Definitive Departure
C-FJJA, a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-401 Dash 8-400, just off runway 33 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.
It was departing as DHC4001 (De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited) to Winnipeg, Manitoba and Calgary, Alberta.
FIRST: Serial number 4001 was the DHC-8-400's prototype. It first flew on January 31, 1998 at Downsview Airport. The registration is a nod to Jackson "Jock" Aitken, who had been a DHC flight test engineer for 34 years and had passed away seven months prior to this aircraft's first flight.
LAST: De Havilland Canada had manufactured aircraft at Downsview Airport since 1929. This aircraft is shown performing the last ever takeoff by a DHC product during the company's 93-year-long presence at that storied airfield.
Definitive Departure
C-FJJA, a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-401 Dash 8-400, just off runway 33 at Downsview Airport in Toronto, Ontario.
It was departing as DHC4001 (De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited) to Winnipeg, Manitoba and Calgary, Alberta.
FIRST: Serial number 4001 was the DHC-8-400's prototype. It first flew on January 31, 1998 at Downsview Airport. The registration is a nod to Jackson "Jock" Aitken, who had been a DHC flight test engineer for 34 years and had passed away seven months prior to this aircraft's first flight.
LAST: De Havilland Canada had manufactured aircraft at Downsview Airport since 1929. This aircraft is shown performing the last ever takeoff by a DHC product during the company's 93-year-long presence at that storied airfield.