Bristol Aerospace Ltd.
Title
Bristol Aerospace Ltd.
Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg
Type
Company
Visit Exhibits
Precision Making Canada After 1945. https://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/exhibits/show/making-after-1945
Begin Date
1954-01-01
Active Until
Ongoing
Location
Stony Mountain, MB (1962)
10210 Pie IX Blvd., Montreal, QC (1964)
Mississauga, ON (2024)
Product Areas
Aerospace
Rocketry
Activities
Manufacturing
Designing
Timeline
- 1930 – MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Company founded in Winnipeg by brothers Jim and Grant MacDonald, who moved from Nova Scotia. (Wikipedia)
- 1940s – Company building training aircraft, conducting wartime repairs, overhauls. (Wikipedia)
- 1954 – MacDonald Brothers purchased by UK-based Bristol Aeroplane Company, becoming Canadian subsidiary. (Wikipedia)
- 1962 – Company opens the Rockwood Propellant Plant, in Stony Mountain, Manitoba; company begins a partnership with Aerojet General, becoming Bristol Aerojet. (Wikipedia)
- 1964 – Company active at 10210 Pie IX Blvd., Montreal (Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory, (1964))
- 1965 – Black Brant rocket motors III, IV and V are tested. Bristol Aerospace takes complete control of Canadian Bristol Aerojet, renaming it Bristol Aerospace Ltd. (Wikipedia)
- 1967 – Parent company Bristol Aeroplane acquired by Rolls-Royce. (Wikipedia)
- 1997 – Rolls-Royce sells Bristol Aerospace to Magellan Aerospace, a then-primarily Canadian aerospace Company. Bristol becomes known as Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg. (Wikipedia)
- 2024 - Company active with headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.
- 1940s – Company building training aircraft, conducting wartime repairs, overhauls. (Wikipedia)
- 1954 – MacDonald Brothers purchased by UK-based Bristol Aeroplane Company, becoming Canadian subsidiary. (Wikipedia)
- 1962 – Company opens the Rockwood Propellant Plant, in Stony Mountain, Manitoba; company begins a partnership with Aerojet General, becoming Bristol Aerojet. (Wikipedia)
- 1964 – Company active at 10210 Pie IX Blvd., Montreal (Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory, (1964))
- 1965 – Black Brant rocket motors III, IV and V are tested. Bristol Aerospace takes complete control of Canadian Bristol Aerojet, renaming it Bristol Aerospace Ltd. (Wikipedia)
- 1967 – Parent company Bristol Aeroplane acquired by Rolls-Royce. (Wikipedia)
- 1997 – Rolls-Royce sells Bristol Aerospace to Magellan Aerospace, a then-primarily Canadian aerospace Company. Bristol becomes known as Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg. (Wikipedia)
- 2024 - Company active with headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario.
Sources
Bristol Aerospace Ltd.. "Black Brant Sounding Rockets" (promotional pamphlet) (Ingenium Library & Archives Trade Literature: SPACE B8615 3025)
Bristol Aerospace Ltd. 50 Years of Technology 1930-1980 - Volume 2, The Second Quarter Century (c. 1980)
Bristol Aerospace Ltd.. "Black Brant: high altitude research rockets and rocket accessories" (promotional pamphlet) (Ingenium Library & Archives Trade Literature: SPACE B8615 3018)
“Bristol Aerospace” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Aerospace) [04-09-24]
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory, 1964 (1964)
Bristol Aerospace Ltd. 50 Years of Technology 1930-1980 - Volume 2, The Second Quarter Century (c. 1980)
Bristol Aerospace Ltd.. "Black Brant: high altitude research rockets and rocket accessories" (promotional pamphlet) (Ingenium Library & Archives Trade Literature: SPACE B8615 3018)
“Bristol Aerospace” Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Aerospace) [04-09-24]
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Directory, 1964 (1964)
Files
Collection
Citation
“Bristol Aerospace Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed December 19, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/41.
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