CF-100 Canuck

[Admiral Beez]

I've always like the Clunk, … Canuck. An interesting vid here.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tfIlby4w2jY

No mention that both Avro Canada and Orenda Engines were subsidiaries of Britain's Hawker-Siddeley. It's a Canadian fighter for certain, but a degree of corporate oversight came from Britain. In 1962 after the Avro Arrow program ended, Hawker-Siddeley closed down Avro Canada and reorganized its remaining assets into Hawker Siddeley Canada - makers of Toronto's subways and streetcars into the 1980s before its acquisition by Bombardier Group.

 

[Gnomey]

Good one!

 

[GreenKnight121]

I have always felt that the Clunk would have been amenable to an attack variant... sort of the Canadian A-6 - land-based only, of course.


Perhaps in the CF-103 swept-wing version.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I have always felt that the Clunk would have been amenable to an attack variant... sort of the Canadian A-6 - land-based only, of course.


Perhaps in the CF-103 swept-wing version.


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I like it. It would need a good Canadian name. Beaver, Buffalo, Caribou, Chipmunk and Otter are taken by DeHavilland Canada. Grizzly, Cougar and Lynx are taken by the army. Maybe the Avro Loon or Moose?

 

[Elvis]

I must say, the CF-103 is a remarkably modern looking design, especially considering the time frame we're talking about here.