This is the prewar hangar of The de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited at Downsview in 2016 looking NW. The original DHC brick and steel hangar built in 1929 is incorporated into the left (west) hangar bay. When DHC won a contract to build all-Canadian Tiger Moths in 1937, the hangar was extended and a second bay added to the east. If you look closely the DHC name and logo appears over the doors. This is where the 1st DHC-built Tiger Moths, DH 83C Fox Moth, DHC-1 Chipmunk, DHC-2 Beaver and DHC-3 Otter were manufactured. The original heritage building was lost during a $72 M "renovation."

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