Mcdonnell Douglas in Canada

Mcdonnell Douglas in Canada

Oct2010 Volume45 Flypast Number1 A Newsletter of CAHS Toronto Chapter Divisi Society on of The Canadian Aviation Historical http://www.cahs.ca/chapters/toronto Canadian AviationHistoricalSociety This meeting is jointly sponsored by CAHS Toronto TorontoChapter MeetingOctober 16,2010 Chapter and the CanadianAir & Space Museum-All Canadian Air &SpaceMuseum CAHS / CASM members, guests and the public Time:1:00pm (museum admission payable) are welcome to attend. 65CarlHallRoad, Toronto Refreshmentswillbeserved Information:Bob Winson(416)745-1462 "LandingFee"of$2.00willbechargedtocover E-mail:[email protected] meetingexpenses NextMeetingNov20,20101pmatCASM LastMonth'sMeeting.............................................2 President'sReport...................................................7 Topic:"Watchand Warn-Canada'sHomeFront AircraftDetectionCorps" Photo-TheWar Amps Flypast V.45No.1 MayMeeting Topic:McDonnellDouglasinCanada Speaker:FrankHarvey,Presidentofthe AerospaceHeritageFoundationofCanada Reporter:GordMcNulty HowardMalone,retiringasCAHS TorontoChapterPresidentafteryearsof dedicatedservicetotheChapterandCAHS National,introducedFrank W.Harvey,who returnedforasecondpresentationtothe Chapter.InMarchof2009,Frankdiscussed productionoftheLancasterinCanadaduring World WarII,asreportedinFlypast Volume 43,Number7.Frank,ofMississauga,is Presidentofthe AerospaceHeritage FoundationofCanada(AHFC)basedin Toronto. The AHFCisafederallychartered non-profitorganizationwithaspecial emphasisonthehistoryof AvroCanadaand OrendaEnginesLtd.atMalton.Before comingtoCanada,Frankwasanapprentice withdeHavilland AircraftatHatfield, England.Gainingexperienceinallphasesof aircraftmanufacturingandtesting,heworked Speaker Frank Harvey Photo - Neil McGavock oneverythingfrompre-warbiplanesto bases.HethenworkedintheExperimental modernjet Flight TestDepartmentonthe Arrowat fightersand Malton. Whenthe Arrowwascancelledon commercial Feb.20,1959,hewasoneofabout14,000 aircraftincluding AvroandOrendaemployeeswholosttheir thedeHavilland jobs. Alongwithhisfather,heattempteda Comet,thefirst businessventurewhichdidnotproceed.Frank jetairlinertofly returnedtotheMaltonplant,whichhadbeen andenterservice acquiredbydeHavillandCanadain1963.He intheworld. workedontheCaribou,Buffaloand Turbo At Avro Beaver. ThenhemovedtotheDouglasDC-9 Canada,Frank whenDouglas AircraftofCanada,whichlater workedonthe becameMcDonnellDouglasCanada(MD CF-100Canuck Can),begansubcontractedproductionof andtheCF-105 wingsandrearfuselagecomponentsforthe Arrow.Hedid DC-9atMalton. repairand Frankcompletedassignmentsin overhaulonthe variousareasofmanufacturingoverthenext CF-100,and fewyears.HewasS.B.U.(StrategicBusiness modificationson Unit)LeaderontheMD-80/90LeadingEdge Howard Malone Chairing his last theCF-100at program,incontroloffabricationofpartsand meeting as President Photo - Neil variousRCAF McGavock assemblyofcomponents.Sinceretiringin 2 Flypast V.45No.1 1992,Frankhasbeenretainedonnumerous occasionsasamanufacturingconsultanton newprojectsbybothMcDonnellDouglasand Boeing.HealsohasexperienceonMD-80 assemblyandfabricationfortheXi’an AircraftCompanyofXi’an,China.Heisalso amemberofthedeHavilland Aeronautical TechnicalSchool Association. Inatwo-partpresentation,Frank beganwithapromotionalcorporatevideo featuringproductionofwingsandother componentsforairlinersatMalton. Thevideo startedwithworkonoriginalDouglasaircraft includingtheDC-8,DC-9,andDC-10. DC-9 Tailcone