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Conair specializes in fire management support by providing services and products to forest protection agencies around the world. In 1996 Conair became a Canadian Air Tractor dealer for the AT-802F air tanker. [4] A former Conair Group division; Cascade Aerospace was acquired by the IMP Group of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2012.
Cascade Aerospace Inc. began as an aircraft repair station, founded by Barry Marsden, who received his pilot's license at age 17. Marsden's enthusiasm for aviation led him to co-found the Conair Group, a specialty aviation services firm, in 1969. Conair's initial focus was aerial forest fire control.
The Conair Firecat is a fire-fighting aircraft developed in Canada in the 1970s by modifying military surplus Grumman S-2 Trackers. The modifications were developed by the maintenance arm of the Conair Group , which became a separate company called Cascade Aerospace .
Conair or Con Air may refer to: Conair Corporation, an American consumer goods company; Conair Group, formerly known as Conair Aviation, a Canadian aerial firefighting company; Conair of Scandinavia, a Danish airline 1964–1994; Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System, nicknamed "Con Air", a United States Marshals Service airline
From the late 1970s until the mid-1990s Conair Aviation of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada took possession of retired Canadian and U.S. Trackers and converted them into Firecats, with a four-door fire retardant tank replacing the weapons bay and adjacent mid-fuselage section. Firecats were made in two variants: the piston-engined Firecat ...
Gov. Wes Moore and Conair President and CEO Kristie Juster cut the ribbon Friday during the grand opening of Conair's more than 2.1 million-square-foot distribution center southwest of Hagerstown.
CBSA also provides clearance services to all general aviation aircraft with no more than 15 passengers. [1] Abbotsford Airport has a longstanding general aviation community and an established aerospace community, including Cascade Aerospace, the Conair Group, and the University of the Fraser Valley Aerospace Centre.
The De Havilland Canada DHC-8, previously the Bombardier Dash 8, is a regional turboprop aircraft that was previously delivered in three size categories, typically seating from 37 passengers (DHC-8-100) to 90 passengers (DHC-8-400).