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By 1984 Conair had the world's largest private fleet of Air Tankers including 50 fixed wing aircraft and 15 helicopters and by the early 1990s has grown to over 90 aircraft. Conair Aviation Ltd. later became Conair Group Inc., and they continue to be based out of Abbotsford, British Columbia. [6] [7] [8]
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.Featuring a more modern design with cabin pressurization, the 240 series made some inroads as a commercial airliner, and had a long development cycle that produced various civil and military variants.
The Convair NC-131H Samaritan, also known as the Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS), is a modified Convair C-131 Samaritan that was used to study aircraft handling characteristics. Built as a C-131B, the aircraft underwent extensive conversion and modification by the United States Air Force, NASA, Calspan and others from the late 1960s until the ...
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
Prototype single-engine (28-cyl. radial) ground attack aircraft Consolidated Vultee XP-81: 1945 2 Prototype combined turboprop/turbojet engine escort fighter Convair 106 Skycoach: 1946 1 Prototype single-engine (6-cyl. opposed-piston) general aviation aircraft Stinson 108: 1944 5,135 Single-engine (4-cyl. opposed-piston) general aviation aircraft
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The Convair XC-99, AF Ser. No. 43-52436, is a prototype heavy cargo aircraft built by Convair for the United States Air Force.It was the largest piston-engined land-based transport aircraft ever built, and was developed from the Convair B-36 Peacemaker bomber, sharing the wings and some other structures with it.