Victoria STOLport
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Victoria STOLport
aerodrome near downtown Montreal
during the mid 1970s. The STOLport had been constructed on the former parking lot for Expo 67. The airport operated a two years STOL demonstration service, participating the Ministry of Transportation, the Canadian Air Transport Administration and other Federal Agency in order to obtain and evaluate data, on passengers and economics, on STOL service.The choice of the route fall on the Montreal – Ottawa corridor, where 2,5 million persons travelled every year.
The STOLport in Ottawa was Rockcliffe Airport because of its proximity to downtown. Airtransit Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada
was incorporated on June 19, 1973 with six de Havilland
DHC-6-300 (M.O.T.) Twin Otter while regular flights started in early 1974. At the end of the demonstration it was decommissioned and eventually turned into the Montreal Technoparc technology park.
STOL
STOL is an acronym for short take-off and landing, a term used to describe aircraft with very short runway requirements.-Definitions:There is no one accepted definition of STOL and many different definitions have been used by different authorities and nations at various times and for a myriad of...
aerodrome near downtown Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
during the mid 1970s. The STOLport had been constructed on the former parking lot for Expo 67. The airport operated a two years STOL demonstration service, participating the Ministry of Transportation, the Canadian Air Transport Administration and other Federal Agency in order to obtain and evaluate data, on passengers and economics, on STOL service.The choice of the route fall on the Montreal – Ottawa corridor, where 2,5 million persons travelled every year.
The STOLport in Ottawa was Rockcliffe Airport because of its proximity to downtown. Airtransit Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Canada
Air Canada
Air Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
was incorporated on June 19, 1973 with six de Havilland
De Havilland
The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...
DHC-6-300 (M.O.T.) Twin Otter while regular flights started in early 1974. At the end of the demonstration it was decommissioned and eventually turned into the Montreal Technoparc technology park.