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[Dangerousbuzz934]

This is a plane i would die for! One of two Canadian aircraft i could see in IL-2 1956.

Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck
The first and last pure Canadian fighter to enter true production.









The CF-100 was a Fighter Interceptor for both the Royal Canadian Air Force and Belgian Air Force. The CF-100 was Straight-Winged, stable, derible. On 18 December 1952, S/L Janusz Zurakowski, the Avro company chief development test pilot, took the CF-100 Mk 4 prototype to Mach 1.0 in a dive from 30,000 ft. being the first straight-winged jet aircraft to achieve controlled supersonic flight.

Variants:

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CF-100 Mk 1
The first two prototypes.
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CF-100 Mk 1P
Proposed photo-reconnaissance version. Not built.
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CF-100 Mk 2 
Ten pre-production aircraft.
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CF-100 Mk 2T 
Two-seat training version of the CF-100 Mk 2. Two built.
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CF-100 Mk 3
Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft. First production version for the RCAF. 70
built.
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CF-100 Mk 3A 
powered by two Orenda 2 turbojet engines. 21 built.
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CF-100 Mk 3B 
powered by two Orenda 8 turbojet engines. 45 built.
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CF-100 Mk 3CT
One CF-100 Mk 3 converted into a two-seat training aircraft. Later redesignated CF-100 Mk 3D.
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CF-100 Mk 4
Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft. One pre-production aircraft.
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CF-100 Mk 4A
powered by two Orenda 9 turbojet engines. 137 built.
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CF-100 Mk 4B
powered by two Orenda 11 turbojet engines. 141 built.
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CF-100 Mk 5
Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft, powered by two Orenda 11 or Orenda 14 turbojet engines. 332 built.
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CF-100 Mk 5D
Small number of CF-100 Mk 5s converted into ECM (Electronic Countermeasures), EW (Electronic Warfare) aircraft.
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CF-100 Mk 5M
Small number of CF-100 Mk 5s equipped to carry the AIM-7 Sparrow II air-to-air missiles.
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CF-100 Mk 6
Proposed version armed with the AIM-7 Sparrow II air-to-air missile. Not built.


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Role:           Interceptor/Fighter
Manufacturer:   Avro Canada
Designed by:    John Frost
First flight:   19 January 1950
Introduced:     1952
Retired:        1981
Primary users:
                Royal Canadian Air Force
                Belgian Air Force
Number built:   692
Developed into: Avro Canada CF-103

Specs: (Mk.1)

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General characteristics
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Crew: 2, pilot and navigator
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 54.9 m² (591 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,100 lb)
Loaded weight: 15,170 kg (33,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 1 turbojets, 27 kN (6,000 lbf) each

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Performance
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Maximum speed: 741 km/h (460 mph)
Range: 3,200km (2,000mi)
Range: 3,706km (2,302mi)
Service ceiling: 12,496 m (41,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 44.5 m/s (8,750 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.44
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Armament
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8x 50. Cal machine guns
Up to 4x 1000 lb bombs
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Other
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2x wingtip fuel tanks

Specs: (Mk.2)

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General characteristics
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Crew: 2, pilot and navigator
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 54.9 m² (591 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,100 lb)
Loaded weight: 15,170 kg (33,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 1 turbojets, 27 kN (6,000 lbf) each

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Performance
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Maximum speed: 741 km/h (460 mph)
Range: 3,200km (2,000mi)
Range: 3,706km (2,302mi) with tanks
Service ceiling: 12,496 m (41,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 44.5 m/s (8,750 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.44
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Armament
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8x 50. Cal machine guns
Up to 4x 1000 lb bombs
2x wingtip pods of 29 x 70-mm (2.75 in) "Mighty Mouse" fin-folding aerial rockets (Mk.2T Only)
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Other
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2x wingtip fuel tanks

Specs: (MK.3)

