Extinct Species - 30 Aircraft that were built but don't exist today

[RogMason]

A presentation on 30 aeroplanes that were influential yet all were scrapped. Of course there are many more that are missing but these few are very interesting.  Note the American author's high praise for the Avro Arrow.  You'll find some interesting potential models here gentlemen:

https://youtu.be/mbmtpEecGio

[Andy Hoffer]

Thanks so much for sharing this @RogMason .  It is a wonderful collection of still photos of some very eclectic aircraft.  So sad that none of these innovative prototypes survived.  I wonder if any drawings survived.

Andy

[RogMason]

Well for a start, we know the Avro Arrow drawings survived, I've seen copies but I'm unsure of the other 'types'?

The production aircraft (in service flying boats etc) likely have surviving drawings but the 'crazies' - one and two-off prototypes, probably not.

Anybody know?

[Andy Hoffer]

Hey @BMM ,

Any old prototype drawings kicking around at Bombardier?! 

Andy Hoffer

[RogMason]

Bombardier sold he last DH Canada design DHC-8 (the Dash , to the new DeHavilland Aircraft Company of Canada Ltd., established by Longview Aviation Capital Corp.,  just before the pandemic.  Longview bought all Dash-8 rights, the 100, 200, 300 and Q400 series. However, production has temporarily stopped as a result of a surplus of airframes around the world, due to regional airline pandemic shutdowns. 

After Boeing successfully lobbied the Trump administration to levy a 210% surcharge on CS100 jetliners that were ordered by US airlines. Critics point out that Boeing would have done better if they bought the CS100 series instead of trying to block its sale in the US.   Instead, Bombardier sold the CS100 project to AirBus, who now sell it very successfully worldwide, as the AirBus A220.  The CRJ700 regional jet, was the last remaining Bombardier aircraft sold up to and including 2020.

As for the previous 7 DeHavilland Canada designs, the Chipmunk, the Beaver, the Otter, Twin Otter, Buffalo, Caribou and Dash-7, drawings and tooling for the Beaver, Otter and Twin Otter were bought by Viking Air, who are also owned by Longview Aviation.  Viking are based at VHR -Vancouver airport.   I'm not sure what has happened to the DHC-1 Chipmunk, DHC-4 Buffalo, DHC-5 Caribou and DHC-7 Dash-7?

[RogMason]

Thanks Andy for pointing out that Viking Air are actually based at Victoria airport - CYYJ, Sidney, BC.  Also Vancouver airport designation is VYR - not YHR as stated incorrectly in my post.

After doing a little basic research, I discovered that Viking is '...the global leader in utility aircraft services, & manufacturer of the world-renowned Series 400 Twin Otter. Viking is the Original Type Certificate holder for all out-of-production De Havilland aircraft, DHC-1 - DHC-7, as well as the Canadair 215 & CL-415 aerial firefighters. Viking provides exclusive global spare parts manufacturing and product support for these fleets...'

and..

' De Havilland Canada, one of Canada's most iconic aircraft brands, with its acquisition of the Dash 8 program—including the 100, 200 and 300 series as well as the in-production 400 program. Combining the Dash 8-400 aircraft with the existing Longview portfolio re-unites the entire De Havilland product line under the same banner for the first time in decades.'

https://www.lvav.ca

Canada thanks you Longview for saving the DHC name and product line!!

[Andy Hoffer]

CYVR ! 

[RogMason]

Ah, perfectly correct Andy

IATA location identifier, IATA station code, is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world.  YYZ, YVR etc...  My ex-school chum, now retired, worked at CYVR since CP Air thru Canadian thru Air Canada, always refers to it as YVR, dropping the C from it and all other Canadian international airport designations, including (C) YYZ.  As 'C' is common to all Canadian international airports, it can be considered somewhat superfluous when in Canada?

[Andy Hoffer]

Hey @RogMason ,

The four-letter identifiers are used in NavCanada's Canada Flight Supplement, a publication containing info on land (and some water) aerodromes in Canada. It is issued every 56 days and contains lots of good info, like how much runway you have left to land on after you cross the threshold, what radio frequency to use to apologize for messing up your approach, and the distance from the airport to nearest hamburger joint.  But yeah, in common parlance we drop the "C".

Radio navigation aids use two- or three-letter identifiers, e.g. KZ for the Buttonville non-directional beacon which is about 1 mile SW of the TEMAC field, or YYZ for the Pearson VOR (very high frequency omnidirectional radio range) transmitter. 

Too much information..... 

Andy