Millardair Ltd. was a Canadian airline that operated from 1963 until 1990 and from the 1990s to 2012 was an aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO).[1] Formerly based in Mississauga, Ontario, Millard Air moved their operations to Breslau, Ontario in 2012 and ceased MRO activities after Wayne Millard's murder in December 2012.
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History
editMillardair was founded in 1963 by aviator, Carl Millard[2](1913–2006) as Carl Millard and was based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Operations began using the Douglas DC-3. The main business was flying automotive parts and other cargo.[3]
In 1970 the DC-3s were used to fly passengers on third-level services, and in 1972 the four-engine Douglas DC-4 joined the company's fleet. Some of the DC-3s were exchanged for Douglas C-117 Super Dakota, and operations continued until finding slots at Toronto airport became difficult and operations ceased due to bankruptcy on 31 May 1990. While no longer a flying operator, previously flown aircraft were stored at Pearson Airport along with other aircraft acquired.[1]
Carl Millard died in 2006 and son Wayne Millard took over as President.[4]
In 2012, after the company's lease expired at Toronto Pearson Airport, the company moved to Waterloo International Airport where it undertook a massive new hangar construction.
After Wayne Millard's death[5] the role of CEO was taken up firstly, by his son, Dellen and subsequently by Wayne Millard's ex-wife Madeline Burns. The MillardAir MRO license was voluntarily cancelled in February 2013.
On May 10, 2013, Dellen was charged with the murder of Tim Bosma while attempting to steal Bosma's Dodge Ram 3500. He, and his friend, Mark Smich, were convicted of first-degree murder on June 17, 2016.[6] Millard and Smich were also convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Laura Babcock, Millard’s former girlfriend.[7] Millard was convicted of murdering his father on September 24, 2018.[8]
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Douglas DC-4". www.ruudleeuw.com.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Rebel With a Cause - Wings Magazine". www.wingsmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-08.
- ^ "Waypoint: All in the family - Wings Magazine". Archived from the original on 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ^ "Laughter and tears follow guilty verdicts for 'despicable and callous' Tim Bosma murder". National Post. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
- ^ Cruickshank, Ainslie (16 December 2017). "Dellen Millard and Marc Smich found guilty of murder of Laura Babcock". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
- ^ "Dellen Millard killed father as he slept and inherited millions". BBC News. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
- Hengi, B.I. (2000). Airlines Remembered: Over 200 Airlines of the Past, Described and Illustrated in Colour. Midland. ISBN 9781857800913.
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- Rob Seaman, "Rebel With a Cause", Wings Magazine.