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| Industry | Aeronautics |
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| Founded | 1933; 92 years ago (1933) inMontreal, Canada |
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| Headquarters | , |
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| Owner | Norco Associates |
Noorduyn is a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft products and accessories, specializing in high performance composites. It is headquartered inMontreal, and has offices worldwide serving the commercial, business and military aviation markets.[1]
The company was originally established as Noorduyn Aircraft Limited, an aircraft manufacturer, by Dutch immigrantRobert B. C. Noorduyn and Walter Clayton. It was established inMontreal in 1933[2] and in early 1934, acquired theCurtiss-Reid factory inCartierville, Quebec, nearMontreal. In 1935, it began operating asNoorduyn Aviation.[2] The rights to Noorduyn were traded on several occasions,[3] and production ceased in 1959.[4]
The first aircraft built was theNoorduyn Norseman I in 1934 with its first flight in 1935.[5]
Five versions (II c. 1936, III c. 1937, IV c. 1937, V and VI) followed until early 1946, when the company was acquired by the Canadian Car & Foundry (CCF) company.[5]
DuringWorld War II, Noorduyn began producingNorth American Harvard trainers for theRoyal Canadian Air Force, production of which continued under CCF after the takeover.
In May 1953, CCF sold the rights to the Norseman toNoorduyn Norseman Aircraft Ltd., a company formed and led by Noorduyn, which was sold to Norco Associates in 1982.[2] Norco does not build new aircraft but only provides support.
Noorduyn currently specializes in aircraft interior storage systems for commercial aircraft (galley carts, carriers, drawers, oven inserts, bins, bassinets, etc.) and slings and containers for military transport use.
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