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In early 1960, Orenda Engines, a division of Avro Canada, began to develop a gas turbine to meet a U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships specification for the development of engines for a new type of minesweeper. The Canadian company and two American companies, including Ford Motor, received development...

Check out this interesting photo: https://ingeniumcanada.org/ingenium/collection-research/collection-item.php?id=1970.1466.001 It purports to be the world's first mortar-locating radar, apparently a Canadian invention and produced at CAL's purpose-built plant in Scarborough (now row houses...

Avro Weapon System 606 A (Interceptor version)

Avro Weapon System 606 A (Tactical bomber version)

A.V. Canada Project Y-2 (Patent May 9, 1955)

Did Canada ever consider the A4 Skyhawk for its carrier aviation and Norway reinforcement role (instead of F5)? Would have been able to operate with USN/USMC.

Dan Cooper is another fighter pilot comic caracter, in the kind of Buck Danny and Tanguy & Laverdure, but Canadian. Author was Albert Weinberg. Know it much less than the other two, but had a few albums as a kid. One album called "Programme F-18" is about the selection of the Hornet by RCAF...

OTL in 1963, the Royal Canadian Navy received their first Sikorsky CH-124 Sea King Helicopters. They flew from Canadian ships for more than 50 years. I greased and refuelled Sea Kings on the flight decks of HMCS Athabaskan and HMCS Iroquois. I also washed innumerable GE-T58-8F engines...

SKYRORA is new British/Ukraine Company for Small Satellite launcher Based in Edinburgh, Scottland. They continue were Black Arrow was Stop, using rocket power on Kerosine/HTP to launch Small Satellite. For moment they have 3 models Skyrora Nano II a small sounding rocket with 10kg Payload...

Avro Canada Long Range Jet Transport Study.

Dornier Seastar all-composite amphibian evolved from 1984, more then 3 decades. For certain years, Dornier teamed Chinese company, Wuxi for further developement. Official site. Seastar initially offered as aircraft, that could be used in many application - from passenger and VIP-transportation...

Re my MapleHawk enquiry, there was a website up till last year called CASR - Canadian American strategic think tank and it listed current and potential DnD RCAF. Canadian Army and Navy equipment. Couple of ideas came out such as debating what the Canadian Coast Guard were going to pic re the...

I see that your winters average 7.9 degrees Celsius. So, I'm not entirely sure I buy this argument. Ice changes its properties considerably depending on the temperature range and ice at -10 Celsius can have very different surface interactions under pressure compared to ice at -30 Celsius. That...

I recently purchased a copy of the excellent 'The Otter Reconnaissance Car in Canadian Service' from Service Publications (www.servicepub.com), and, upon reading it, came across a reference to a 'Wolf' 8x8 heavy armoured car. This was unknown to me, so an Internet search was in order. All I...

Hi, the Omega Aircraft Corp. designed many helicopters and projects,the BS-12 series was the first,followed by BS-14 Falcon Project,it was a two seat powered by two engines,also the BS-17A Airliner Project,it was three engine five bladed rotor,and had expanded passenger pod...

Hi, here is a Canadian aircraft,called Skreemr,it is a hypersonic transport aircraft,could carry passenger from London to New York in 30 minutes. http://www.snipview.com/q/Aircraft_designers?scid=10799728&scd=s1.quazoo.com&fItemID=2543052&fditem=s3.quazoo.com&flink=true&ItemSlideshow

Hi, here is the early drawing to De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver with Gipsy Queen engine. Jet & Prop 5/1995

According to Chinese sources that Chinese 8in howitzer is a joint project betwen Norinco, British SRC company and Spanish ERT/EDB company. British come up with the design drawings, Spanish SITECSA company had produce two prototypes and Norinco produce two more prototype. Is any one have any...

Because I have the modelling skills of Homer Simpson I have to get models made for me. Recently I persuaded a friend who builds kits to build the Academy (I think) 1/72 Avro Arrow in two of my favourite Lightning squadrons. I already posted some years back pictures of an Arrow from the...

Disney made "Stop that Tank" in 1943, for canadian Army on how to use a Tank rifle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlJD0pZp4eQ if that to dry material for you, try Tex Avery "Blitz Wolf" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGQWHqyFQQo