Canadair

Canadair Ltd. was a Canadian civil and military aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1944 to 1986. Its origins lie in a factory for Canadian Vickers in the Saint-Laurent borough of Montreal, at Cartierville Airport, and it was created as a separate entity by the government of Canada on 11 November 1944. Through much of its existence it was a subsidiary of other aircraft manufacturers, until the Canadian government nationalized it in 1976 and it operated for a decade as a federally owned Crown corporation. In 1986 it was privatized through a sale to Bombardier, and its assets were acquired by Bombardier Aerospace. Wikipedia credits its aircraft with several firsts, including the CL-44D with a swinging rear fuselage, the CL-89 and CL-289 surveillance drones, the CL-84 tiltwing VTOL aircraft and the CL-215 purpose designed water bomber.