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6 unusual facts about Bombardier Aerospace


Bombardier Aerospace

In November 2012, the company announced the largest deal in its history, with Swiss luxury aviation company VistaJet, to deliver 56 Bombardier Global jets for a total value of $3.1 billion.

Kōchi Airport

As a result, ANA's fleet of thirteen Bombardier DHC-8 aircraft were grounded for emergency inspections.

MCA Solutions

MCA Solutions customers have included: Bobst Group, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, Briggs & Stratton, Brocade Communications Systems, Cymer, KLA-Tencor Corporation, Lam Research, Lockheed Martin, Rockwell Collins, Sysmex Corporation, Tellabs, U.S. Navy and Varian Semiconductor

The companies share several joint customers including the U.S. Navy, Bombardier Aerospace, KLA Tencor, Baker Hughes, Philips and ABB Group .

Suppliers such as Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, Bombardier and Rockwell Collins are using MCA's spare parts planning technology to meet the DoD's mandate.

Motorenfabrik Oberursel

The engines have since gone on to power a number of aircraft including Bombardier, Gulfstream V and the Boeing 717.


Air Tanzania

On 21 November 2011, Air Tanzania began negotiations with Export Development Canada (EDC) to explore how EDC could assist the airline to acquire more aircraft from Bombardier, a Canadian airplane manufacturer.

Avro

The Tudor was a pressurised but problematic post-war Avro airliner which faced strong competition from designs by Bristol, Canadair, Douglas, Handley Page, and Lockheed.

Flight test engineer

Flight test engineers are employed by large aviation manufacturers (such as Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, AgustaWestland, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopter, Sikorsky Aircraft, Airbus, Dassault Aviation,Aérospatiale, Mitsubishi, Piaggio Aereo or Embraer); or government research organizations, such as NASA or Qinetiq; or government certification agencies like the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Indian Civil Aviation Airshow

Top honchos of the aviation industry from India and abroad were a part of the event, including Air India CMD Raghu Menon, Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya, former US FAA Administrator Marion C Blakey, AAI chief K Ramalingam, EADS CEO Yves Guillame, GoAir MD Jehangir Wadia, Air Arabia CEO Adel Ali and top-brass of various airport operators, engine, avionics and aircraft manufacturers like Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Bell Helicopters.

Labinal

It produces wiring solutions for the global aerospace industry, including Agusta, Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Dassault, Eurocopter, Lockheed Martin and Beechcraft.

Rekkof Aircraft

Rekkof believes there is a sufficient market for the aircraft and that the design can still compete with similar modern regional airliners from manufacturers as Embraer and Bombardier Aerospace.

Time Air

Over the next 20 years Time Air's fleet progressed from the 20-passenger de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, to the 30-passenger Short 330 and 36-passenger Short 360 (both known as the "Flying Boxcar" for their boxy shape) and then to the de Havilland Canada DHC-7 Dash 7 before standardising with the Bombardier DHC-8 Dash 8.

Vistagy

The company supplies manufacturers in the aerospace, wind energy, automotive, and marine industries, including Bombardier Aerospace, General Motors, NASA, Nordex, Lotus Renault GP, and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW).


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Bombardier 415

The 415 is currently assembled at the Bombardier Aerospace facility near North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, where the planes can occasionally be seen testing on Lake Nipissing.