Boeing E-3 Sentry |
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The E-3 Sentry is a modified Boeing 707/320 commercial airframe with a distinctive rotating radar dome. The dome is 30 feet (9.1 meters) in diameter, six feet (1.8 meters) thick, and is held 11 feet (3.3 meters) above the fuselage by two struts. It contains a radar subsystem that permits all-weather surveillance over a range of more than 200 miles (320 kilometers). |
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Canadair CP-107 Argus |
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The Canadian-built, Canadair Argus was a unique hybrid that employed the wings, tail surfaces and undercarriage of the British designed Britannia transport, married to a completely new unpressurized fuselage of Canadian design and equipped with different American-designed engines. |
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Canadian Vickers Vancouver |
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The Canadian Vickers Vancouver was another twin engine flying boat designed to a RCAF specification for an aircraft to replace the Varuna and capable of transporting men and equipment to forest fire locations. |
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Canadian Vickers Vigil |
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The Canadian Vickers Vigil was a single-seat patrol aircraft based on an RCAF specification for a forest fire patrol aircraft. The CAF/RCAF had been undertaking forest patrols from the early 1920s. In 1926, the RCAF issued a specification to replace aging D.H. 4 aircraft being used in this role. |
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Canadian Vickers Viking |
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The Vickers Viking was a single engine flying boat purchased in 1923 to meet a CAF tender for an aircraft suitable to replace the wartime-vintage Curtiss HS-2L flying boats. Canadian Vickers had proposed it's parent company's Vickers Viking IV. The mahogany wood hull of the aircraft gave them a rich appearance. |
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Consolidated Canso |
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Canso was the true amphibious version of the design and therefore included a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. The Canso provided over two decades of valuable service to the RCAF. |
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Consolidated Catalina |
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The Consolidated Catalina and Canso were close cousins. The Catalina was the true flying boat version of the design and therefore did not include a conventional undercarriage to allow for either water or land use. |
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Consolidated Liberator |
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During World War II, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator was manufactured in larger numbers than any other heavy bomber. In RCAF service, however, the type primarily served the long range maritime reconnaisance and heavy transport roles although some RCAF personnel did fly this type of aircraft on heavy bomber operations in the South East Asia theatre of war. |
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