Fleet Canada Inc., the successor to the Fleet Aerospace Inc division of Magellan Aerospace Inc, is a manufacturer of aerospace structures, component parts, and assemblies to approved design data. It is located in Fort Erie, Ontario,

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, where it has operated from the same site for more than 85 years, during which the facility has grown to over . Capabilities include tooling, detail fabrication, bonding, and finishing, chemical processing, heat treating, and NDT (LPI). Established in 2006, Fleet Canada Inc. has not been affiliated with Magellan Aerospace Inc since the closure of

Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957. In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft i ...

in 2003.

History

The company was formed in 2006, but its history can be traced back to

Reuben Fleet Reuben Hollis Fleet (March 6, 1887 – October 29, 1975) was an American aviation pioneer, industrialist and army officer. Fleet founded and led several corporations, including Consolidated Aircraft. Birth and early career Fleet was born on Ma ...

, who commenced manufacturing operations of

on March 23, 1930. A state-of-the-art facility for the day, the plant promptly began turning out complete

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for military and civilian training. By 1938, Fleet had enlarged the factory to ten times its original size and the Fleet Finch Trainer had become the primary training aircraft for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. After the war, Fleet produced a successful light civilian 2-seater, the

Fleet Canuck The Fleet Model 80 Canuck is a Canadian light aircraft featuring two seats in side-by-side configuration. The Canuck was designed for the flight training, personal use and light commercial roles. A total of 225 Canucks were built by two manufactur ...

. The making of complete aircraft ceased in the early 1950s and the manufacture of quality structural components became the core business.

Clients

Fleet Canada's products are sold to various aerospace clients: *

Boeing The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and p ...

- parts used for CH - 47 Chinook Helicopter *

Bombardier Aerospace Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc. It is headquartered in Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Its most popular aircraft included the Dash 8 Series 400, CRJ100/200/440, and CRJ700/900/1000 lines of regional airliners, and the newer CS ...

- parts used for Bombardier Q series *

Viking Air Viking Air Ltd. is a manufacturer of aircraft, as well as aircraft parts and systems, based at Victoria International Airport in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The company produces new versions of the DHC-6 Twin Otter, upgraded ver ...

- parts used for Twin Otter 400 Series * DeHavilland Aircraft Canada - parts used for CL-215, CL-415 & DHC-515 Waterbombers

Products

* Tail Boom for helicopters * Airframe structural assemblies * Longerons/Stringers * Bulkheads * Floor Panels * Airframe structural assemblies * Rib Doubler

References

External links

Fleet Canada Inc website
Aerospace companies of Canada Aircraft manufacturers of Canada Companies based in Ontario Manufacturing companies established in 2006 {{Canada-corp-stub