Fleet Aircraft was a Canadian manufacturer of aircraft from 1928 to 1957.
In 1928, the board of Consolidated Aircraft decided to drop their light trainer aircraft and sold the rights to Brewster Aircraft. Reuben H. Fleet founded Fleet Aircraft in Fort Erie, Ontario, to acquire the foreign rights to these aircraft. Consolidated bought back Fleet Aircraft as a separate division in 1929 and formed Fleet Aircraft of Canada in 1930. The Fleet name was dropped for the Consolidated business name in 1939. Fleet Aircraft of Canada produced the Fleet Finch for the RCAF, and later the Fleet Canuck. Fleet developed a prototype light helicopter, which flew successfully, but was not put into production.Page and Cumming 1990 Fleet ended aircraft manufacturing operations in 1957. The company was renamed Fleet Aerospace, and operated as a division of Magellan Aerospace.
The Fleet Aerospace division was closed in 2003, and later re-opened as Fleet Canada. The new company was not affiliated with Magellan Aerospace, and it has operated independently since.
Aircraft
Model 1st flight No. built TypeFleet Model 11928~90Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 2203Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 31Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 41Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 51Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 61Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 7 Fawn64-71Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 101939Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 11Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 14Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 16 Finch447Open cockpit two-seat primary trainerFleet Model 2111Basic export combat aircraftFleet Model 50 Freighter19385Cargo biplane for bush operationsFleet Model 60 Fort1940101Intermediate trainer/radio trainerFleet Model 80 Canuck198-225Light utility aircraftFleet Model 811Light utility aircraftFleet D-101License-built Doman LZ-5Fleet Cornell19421,642License-built Fairchild Cornell
References Notes
Bibliography
Page, Ron D. and Cumming, William. Fleet: The Flying Years. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1990. .