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Serial 38, RCAF 18138 Manufactured 1953 Two Orenda 8,600 lb. thrust axial flow gas turbine jet engines Max Speed: Mach .85 Empty weight: 23,000 lbs. Maximum weight: 28,000 lbs. Span: 52' Length: 54' 2" Height: 15' 6" RCAF 18138 was one of 56 converted in 1955 from Mk 3B to Mk 3D dual trainers. It saw service with No. 440 Bat Sqn. (Bagotville) and 445 Sqn (Uplands), as well as with No. 3 AW(F)OTU at North Bay. 18138 was struck off RCAF strength in May of 1963, and sold to the Pacific Vocational School, Burnaby, as a training aid. Later, it was moved to the Pacific Vocational Institute (now British Columbia Institute of Technology) Aviation Campus at Vancouver International Airport. The big fighter was kept in running condition and used by the Aircraft Maintenance students for engine run-ups, until replaced by the more modern Lockheed Jetsar. It was then donated by BCIT to CMF, and towed out to Surrey in 1987. Unfortunately, the wings, tip tanks, rear fuselage and tail assembly had been sent off to a junk dealer, so CMF had to purchase a replacement set. The aircraft is virtually complete, except for the gun pack. General Information Known as the "Clunk" the CF-100 was the first 100% Canadian designed and built all-weather interceptor and first flew in January 1950. The Mk 3 differs from the operational Mk 4 mainly in having the pointed nose cone, and that the Mk 3 was powered by the lower powered Orenda 8, of 6,000 lb. thrust, and was armed with only the eight .50 cal. machine gun pack, and not the fuselage and wingtip rocket (59 2.75" rockets in place of the tip fuel tanks) packs. Once the Mk 4 became available in 1954, most of the remaining Mk 3's were either used at the Operational Training Units or converted to dual control trainers. Many innovations in radar and quick change weapons were developed on the CF-100, and many of its design features were incorporated in the "Arrow". Photo: Museum archive | |
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