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    The Canadair North Star is a 1940s Canadian development, for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), of the Douglas DC-4. Instead of radial piston engines used...
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    Canadair Ltd. was a Canadian civil and military aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1944 to 1986. In 1986, its assets were acquired by Bombardier...
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    specifications. Also known as the Canadair Four North Star C-4-1C North Star C-4-1s converted into freight or cargo aircraft. C-5 North Star One RCAF VIP transport...
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    engines allowing it to fly over 40% faster, was built in Canada as the Canadair North Star. The DC-4/C-54 proved to be a popular and reliable type, with 1,245...
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    The Canadair CL-44 was a Canadian turboprop airliner and cargo aircraft based on the Bristol Britannia that was developed and produced by Canadair in the...
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    This is a list of operators of the Douglas DC-4, Douglas C-54, Canadair North Star and Douglas R5D.  Aden Aden AirwaysNote 1  Algeria Air Algerie  Antigua...
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    The Canadair CT-133 Silver Star (company model number CL-30) is the Canadian license-built version of the Lockheed T-33 jet trainer aircraft, in service...
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    The Canadair Sabre is a jet fighter aircraft built by Canadair under licence from North American Aviation. A variant of the North American F-86 Sabre...
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  • Township (disambiguation) North Star, New South Wales, Australia, a village North Star, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet Canadair North Star, a passenger aircraft...
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  • to Vancouver, British Columbia, the pilots at the controls of a Canadair North Star, a large commercial airliner, fall victim to food poisoning. Approximately...
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    encountered on Canadian and long-range North Atlantic air routes. Used in Avro Tudor, Avro York, and the Canadair North Star. In chronological order, the first...
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    The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32s were used from 1967 to 2002. Air Canada's Canadair CRJ-100 aircraft were used from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s when...
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    Kingdom and to cities in the U.S. The last of the North Stars was sold in 1961. The Canadair North Stars were gradually replaced by longer range Lockheed...
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    president's role and return Canadair to profitability. Shortly after the takeover, Canadair began delivering its new Canadair North Star (a version of the Douglas...
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    Airlift. Aviation portal Related development Aviation Traders Carvair Canadair North Star Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6 Douglas DC-7 Aircraft of comparable role...
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    developed by Canadair after a Bill Lear concept, and then produced from 1986 by its new owner, Bombardier Aerospace. At the end of 1975, Canadair began funding...
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    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Canadair North Star)
    On April 8, 1954 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9, a Canadair C-4 North Star four-engine commercial propliner on a domestic regular scheduled flight, collided...
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  • Los Angeles and New Orleans Argonaut (aircraft), a variant of the Canadair North Star airliner Argonaut (automobile), an American automobile manufactured...
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    The Canadair CF-5 (officially designated the CF-116 Freedom Fighter) is a Canadian licensed-built Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter. It is a light, supersonic...
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    June 1956, a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) four-engined Canadair C-4 Argonaut airliner crashed into a tree on departure from Kano Airport...
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    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Canadair North Star)
    Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 was a Canadair North Star on a scheduled flight from Vancouver to Calgary (continuing to Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto)...
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    The Canadair CL-415 (Super Scooper, later Bombardier 415) and the De Havilland Canada DHC-515 are a series of amphibious aircraft built originally by Canadair...
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    The Canadair CL-215 (Scooper) is the first model in a series of flying boat amphibious aircraft designed and built by Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair...
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    Stockport air disaster (category Accidents and incidents involving the Canadair North Star)
    On 4 June 1967, a Canadair C-4 Argonaut passenger aircraft owned by British Midland Airways operating as British Midland Flight 542 crashed near the centre...
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    John Le Carre novel The Honourable Schoolboy. Related development Canadair North Star Douglas DC-4 Douglas C-54 Skymaster Aircraft of comparable role,...
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  • but they would not be delivered until 1951, and the transfer of Canadair North Star which were on order for BOAC was considered. On 15 March, the Minister...
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    The Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 (previously Canadair CRJ100 and CRJ200) are regional jets designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace between 1991...
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    manufactured by Canadian transportation conglomerate Bombardier (formerly Canadair). Officially launched in 1997, the CRJ700's maiden flight took place on...
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    fatalities in any aviation accident in history occurred at the Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport (then Los Rodeos Airport) in Tenerife, Canary...
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  • 4M4 engine 4M, a model of HP LaserJet 4 DC-4M, a designation of Canadair North Star A-4M, a model of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Fokker DH-4M, see Airco DH.4...
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