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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > Pearson International (Viewed 692 times) Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Pearson International < on 10/16/2005 10:12 PM >   On my way to and from the Henry's Photography show I saw they were tearing down and old hanger, at Derry & Airport Rd. Not that hard to miss. It's all fenced in with barbed wire. Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! el nerdo  Chief UER Lackey Gender: Male What are you, from the Department of Know'm Sayin's? You takin' a Know'm census?  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 1 on 10/16/2005 11:02 PM >   That's not a hangar... it's an old Boeing plant. Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 2 on 10/17/2005 12:45 AM >   Ah, thanks for the correction. Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! Duct Tape  Location: Toronto Gender: Male "The Handyman's Secret Weapon"  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 3 on 10/17/2005 1:57 PM >   Posted by el nerdo That's not a hangar... it's an old Boeing plant. Thats not an old Boeing Plant (well, technically it is), but in Reality that is A.V. Roe Canada, better know as AVRO Canada, maker of Lancaster Bombers, the CF-100 (The First canadian made jet fighter), the Avro Jetliner (Second Jet Passenger liner, missed beating the Comet by 13 days, & Howard Huges almost bought it), the Avro Aerocar (Flying Saucer) and most importantly and sadly, possibly our countries greatest aviation acheievement, the Avro Arrow. More on all can be found here: http://www.avroland.ca/ Unfortunately, economics played out over history, and none of the site of so much of canada's aviation history is to be saved, its all getting knocked down now that McDonald Douglas/Boeing has abandoned the site. Later DT [last edit 10/17/2005 1:58 PM by Duct Tape - edited 1 times] "the ghosts of old buildings are haunting parking lots in the city of good neighbors that history forgot" - 'subdivision', Ani DiFranco ** Urbania - http://urbania.ohlphotos.com Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 4 on 10/17/2005 2:10 PM >   Posted by Duct Tape Thats not an old Boeing Plant (well, technically it is), but in Reality that is A.V. Roe Canada, better know as AVRO Canada Damn! I so need to go back and get shots! I'm a big fan of the Arrow. Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! Muskoka  Location: Toronto Gender: Male  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 5 on 10/17/2005 3:42 PM >   Actually, you're all right. It was A.V Roe and McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing. Here's a site with the history of the plant(s). http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2005/june/i_history.html yokes  Location: Toronto Gender: Male I aim to misbehave  |  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 6 on 10/17/2005 6:29 PM >   It's a salad dressing! It's a floor polish! STOP! You're both right! "Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel bandi  Lippy Mechanic Bastard Location: Trent Hills, ON Gender: Male A liminal mind is all I've ever known.  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 7 on 10/18/2005 4:43 AM >   Posted by yokes It's a salad dressing! It's a floor polish! STOP! You're both right! That honestly made me laugh out loud hi i like cars CowboyPenner  Location: Durham Region or anywhere that I might end up while travelling Gender: Male URBEXMobile  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 8 on 10/18/2005 12:28 PM >   I assumed all the A.V. Roe buildings had been demo-ed long ago...too bad...I would have been really interested to see them(it). Mutt  Moderator Location: Bunbury, Western Australia Support your local Funeral Director ----- Drop Dead!  |  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 9 on 10/18/2005 2:20 PM >   Tastes great...and look at that shine. I've only been in that building complex once, back in the early 1980's and recall it being friggin huge. As the far side of the building is on flight side on the airport grounds I'd be very careful poking around in there as the federallies get testy when you wander around on active flight side airport lands. All men are cremated equal. Ranger   |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 10 on 10/19/2005 4:06 PM >   They have been tearing it down for weeks, and are just now actually getting to the structure itself. I live in the neighborhood right across the street from it, and in fact I used to be able to see it from my bedroom window. I have been taking pics every day from the same spot since I noticed it, and plan on posting once I can get it organized. If you want to risk going onto airport property to explore it, be my guest. But you better hurry, since they are working quite fast now, earing down huge sections of roof and building each day. As a comical note, I took my main camera with me while I was headed past the building yesterday, and got this image. I thought that it was funny: click to view Ranger micro  Gender: Male Slowly I turned  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 11 on 10/19/2005 4:14 PM >   Assuming there's anything left in them, the offices are probably a little more interesting than the hangar. Good luck getting in there though. Axle  Location: Milton, ON Gender: Male Sieg oder Tod  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 12 on 10/19/2005 4:45 PM >   "Danger Due to: Authorized Personnel Only" awesome! Just as good as: Celer at Audax Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! Ranger   |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 13 on 10/19/2005 5:30 PM >   The only part of that building that could be offices were torn down last week or the week before. It is just the main plant floor that is left now, for now. However, there IS still the building that was immediatly south of the big one. It is of a fair size as well, and looks like they are getting ready to tear it down as well. Air  Location: Canada  |  Re: Pearson International <Reply # 14 on 10/22/2005 3:45 AM >   Posted by el nerdo That's not a hangar... it's an old Boeing plant. I LOVE bubbles! -- I just had to say! "The extraordinary beauty of things that fail." - Heinrich von Kleist UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > Pearson International (Viewed 692 times) All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. 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