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  1. The need for aircraft maintenance also gave rise to the creation of Standard Aero Engine Works in 1938. This was an offshoot of the Standard Machine Works founded by Charles Pearce and William Bucknell in Winnipeg in 1911. Like the MacDonald brothers, they started to repair and overhaul aircraft engines in the late 1920s.

  2. Second World War. This government publication featured success stories of Manitoba manufacturing, including Winnipeg's MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Limited, which assembled Avro Anson twin-engined aircraft to be used in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.

  3. Canadian WWII Aircraft Manufacturing Locations by Manufacturer. These went to the Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Air Force, and Royal New Zealand Air Force. There was no Boeing Canada designation for these aircraft that all went to the Royal Canadian Air Force.

  4. Bristol Aerospace is a Canadian aerospace firm located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is an operating division of Magellan Aerospace. Once part of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, today it is known as Magellan Aerospace, Winnipeg. History. Bristol Aerospace began in 1930 as the MacDonald Brothers Aircraft Company.

  5. Apr 24, 2016 · These tins are an integral part of the hobby and tins manufactured by the Canadian major tobacco companies: Imperial, Rock City, Tucketts, and MacDonald tobacco are featured in countless tin collections. The W.C. Macdonald Tobacco Company was founded in 1858 in Montreal by Sir William Christopher Macdonald.

  6. Sir William Christopher Macdonald (10 February 1831 – 9 June 1917) was a Canadian tobacco manufacturer and major education philanthropist in Canada. Though born in Prince Edward island, he is considered a Scots-Quebecer.

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  8. Bristol Aerospace was founded in 1930 in Winnipeg as airplane maker MacDonald Brothers. In 1954, the company was acquired by UK company, Bristol and became the Canadian subsidiary of the company.