Assembly Photo Credit ContractsfollowedfortheMD-80--- - Canadian Air & Space Museum lengthenedandupdatedversionoftheDC-9, centofthetotalairframeoftheMD-80was andtheMD-11---astretched-fuselage,wide builtatMalton,andnearly15percentofthe bodydevelopmentoftheDC-10. Theupbeat MD-11airframewasbuiltatMDCan. Wing videonotedthereputationforcomfort, pylonsfortheF-18Hornetwerealsobuiltat dependability,qualityandworkmanshipthat Malton.Constructionofsuchhuge MDproductshadestablishedformorethan componentsasaircraftwingsrequired twodecades. Theyhadexpandedhorizons, integrationofhundredsorthousandsof acceleratedbusinessandhad“giventheworld individualparts,alltocriticaltolerances. The theabilitytoflyonCanadianwings.” Maltoncomplexwasdividedintotwobasic ThevideoshowedMDCan’s areas:partsfabrication,andproductionline expansionofitssprawlingfacilityatLesterB. assembly. Thefacilitieswereamongthe Pearson Airport,toapointwhereitreached largestintheworld.Productionwas nearlytwomillionsquarefeetinsizeinits demanding,andexacting.MD-11wings,for initial25years.Productionbeganin1965 example,wereabout165feetlongbuthad whenDouglas Aircraftbeganmanufacturing componentswithtolerancesaspreciseasfive- DC-9wings. TheDC-10contractfollowedin orten-thousandsofaninch.Giantoverhead 1968,andtheMD-80contractin1977,as cranesmovedthemammothassembliesfrom operationsgrewsteadily.Morethan20per onestageofproductiontothenext.Forthe MD-11,hugeverticaljigsheldthewing duringinitialassembly.Eachstagerequired utmostskillandcraftsmanship.Finalmating ofthewingwiththefuselagewasdoneatthe MDfacilitiesinLongBeach,California. Upto40,000partswouldberequired forasetofaircraftwings,andmanywere describedas“agonizinglycomplexindesign.” Thefabricationofsuchpartstoexact tolerances,ontime,andatthelowestpossible cost,wascriticaltocontinuingsuccess--- especiallygivenwhatthevideodescribedas the“fierce”competitionintheaircraft DC-9 Wing Assembly Photo Credit - Canadian Air & Space Museum industry.Duringthedecadebetween1980and 1990,MDCanadainvestedmorethan$100 3 Flypast V.45No.1 McDonnellDouglasmergedwithBoeingin 1997andtheplantbecameBoeing Toronto Ltd.,Boeing717wings,alongwithpartsfor theDeltarocket,theC-17GlobemasterIIIand the737jetlinerweremanufactureduntilthe summerof2005,whenBoeingdiscontinued operations. Thefamousbuildingswere closedforgoodandthelandtheysatonwas soldtotheGreater Toronto Airports Authority. Demolitiontookplaceinstages. Frankpresentednumerousslides showingoperationsatMalton,goingbackto asfaras1938whentherewasjustone building.Productionfacilitiesweregreatly expandedthroughtheyears,andmore buildingswereaddedbyMDCan. Wingsfora totalof2,487productionDC-9swerebuilt, alongwithasetofwingsforafatiguetesting andtwoorthreesparesets. TheDC-10 familyinvolvedproductionof650setsof First DC-10 Wing Photo Credit wings. Verticalstabilizersandgalleysforthe - Canadian Air & Space Museum DC-9werebuiltuntil1989,untiltheworkwas transferredtoMacon,Georgia. Workwasalso milliontomodernizetheplantandequipment doneonDC-9floors,untiltheywere anditsoperationshadamajorimpactonthe transferredelsewhere,aswellasflaps. The Canadianeconomy.Eachaircraftproduced flapswerebuiltatFleet AircraftinFortErie, benefitedalmost1,000externalbusinesses--- thenshippedtoMaltonforfinishing.Side vendors,suppliers,andsub-contractors--- panelsfortheF-18werealsoproducedat whichprovidedspecializedmaterialsand Maltonforatime.Otherprojectsincluded servicesforMD. WhetheritwasanMD-11or fourorfiveyearsofworkonDC-8wing anMD-80seriesaircraft,anaverageofmore barrels.Productionpeakedwithcontractsfor than$1millionwaspaidtovendorsand asmanyasfiveaircraftperweek,withthree suppliers.EachMD-80generatedabout shifts. 