De Havilland British Columbia

De Havilland Aircraft of British Columbia Ltd. (DHBC) was an aircraft manufacturer of British Columbia active from 1929 to 1993. Along with Supermarine British Columbia and Hoffar Aero Engines it was one of the "Big Three" of the aviation industry of British Columbia.

= History = The company was established in 1929 by the British de Havilland Aircraft Company to build aircraft for the British Columbian market, both civilian and military, and subsequently designed and produced indigenous designs as well.

Having gained extensive experience building piston-powered commercial aircraft after the Second World War, in 1956 DHBC began production of its largest commercial airliner to that point, a 60 passenger development of the DH (UK) Heron. This paved the way for a transition to jet airliners in the form of the DHBC-7 Trident, a variant of the British Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident, and ultimately the DHBC-9 Kehloke.

= Products =

Civilian types

 * DH.50B Bluebird, 1929–1932, 4 passenger light airliner
 * DH.66 Hercules, 1929, 7 passenger light airliner/mailplane
 * DH.84 Dragon, 1933–1935, 6-10 passenger airliner
 * DH.86C Express, 1935–1936, 10-16 passenger airliner
 * DH.89C Dragon Rapide, 1935–1946, 8 passenger airliner; military version designated DH.89D Dominie
 * DH.90B Dragonfly, 1937–1939, 6 passenger light airliner/mailplane
 * DH.91B Albatross, 1938, 28 passenger airliner
 * DH.95B Flamingo, 1939–1948, 17 passenger airliner
 * DHBC-1 Dove, 1947–1954, 11 passenger airliner
 * DHBC-2 Heron, 1951–1964, 14 passenger airliner
 * DHBC-3 Sandpiper, 1955–1960, licence-built Percival Pembroke, 10 passenger airliner/utility aircraft; military version designated DHBC-3 Victoria
 * DHBC-4 Skylark, 1956–1964, 50-60 passenger airliner
 * DHBC-5 Swan, 1963–1970, licence-built Hawker Siddeley HS.748, 40-58 passenger airliner
 * DHBC-6 Twin Otter, 1966-1977, licence built De Havilland Canada DHC-6 for BC customers, 20 passenger airliner/utility aircraft
 * DHBC-7 Trident, 1966–1980, licence-built Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident, several variants of tri-jet airliner
 * DHBC-8 Skookum Trident, 1979–1986, further development of Trident airliner
 * DHBC-9 Kehloke, 1983–1993, twin-jet airliner of indigenous design; last DHBC product

Military types

 * DH.82 Tiger Moth
 * DH.98 Mosquito
 * DH.111 Vixen
 * DH.130 Gibsons

= Production = Constructor's Number (c/n) 1 was the first aircraft built by DHBC, a DH.50B Bluebird. When production of military types began in 1932 with the DH.82 Tiger Moth, the first DH.82 received c/n M1, and the prefix C was retroactively added to the c/n of commercial types already built. Even if built for a military customer, a type officially designated "civilian" received a C number; similarly, in the rare case of an officially "military" type being built for a civilian customer, it received an M number.

Total production
1959: 538-583 32 DHBC-2B 2 Thunderbird Airways, 3 Air BC, 4 UFA, 3 Borneo, 4 Arkia, 4 Ethiopian Airlines, 3 Aspen 14 DHBC-4 3 Air BC, 2 PWAL, 2 Frontier

1960: 584-623 28 DHBC-2B various 12 DHBC-4 various

1961: 624-659 21 DHBC-2B various 15 DHBC-4

1962: 660-690 7 DHBC-1 various 12 DHBC-2B various 12 DHBC-4

1963: 691-725 18 DHBC-2B various 7 DHBC-4 8 DHBC-5 RBCAF

1964: 726-775 16 DHBC-2B various 3 DHBC-4 6 DHBC-5 RBCAF 16 DHBC-5 various

1965: 776-793 18 DHBC-5 various

1966: 794-813 11 DHBC-5 various 6 DHBC-6 3 DHBC-7A

1967: 814-836 2 DHBC-1 various 8 DHBC-5 various 7 DHBC-6 6 DHBC-7A

1968: 837-861 6 DHBC-5 various 6 DHBC-6 11 DHBC-7A 2 DHBC-7B

1969: 862-895 4 DHBC-5 various 9 DHBC-6 12 DHBC-7A 9 DHBC-7B

1970: 896-941 5 DHBC-5 various 11 DHBC-6 18 DHBC-7A 12 DHBC-7B

1971: 942-977 6 DHBC-6 11 DHBC-7A 14 DHBC-7B 5 DHBC-7C

1972: 978-1028 7 DHBC-6 10 DHBC-7A 11 DHBC-7B 16 DHBC-7C 7 DHBC-7D

1973: 1029-1077 6 DHBC-6 6 DHBC-7A 14 DHBC-7B 14 DHBC-7C 9 DHBC-7D

1974: 1078-1110 6 DHBC-6 6 DHBC-7B 7 DHBC-7C 11 DHBC-7D 3 DHBC-7E

1975: 1111-1152 7 DHBC-6 3 DHBC-7B 8 DHBC-7C 16 DHBC-7D 8 DHBC-7E

1976: 1153-1203 8 DHBC-6 8 DHBC-7C 21 DHBC-7D 14 DHBC-7E

1977: 1204-1261 4 DHBC-6 23 DHBC-7D 31 DHBC-7E

1978: 1262-1313 24 DHBC-7D 28 DHBC-7E

1979: 1314-1378 32 DHBC-7D 31 DHBC-7E 2 DHBC-8A

1980: 1379-1444 31 DHBC-7D 29 DHBC-7E 6 DHBC-8A

1981: 1445-1500 28 DHBC-7D 28 DHBC-8A

1982: 1501-1562 27 DHBC-7D 35 DHBC-8A

1983: 1563-1621 24 DHBC-7D 34 DHBC-8A 1 DHBC-9A 1616 Kehloke 1

1984: 1622-1648 26 DHBC-8A 1 DHBC-9A 1637 Kehloke 1

1985: 1649-1667 19 DHBC-8A

1986: 1668-1688 18 DHBC-8A 3 DHBC-9B 1673-1675

1987: 1689-1699 11 DHBC-9B

1988: 1700-1713 14 DHBC-9B

1989: 1714-1725 12 DHBC-9B

1990: 1726-1738 13 DHBC-9B

1991: 1739-1752 13 DHBC-9B 1 DHBC-10A 1744 Kehloke 2

1992: 1753-1773 21 DHBC-9B

1993: 1773-1796 21 DHBC-9B 3 DHBC-10A 1789-1791