aircraft) had a significant share of industrial content worth many millions of dollars.
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Noorduyn Aviation Ltd. represents a re-organisation of Noorduyn Aircraft Ltd. which was formed in 1935 in Montreal, Quebec. The reason for re-organisation was to allow for expansion. The company concentrated its first efforts on the design and manufacture of a medium sized transport plane convertible to floats, skis and wheels, specially designed and equipped for Canadian operating conditions.
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The Stinson-Hammond Aircraft Corporation was founded in 1926, in Wayne, Michigan. The company produced all-metal high performance aircraft aero-engines and controllable-pitch airscrews and other successful aeronautical accessories. It was the first American company to design an enclosed heatable cabin, engine starter and brakes on the wheels.
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The WACO Aircraft Company, the oldest and largest producers of commercial planes in the U.S., was established in 1921 in Troy, Ohio. All planes meet the Canadian Air Board standards and hold Commerce Approved Type certificates. All models can be outfitted with either twin floats or amphibian floats.
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