De Havilland Canada kept this 1962 Otter as a demonstrator, initially wearing a yellow and blue color scheme on amphibious floats. A test aircraft and company taxi after DHC-3 production ended, the aircraft was sold to Austin Airways in 1978. It flew with Ignace Airways from December 1980 until it crashed on take off at McKenzie Lake, ON on October 10, 1987. Slowly rebuilt at Kuby's Aircraft at Kenora, it was registered to Slate Falls Airways in 1992. Converted to turbine power over the winter of 2004 / 2005, it's still current with Slate Falls Airways at the time of uploading.

The new Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global 6000 was photographed on Runway 13-33 at Toronto's Downsview Airport prior to a test flight. All Global business jets are assembled in Toronto andf then flown to to the Bombardier factory in Montreal (CYUL) for interior completion, painting and delivery to their customers. Downsview Airport has been sold for redevelopment and Bombardier is building a new facility at the northwest end of Toronto Pearson Airport which will house the new Global 5500, 6500, 7000 and 8000 final assembly line, probably in 2023.

After Bombardier acquired de Havilland Aircraft of Canada from Boeing in January 1992, the Montreal company moved quickly to increase activity at the factory at Downsview Airport in Toronto. Toronto gained responsibility to convert five of the 13 contracted Spanish Air Force Canadair CL-215s to P&WC PW123 turboprop power. This CL-215 was photographed in August 1992 shortly after its arrival at Downsview for conversion. The CL-215T used the same engine model as the Dash 8-300.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

Photographer: Fred Guthrie.

New Global 7500 on the flight line at Bombardier's Downsview factory at the same time as De Havilland Aircraft of Canada was saying goodbye to its long time Toronto home since September 1929. There are two Global final assembly lines at Downsview: One for the Global 5500 and 6500 and another one for the Global 7500 and new 8000. All Global production will move to Toronto Pearson Airport (CYYZ) when Bombardier's new Global factory opens sometime in 2023. Downsview Airport will then close and be redeveloped.

Bombardier Inc. sold its 148-hectare Downsview factory and airport site in Toronto to the Public Sector Pension Investment Board in 2018 for redevelopment, and the runway will close sometime in the 2022-2023 to facilitate a major real estate redevelopment. Production of the Global 7500 (pictured), Global 6500, Global 5500 and new Global 8000 is going to move from Downsview to a new factory on the northwest side of Toronto Pearson Airport (CYYZ). All new Globals are flown "green" at YZD and flown to Montreal (YUL) for completion unless another completion center is specified by the customer.

On June 11, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC) paid tribute to tens of thousands of employees who designed and built its iconic aircraft built in Toronto since the company was founded on March 5, 1928. The event marked the departure of the last DHC employees and aircraft from Downsview which was sold by Bombardier in 2018. Ten historic DHC aircraft were displayed. This Dash 7 flew in from Yellowknife, NWT and landed on Runway 33 at YZD which will close in 2023. It was delivered new with a cargo door to Air Niugini in PNG in 1981. Air Tindi bought it from Voyageur Airways in 2003.

On June 11, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada (DHC) paid tribute to tens of thousands of employees who designed and built its iconic aircraft built in Toronto since the company was founded on March 5, 1928. The event marked the departure of the last DHC employees and aircraft from Downsview which was sold by Bombardier in 2018. Ten historic DHC aircraft were displayed including this former Kenyan AF DHC-4. It's the 4th DHC-4 converted to PT6A-67 power by Pen Turbo Avn in Cape May, NJ. Delivered to Rampart Aviation in Dec 2020, it mostly flies on US military parachute training contracts in AZ.

Undergoing pre-flight prep at YZD.