De Havilland Canada

De Havilland Canada is a Canadian commercial aircraft manufacturer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the current rights holder and manufacturer of the famous Twin Otter (DHC-6) & Dash-8 (DHC-8) programs after procuring them from Bombardier. De Havilland Canada also holds the rights to the aircraft designed by it's predecessor de Havilland Canada before it was bought & sold by Boeing, and most recently Bombardier. De Havilland Canada aircraft are all propeller-based designs with the aim of providing versatile aircraft for various missions & environments including the ever so important Short-Takeoff-or-Landing (STOL) capabilities at rougher/smaller airports. Recent designs like the DHC-8 focused on commercial, regional-type flying allowing operators cheaper operating costs via the turbo-prop engines and/or the ability to service smaller airports where jet engine aircraft would result in poor economics or simply could not physically fly to.

The following models are currently not found on PhotoHangar.ca:

DHC-1/4/5 - Are piston or turbo-prop military trainers or transport aircraft.

DHC-2 - Is a small, single-engine piston aircraft that is versatile for various needs.

DHC-3 - Is a larger version of the DHC-2 with increased capacity but similar versatility.

DHC-6 - Is a twin-engine turbo-prop regional aircraft that is great in rugged environments and/or STOL operations.

DHC-7 - Is a four-engine turbo-prop regional aircraft and predecessor to the Dash-8/DHC-8.

DHC-8-400 - Part of the 400 series, it is the initial design variant and was superseded by the larger and quieter DHC-8-Q400.