J. Armand Bombardier

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Joseph-Armand Bombardier was born in Valcourt in 1907, He was the eldest of eight children born to Anna Gravel and Alfred Bombardier, who was a farmer who turned into a general merchant. On August 7, 1929, he married Yvonne Labrecque and together they had six children: Germain, Yvon, Janine, Claire, Huguette and André. When Bombardier was 15 he built his first snowmobile. He took the engine out of an old Model T Ford and mounted it on …showed first 75 words of 673 total…

…showed last 75 words of 673 total…is one of the world’s leading aircraft manufacturers, operating many air services all over the world and is also a world leader in the manufacturing of different train products including subway, light-rail, monorail, commuter, inter-city trains, freight-train cars, high-speed trains for continental use, and special purpose rail vehicles for the English Channel tunnel. Bombardier Inc. employs some 36,500 people and its annual sales were already exceeding 4 billion dollars in an outdated article that I found.