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Old 02-16-2011, 09:11 PM
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Thumbs up Great Airplane That Wasn't

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Originally Posted by Wareagle View Post
Another great vintage pic - RL206 CF-105 on the line Fitted with the all powerful Orenda Iroquois engines combined 30,000 + lbs of thrust -1959 - never got to fly as everything was cut up for scrap --Shame - - the only thing saved was the nose section by a mystery person or persons - it now sits at the Canadian Aviation Museum .
To bad - first fly by wire etc. next Fighter to have this capability was the F-14 Tomcat .
I put some tires on the CF-105 that was under restoration a few years ago, hope it got into the museum in Ottawa.