The Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck (affectionately known as the "Clunk" or "The Lead Sled" by Sabre pilots) was a Canadian jet interceptor/fighter which served during the early Cold War. The CF-100 was the first Canadian-designed fighter to enter mass production, serving primarily with the Royal Canadian Air Force and in small numbers in Belgium. For its day, the CF-100 featured a short takeoff run and high climb rate, over 15,000 feet per minute, making it well suited to its role as an interceptor.
Variants[]
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 1: The first two prototypes.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 1P: Proposed photo-reconnaissance version. Not built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 2: Ten pre-production aircraft.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 2T: Dual control training version of the CF-100 Mk 2. Two built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 3: Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft. First production version for the RCAF. Eight 12.7mm machine guns (200 rounds per gun) in a forward firing ventral gun pack. 70 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 3A: CF-100 Mk 3 sub-type, powered by two Orenda 2 turbojet engines. 21 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 3B: CF-100 Mk 3 sub-type, powered by two Orenda 8 turbojet engines. 45 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 3CT: One CF-100 Mk 3 converted into a dual control training aircraft. Later redesignated CF-100 Mk 3D.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 4: Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft. Eight .5-inch Browning M3 guns (200 rounds per gun) in a forward firing ventral gun pack. Plus two wingtip pods of 29 x 70-mm (2.75 in) "Mighty Mouse" fin-folding aerial rockets. One pre-production aircraft.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 4A: CF-100 Mk 4 sub-type, powered by two Orenda 9 turbojet engines. 137 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 4B: CF-100 Mk 4 sub-type, powered by two Orenda 11 turbojet engines. 141 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 4X: Proposed version of the CF-100 Mk 4. Not built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 5: Two-seat all-weather long-range interceptor fighter aircraft, powered by two Orenda 11 or Orenda 14 turbojet engines. Two wingtip pods of twenty-nine 70mm fin-folding aerial rockets. 332 built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 5D: Small number of CF-100 Mk 5s converted into ECM (Electronic Countermeasures), EW (Electronic Warfare) aircraft.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 5M: Small number of CF-100 Mark 5s equipped to carry the Blue Dolphin air-to-air missiles.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck Mark 6: Proposed version armed with Blue Dolphin missile. Not built.
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.3: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 3
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.3A: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 3A
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.3B: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 3B
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck T.3: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 3CT
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.4: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 4
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.4A: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 4A
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.4B: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 4B
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.5: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 5
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck F.5A: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 5M
- Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck ECM.5: Redesignation of CF-100 Canuck Mark 5D
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Related Development[]
Comparable Aircraft[]
Burbank AF F-94/50
Gloster Javelin- Hawthorne AF F-89/50
- St. Louis AF F-10/51
- Sud Aviation Vautour
- Yakovlev Yak-25
