Home Posts tagged "RCAF What-If" (Page 2)

Tag: RCAF What-If

CF-199 Complete

Following several competition losses many design and engineering staff at Lockheed Martin, were headhunted by Avro Canada following the success of their CF-105 Arrow program.  By the late 70’s Avro was looking into the next generation of strike aircraft for the RCAF to meet its NATO comment in Europe for an aircraft that could assist in targeted attacks on Warsaw Pact airfields and other targets in the event of war breaking out. Thanks to the talent brought in from the Lockheed staff, Avro came up with a next-generation strike aircraft that could penetrate deep behind enemy lines and deliver precision strikes to targets of opportunity.   Thus the CF-199 Panther was born…. Thanks to Youtube viewer “cadmaven” for suggesting the name Panter for this build.       

Continue reading

CF-288 Interceptor

Following on the success of the CF-101 Arrow program.  Avro continued research into interceptors that could go higher and faster.  Research into small atomic and fusion reactors also culminated in the invention of the Scarlett engine designed by the Husband and Wife team of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Avro took this engine and created the CF-288 Angel interceptor. With the space savings realized by the Scarlett engine, they were able to make a very compact airframe capable of high speeds and altitudes for its intercept role. The Angel set many records including time to altitude and top speed records. The Angel was also exported to the RAF for interceptor duties for NATO.

Continue reading