200,000totaljobhoursinCanada,morethan Frankhaddifficultyfindingphotos $1millionintaxrevenueforthefederal fromtheMDCanyears. Therearemany government,andanadditional$5millionfor morephotosof Victory Aircraft,predecessor Canada’sGrossNationalProduct.EachMD- of AvroCanada,and Avro. Whentheplant 11,meanwhile,generated100,000man-hours. wasclosed,allofthenegativesandotherfiles Whenmultipliedthroughouttheeconomy, wereshippedtotheU.S.andtheir eachproducedmorethan330,000jobhoursin whereaboutsareunknown.Franksaidthat Canada.By1990,MDCanhadinvestedmore BoeingCanadahasn’tbeenabletoprovide thanaquarterofabilliondollarsandprovided information. Thephotosheshowedincluded Canadianexportsofmorethan$5billion. employeesatworkonDC-9andDC-10jigs, MDCanhaddeliveredmajorcomponentsfor wingpanelsandleadingedges,floorsections, around4,000civilandmilitaryaircraft. F-18pylons,andpresentationofcontinuous MilitaryproductionincludedworkontheKC- improvementawards. Whatwastobethe 10air-to-airtankeraswellastheF-18. MD-95,athird-generationderivativeofthe Takingthemicrophone,Franknoted DC-9,becametheBoeing717whenBoeing thatimpressivestorydidnotendhappily. 4 Flypast V.45No.1 acquiredMcDonnellDouglas.Boeingended meetingHowardwasgivena“retirement productionofthe717in2005onaccountof cake”,whichhehappilysharedwithallofthe sloworders,after156werebuilt,andthat members.Manymemberspersonallythanked finishedtheMaltonoperation. Thegradual Howardforajob“welldone”duringhistime closureofthefacilitieswassadinmany asChapterPresident. respects.Priortothedemolition,theonce- proud Avrohangarswerereducedtobeing *** usedtostorecontaminatedsoilfromthe parkinglots.Itwasheart-rendingtosee photosofthedemolitionofthebuildingwhere the Arrowwasbuilt. Asfatehadit,allofthe Arrowswerecutupandeventuallythe buildingsthemselveswerelevelled. Frankwasdelightedtoseetwoofhis co-workersatMcDonnellDouglasin attendance. Theyworkedonthequality assuranceside,whileFrankwasonthe productionside.Ourspeakeranswereda numberofquestions.Boeing’sacquisitionof McDonnellDouglaswasproblematicfromthe start.BoeingcancelledtheMD-80/90series becauseitcompetedwiththeirown737,and thentheyshutdowntheMD-11.Howard MaloneexpressedhisthankstoFrankforan interestingandnostalgicpresentation. The historyofaircraftproductionatMaltonfrom starttofinishisoneofthemostimportant aspectsofaviationhistorynotonlyfor Toronto,butforallofCanada.Chapter Secretary– Treasurer,Bob Winson,presented FrankwithagiftonbehalfoftheChapterin appreciation.Frank’spresentationwas especiallynoteworthyforHoward,whonoted

View Full Text

Details

  • File Type
    pdf
  • Upload Time
    -
  • Content Languages
    English
  • Upload User
    Anonymous/Not logged-in
  • File Pages
    10 Page
  • File Size
    -

Download

Channel Download Status
Express Download Enable

Copyright

We respect the copyrights and intellectual property rights of all users. All uploaded documents are either original works of the uploader or authorized works of the rightful owners.

  • Not to be reproduced or distributed without explicit permission.
  • Not used for commercial purposes outside of approved use cases.
  • Not used to infringe on the rights of the original creators.
  • If you believe any content infringes your copyright, please contact us immediately.

Support

For help with questions, suggestions, or problems, please contact us