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About Conair Group Inc. of Abbotsford

Amazing  Conair currentl employs over 250 staff and has a fleet of aircraft that are broken down into two categories; air attack (a.k.a. bird dog), and airtankers (a.k.a. waterbombers).


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Conair Group Inc. of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, formerly known as Conair Aviation, is a company specializing in retrofitting firefighting aircraft, maintaining customer and company-owned aircraft and aerial firefighting.

Amazing Conair Group Inc.

Conair specializes in fire management support by providing services and products to forest protection agencies around the world. In 1996 Conair became a Canadian Air Tractor dealer for the AT-802F air tanker. A former Conair Group division; Cascade Aerospace was acquired by the IMP Group of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2012.

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History

Convair CV580 Airtanker

The company was started by a consortium led by Les Kerr consisting of: Leslie George "Les" Kerr, K. Barry Marsden, Herman Joseph "Slim" Knights, Ronald "Ron" F. Connelly of Whitehorse, Yukon, and John De Voin (a silent partner). Les Kerr had worked for Skyway Air Services for seventeen years and put together the five man group to take control of the fire control and aerial agricultural interests of Skyway. In the transaction, they took 35 employees and 19 single engine aircraft. This took place after the owner for Skyway (Art Seller), had suffered a stroke and wanted to

Created in 1969


An Air Tractor AT-802
IATA ICAO Callsign
N/A FGD FIREGUARD
Founded April 1969
AOC # Canada:2626
Hubs Abbotsford International Airport
Fleet size 60
Parent company Conair Group Inc.
Headquarters Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Key people Barry Marsden (President & CEO)
Website http://www.conair.ca/

The Dash 8 were originally two used Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s,

Bombardier Dash-8 Q400

The Dash 8 were originally two used Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s, acquired from Scandinavian Airlines System, that were modified by the Conair Group's former[18] division Cascade Aerospace of Abbotsford, British Columbia. These aircraft are set up for dual roles and were modified for the Sécurité Civile to act both as fire-fighting water bombers in fire season and as civilian or cargo transport aircraft in the off season. This aircraft is designated the Q400-MR (Multi Role). The aircraft can be reconfigured into the passenger, cargo or aerial fire control role in under three hours and can drop 10,000 L (2,200 imp gal; 2,600 US gal)in the tanker role. In recent years 14 Dash 8 Q400’s were purchase from Flybe and also converted into tankers.


Aircraft Inventory CONAIR Airlines.


Current fleet

Fleet

As of December 2023, according to Transport Canada the Conair Group fleet numbers 60 aircraft.

Aircraft
Aero Commander 690 8 Commander 690 Air attack or bird dog, listed at Conair as Turbo Commander TC-690A and one listed by Transport Canada as a Rockwell 690A
Air Tractor AT-802 23 3 - AT-802
20 - AT-802A		 Air Tanker, nine of which have amphibious scooping capability. Listed at the Conair site as the Air Tractor AT802 Amphib, Air Tractor 802AF and F
Avro RJ85 3 Avro RJ85 Jet air tanker, listed at Conair as the Avro RJ85 AT
Cessna 185 Skywagon 1 A185F Not listed at Conair website
Cessna 208 Caravan 5 208B Grand Caravan Air attack or bird dog, listed at Conair as Cessna Caravan C208B
Cessna Citation 1 Model 525 Not listed at Conair website
Convair CV-240 1 CV-440 Not listed at Conair website
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 18 DHC-8-402 Air tanker and multi-role
Total 60
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Fleet size

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Dash-8 Q400

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Air attack

Conair's air attack aircraft, more commonly known as "bird dogs", are aircraft that contain the pilot and Air Attack Officer.

Air tankers

Conair's tanker fleet currently includes the Air Tractor AT-802F and AT-802F Amphibious "Fireboss" variants, Avro RJ85, Canadair CL-415 and both the Bombardier Q400-AT and Q400MRE. Conair's headquarters are in Abbotsford at the Abbotsford International Airport which also is where their maintenance and retrofitting facility is located. Conair bases their aircraft under contract to fire control agencies throughout western Canada and the United States. Currently, Conair airtanker groups (a group consists of one birddog and from one to four airtankers) are contracted to agencies in BC, Alberta, Yukon and Alaska. Conair serves as the Canadian dealer for Air Tractor of Olney, Texas, which produces the AT-802F, one of only two types of aircraft specifically designed for aerial firefighting (the other being the Canadair CL-415 model).

Former air tankers include the Grumman Avenger, Douglas (A-26) Invader, Conair Firecat (retrofitted S-2 Trackers), Douglas DC-6, Convair CV-580 (retired in 2022) and Lockheed Electra (retired in 2020).

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Conair Group Inc. Aircraft  of the past & Future.

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For over 50 years Conair Group Inc. (Conair) has led the aerial firefighting industry.

Aero Commander 690

Aero Commander 500 family is a series of light-twin piston-engined and turboprop aircraft

Airtractor AT-602F 

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AVRO RJ85

British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner

Convair CV 240

Convair CV-240 is an American airliner initially as a possible replacement for the Douglas DC-3.

Bombardier Dash-8

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Former aircraft Conair Group Inc.

Bombardier Aviation is a division of Bombardier Inc.De Havilland Canada DHC-8 Dash-8

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General Info

Role Turboprop regional airliner
National origin Canada
Manufacturer
First flight June 20, 1983
Introduction 1984 with NorOntair
Status In production
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Primary users

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General Info

  • Cockpit crew Two pilots
    Cabin crew One flight attendant
    Passengers, typical 37
    Max capacity 40
    Length 73 ft (22.25 m)
    Height 24 ft 7 in (7.49 m)
    Wingspan 85 ft (25.89 m)
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Performance

      • High speed cruise 289 kn (535 km/h; 333 mph)
        -100: 270 kn (500 km/h; 310 mph)
        Ceiling 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
        Range 1,125 nmi (2,084 km; 1,295 mi)
        -100: 1,020 nmi (1,889 km; 1,174 mi)