Saunders Aircraft Canada - a short intro

Saunders Aircraft Canada  - a short introduction and a request for your help in telling the Saunders Canada story. "The best job I ever had"  is what one Saunders Canada employee emailed me.

Saunders ST-28, photographer unknown via the web

We'd love to hear from you, whether you or your parents worked for Saunders, DOT or FAA, Aviation Traders UK, Atlantic Aviation, ACES, St. Andrews Airways, Atonabee, On Air, City Express, Northland, Skywest, Swift Aire, Voyageur, Labrador, Aero Trades, OCA, Gimli Industrial Park,  De Havilland (Herons) or something related to Saunders or the Dehavilland DH114 Heron.

Tell us what you remember about working for Saunders, or on the ST-27's and the ST-28, maintaining the ST-27's, flying the ST-27, flying or maintaining the De Havilland Heron, email me at kenkalynuk@gmail.com  or join our Saunders Facebook group 

recognize anyone - photo by Saunders Aircraft Canada

In around 1970 the Gov. of Canada announced that "CFB Gimli", the airforce base in Gimli would  close in 1971 as a federal government cost cutting measure.

The Provincial Government of Manitoba looking at offsetting the employment losses from the base closing began seeking alternate industries or businesses to relocate or set up in the Town of  Gimli that had a population of around 2000.

CFB Gimli

One such firm that was offered a Manitoba Government grant to relocate to Gimli was Saunders Aircraft Canada based in Montreal, Quebec led by Saunders Aircraft president, David Saunders.

The 1970 September prov. gov. news release Aircraft Industry Planned for Gimli

We've been collecting material on Saunders Aircraft for the past five years and we always welcome more Saunders Aircraft material and stories, if you have something to share on Saunders Aircraft, please email me at kenkalynuk@gmail.com

We've started blogging on Saunders in January 2019 and will continue as the Saunders information comes in.
The blog posts do not follow a particular order, the blog subjects range from personal stories to technical aircraft information - use the search box on the upper right hand corner if you wish to find something specific.

Hope to hear from you soon!

Sincerely, Ken Kalynuk, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada