The Avro CF-100 "Canuck" was the RCAF's second operational jet fighter replacing the de Havilland Vampire.
They patrolled the skies over North America and Western Europe from 1953-1981. The main role was the interception
of Soviet aircraft that penetrated Canadian and Allied airspace.
The CF-100 was the first fighter designed and built in large quantities in Canada. A total of 692 aircraft were
produced in the different "Marks" (MK) with variants in each. The prototype (FB-D), flew in 1950 powered by two
Rolls-Royce Avon gas turbines.
This model, a Mark 5, is on loan from the National Aviation Museum in Ottawa. It is painted black to resemble the
Mark 1 prototype. The aircraft last served with No. 414 "Black Knight" squadron (electronic warfare unit) at North Bay,
as a Mark 5D ECM (electronic counter measures aircraft).