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General characteristics
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Crew: 2, pilot and navigator
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 54.9 m² (591 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,100 lb)
Loaded weight: 15,170 kg (33,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 2 turbojets, 27 kN (6,000 lbf) each (Mk.3A, Mk.3CT)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 8 turbojets, 27 kN (6,000 lbf) each (Mk.3B)
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Performance
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Maximum speed: 741 km/h (460 mph)
Range: 3,200km (2,000mi)
Range: 3,706km (2,302mi) with tanks
Service ceiling: 13,700 m (45,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 44.5 m/s (8,750 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.44
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Armament
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8x 50. Cal machine guns
Up to 4x 1000 lb bombs or
4x Velvet Glove Missiles
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Other
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2x wingtip fuel tanks

Specs: (MK.4)

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General characteristics
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Crew: 2, pilot and navigator
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 54.9 m² (591 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,100 lb)
Loaded weight: 15,170 kg (33,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 8 turbojets, 27 kN (6,000 lbf) each (Mk.4 only)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 9 turbojets, 29 kN (6,500 lbf) each (Mk.4A only)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 11 turbojets, 32.5 kN (7,300 lbf) each (Mk.4B only)
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Performance
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Maximum speed: 741 km/h (460 mph) (Mk.4 Only)
Maximum speed: 810 km/h? (503 mph?) (Mk.4A Only)
Maximum speed: 888 km/h (552 mph) (Mk.4B Only)
Range: 3,200km (2,000mi)
Service ceiling: 13,700 m (45,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 44.5 m/s (8,750 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.44
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Armament
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8x 50. Cal machine guns
2x wingtip pods of 29 x 70-mm (2.75 in) "Mighty Mouse" fin-folding aerial rockets

Specs: (MK.5)

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General characteristics
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Crew: 2, pilot and navigator
Length: 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 17.4 m (57 ft 2 in)
Height: 4.4 m (14 ft 6 in)
Wing area: 54.9 m² (591 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,100 lb)
Loaded weight: 15,170 kg (33,450 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 11 turbojets, 32.5 kN (7,300 lbf) each
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Performance
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Maximum speed: 888 km/h (552 mph)
Range: 3,200km (2,000mi)
Service ceiling: 13,700 m (45,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 44.5 m/s (8,750 ft/min)
Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Thrust/weight: 0.44
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Armament
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2x wingtip pods of 29 x 70-mm (2.75 in) "Mighty Mouse" fin-folding aerial rockets
4x Aim 7 Sparrow II mounted under the wing (Mk.5 M Only)

Specs: (Mk.6) Different things listed below.

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General characteristics
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Powerplant: 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 11IR turbojets with Afterburners, 32.5 kN (7,300 lbf) each 35 kN (8,000 lbf) Afterburner
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Performance
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Maximum speed: 900 km/h? (560 mph?)
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Armament
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2x wingtip pods of 29 x 70-mm (2.75 in) "Mighty Mouse" fin-folding aerial rockets
4x Aim 7 Sparrow II mounted under the wing


[Dangerousbuzz934]

[fatontherun]

I really want this.... so badly.

[Killer Ghost]

this is a realy interesting beautifull plane

[Wildchild]

I saw one of these the Monday before last Monday. The odd thing is those engines

[Dangerousbuzz934]

The odd thing is those engines

what was odd about the Orenda engines?

[Wildchild]

It's just the way there placed on the plane

[Kazegami]

What's odd about it? It was common on early 50's jet fighters.

[Dangerousbuzz934]

Not sure if this is true but i heard the only reason the CF-100 retired was because they ran out of spare parts for the airframe or something like that.

Also added Mk.1,2 and 3 specs.

[Dangerousbuzz934]

(A CF-100 with Wingtip fuel tanks)


(The 50. cals were located between the front of the engines under the fuselage, below the pilot and navigator)

[Dangerousbuzz934]

Has that CF-100 been siting there since 1981?

[Dangerousbuzz934]

Also see:
CF-103: https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,17416.0.html