After Douglas dropped out of this program, Canadair continued on with it until the termination of the Arrow.

General Dynamics was still cash-flush after the Canadair purchase, and, given the success of that company, they continued to look for new aviation purchases.

The company continued building jet engines, under licence, for the RCAF from Avro and Canadair Aircraft Ltd in the 1960s.

As part of the Avro Arrow program, Canadair partnered with Douglas in the development of the Sparrow II ( AIM-7B ).

In the end Canadair was instructed to take over the Sparrow II, ending development of the Velvet Glove for good.

Although Canadair took up its option, Lear eventually realized that the Canadians had simply been interested in using his reputation and skills at promotion, to " penetrate the market " ( Canadair's ensuing design had little relation to his concept and Lear was allowed no role in its development ).

Prior to Bombardier's acquisition of Canadair, Canadair had already acquired title to the airport, and had initiated a subdivision development planning.

* Birth of a Giant, a 1957 National Film Board of Canada documentary about the development of the Canadair CP-107 Argus

* Delta Connection ( SkyWest Airlines ) flew Canadair CRJ-200 regional jets nonstop to Salt Lake City from March, 1995 until 1998 when it ceased the route due to a fleet shortage.

After which it became a Fighter Command station operating the Gloster Meteor, Canadair Sabre and Hawker Hunter until it was closed for maintenance in 1957.

The engineering company survived until 1955, latterly servicing Canadair Sabre jet fighters for the RAF and RCAF.

** Order 2012-3-11 ( March 20, 2012 ): approving the request of SkyWest Airlines, operating as Delta Connection to temporarily delay upgrading aircraft at Cedar City, Utah, to 50-passenger Canadair Jet 200 ( CRJ200 ) aircraft from 30-passenger Embraer Brasilia ( EMB120 ) aircraft, effective January 1, 2012, until further notice, and adjusting their annual subsidy to $ 1, 859, 403.

Options for the Arrow were studied, including taking over the Sparrow program at Canadair, turning to the Falcon / rocket mix being used by contemporary USAF interceptors, or re-starting the Velvet Glove project.

For Canadian use and as a second source for US missiles, Canadair was selected to build the missiles in Quebec.

The CL-84 was a Canadian V / STOL turbine tilt-wing monoplane designed and manufactured by Canadair between 1964 and 1972.

The Tudor was a pressurised but problematic post-war Avro airliner that faced strong competition from designs by Bristol, Canadair, Douglas, Handley Page, and Lockheed.

They quickly found that Canadair, owned by the Canadian government, was suffering from similar post-war malaise and was up for sale.

Shortly after the takeover, Canadair began delivering its new Canadair North Star ( a version of the DC-4 ), and was able to deliver aircraft to Trans-Canada Airlines, Canadian Pacific Airlines and British Overseas Airways Corporation ( BOAC ) well in advance of their contracted delivery times.

In 1976 Canadair was sold back to the Canadian Government, which sold it to Bombardier Inc. in 1986.

As the aircraft production at Canadair became increasingly important to the company, Hopkins argued that the name " Electric Boat " was no longer appropriate.

As was the case with Canadair, Convair worked as an independent division within the General Dynamics umbrella.

The Chinook was developed into the TR. 5 Orenda designed for the CF-100 Canuck, but was also installed in several variants of the Canadair Sabre.

Jackie Cochran was the first woman to break the sound barrier on May 18, 1953, in a Canadair Sabre, with Yeager as her wingman.

In early 2008, Delta announced it was going to reduce its domestic capacity by 4-5 %, in which Comair will reduce its 50-seat Canadair Regional Jet fleet by 8-14 aircraft.

Mainline United left MBS in the late 1990s, and was replaced with United Express, which still serves MBS with service to Chicago's O ' Hare International Airport using the 50 seat Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet ( CRJ ) aircraft.

It was originally an air base under the command of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan, where pilots from the British Commonwealth and former colonies were trained ; as a tribute to this period, a Canadair T-33 aircraft in former Royal Canadian Air Force livery is mounted in front of the main terminal building.

When he returned to West Germany, Hartmann reentered military service in the Bundeswehr and became an officer in the West German Air Force ( Luftwaffe ), where he commanded West Germany's first all-jet unit, Jagdgeschwader 71 " Richthofen ", which was equipped initially with Canadair Sabres and later with Lockheed F-104 Starfighters.

The airport was also previously served by Northwest Airlink with nonstop Saab 340 turboprop and Canadair CRJ-200 regional jet flights to Memphis.

The Velvet Glove was a short-range semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CARDE ( today DRDC Valcartier ) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953.

Canadair was selected as the manufacturer, and Westinghouse was commissioned to build the radar guidance unit.

Canadair Ltd. was a civil and military aircraft manufacturer in Canada.

| missiles = 8 × AIM-4 Falcon, Canadair Velvet Glove ( cancelled 1956 ), 2 AIM-7 Sparrow II 2D active guidance missiles ( cancelled )

* 1954 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.

In 1986, Bombardier acquired Canadair after the Canadian government-owned aircraft manufacturing company had recorded the largest corporate loss in Canadian business history.

* 1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.

* 1956 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.

* April 8 – A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Air Lines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.

* Beriev Be-12 ' Chayka ', Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the Canadair CL-415, used for anti-submarine warfare, based upon the Be-6.

When they purchased Canadair, its production line and inventory systems were in disorder.

Hopkins hired Canadian-born mass-production specialist H. Oliver West to take over the president's role and return Canadair to profitability.

As defense spending increased with the onset of the Cold War, Canadair would go on to win many Canadian military contracts for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and became a major aerospace company.

These included Canadair T-33 trainer, the Canadair Argus long-range maritime reconnaissance and transport aircraft, and the Canadair F-86 Sabre.

Canadair also produced 200 CF-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft, a licensed-built version of the Lockheed F-104.