The Elusive Wilfrid T. Reid: Leading Canadian Aircraft Designer of the 1920s

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Title
The Elusive Wilfrid T. Reid: Leading Canadian Aircraft Designer of the 1920s
Abstract
Outlines the career of aircraft designer Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887-c.1954). The British-born Reid was hired by Canadian Vickers of Montreal in 1924 to be its chief designer. Reid designed the Vickers Vedette, which marked the beginning of the Canadian aircraft industry. Reid then designed the Vanessa, Vista, Vigil, Velos, Varuna and HS-3L. In 1928, Reid left Vikers and started Reid Aircraft and acquired the airfield at Cartierville. Reid designed the Rambler, a trainer plane conceived for the many flying clubs emerging at that time. The Curtiss Company of the U.S. bought into the company to form Curtiss-Reid Aircraft and that company developed the Cartierville Airport. The company went bankrupt in 1932 but was immediately re-activated under the same name by Montreal Aircraft Industries, headed by J.A.D. McCurdy. Meanwhile, Reid became president of the Crude Oil Engine and Engineering Company in Montreal and disappeared from the aviation scene. Following extensive research by the author, Reid was inducted into the Quebec Air and Space Hall of Fame on April 18, 2006.
Publication
The Journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society
Volume
Vol. 45
Issue
no. 2
Pages
60-67-74-75
Date
2007
Language
en
Citation
Thiffault, Pierre. “The Elusive Wilfrid T. Reid: Leading Canadian Aircraft Designer of the 1920s.” The Journal of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society Vol. 45, no. 2 (2007): 60-67-74–75.
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