Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck - a photo on Flickriver

On a pedestal in the park near Algonguin Hwy, Haliburton, Ontario. Originally stationed at Camp Borden, Ontario.

The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the Clunk) was a Canadian jet fighter serving during the Cold War. It was the only Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production. The CF-100 is not considered to be truly supersonic since it could not exceed the speed of sound in level flight. However, on 18 December 1952, S/L Janusz Żurakowski, the Avro company chief development test pilot, broke the sound barrier flying the CF-100 Mk 4 prototype in a dive from 30,000 feet.
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advanced radar and fire control system

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short takeoff run

high climb rate

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Royal Canadian Air Force

Edgar Atkins

John Frost

Chief Pilot S/L Bill Waterton

Avon RA 3 turbojets with 28.9 kN (2,950 kgp / 6,500 lbf) thrust each

Rolls-Royce Avons

Avro Orenda turbojet

Orenda 2 jet engine

50-caliber machine gun

rocket-armed Mk 4A

APG-40 radar

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Mouse FFAR (folding fin aerial rockets)

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Lead Sled

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North American Air Defense Command (NORAD)

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

1 Air Division

zero visibility and poor weather conditions

NIMBLE BAT ferry program

natural metal finish

British-style disruptive camouflage scheme - dark sea gray and green on top, light sea gray on the bottom

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