DHC: The War Years

1940 Old De Havilland Canada hangar – Tiger Moth productionImage Credit: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada With the outbreak of …
Ontario Aerospace Innovator: Elsie MacGill

Elsie MacGill was the first Canadian woman to receive an electrical engineering degree, and was the first female aircraft designer.Image …
Wartime Aircraft Production – 1939-1945

Ground crew servicing a Fairchild Cornell I aircraft, No 19 Elementary Flying Training School, RCAF, Virden, Manitoba, 1944Image Credit: Library …
De Lesseps Field

Avro 621 TutorImage Credit: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives Flying continued at De Lesseps Field when DHC moved …
The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited – 1928

1929 De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Downsview Head QuartersImage Credit: De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Major Geoffrey de Havilland was …
Canadian Flying Clubs Established – 1928

Fliers at Toronto Flying Club ca. 1930Image Credit: City of Toronto Archives In 1927, the Department of National Defence announced …
Ontario Provincial Air Service – 1924

De Havilland DH.60 Moth in flight over Leaside AerodromeImage Credit: City of Toronto Archives In 1923, the Ontario Department of …
Air Board – 1919

RCAF aircraft on slipway, Cormorant Lake, Manitoba, 1925Image Credit: Library and Archives Canada Following the war, the Air Board was …
Canadian Aeroplanes Limited – 1917-1918

A Curtiss JN-4 is used as an aerial ambulance by the Royal Flying Corps Canada, Camp Leaside, OntarioImage Credit: Library …
Curtiss Flying School – 1915-1916

Curtiss Aviation School, LakeviewImage Credit: Toronto Public Library Digital Archive The Curtiss Flying School opened on May 10, 1915, and …