| Manufacturer |
Avro Canada |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Description |
The Avro Canada CF-103 was a proposed Canadian interceptor, designed by Avro Canada in the early 1950s as a development, and possible replacement of the company's CF-100 Canuck, that was entering service at the time with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). |
The McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD (Short Takeoff and Landing/Maneuver Technology Demonstrator) is a modified F-15 Eagle. |
| First Flight |
|
1988-09-07 |
| Service End |
|
1991-08-15 |
| Designer |
Avro Canada |
McDonnell Douglas |
| Type |
|
Technology Demonstrator and Research Aircraft |
| Length (m) |
17.9832 |
19.42 |
| Height (m) |
4.8768 |
5.64 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
1041.246 |
2124.334 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
|
18288 |
| Armament |
Proposed; Forward-firing ventral gun pack containing eight .5-inch Browning M3 machine guns (200 rounds per machine gun) |
|
| Capacity Description |
|
17,000 lb (7,112 kg) |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.85 |
2 |
| National Origin |
|
United States of America |
| Number Built |
0 |
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Avro Canada Orenda 17 afterburning turbojet engines |
2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofan engines, equipped with 20° three-dimensional thrust vectoring P/YBBN, 79 kN thrust each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Canadian Air Force (intended) |
United States Air Force, NASA |
| Status |
Cancelled December 1951 |
Retired from both NASA and military service |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-103 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
13.1064 |
13 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
|
56.5 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Avro Canada Orenda |
Pratt & Whitney F100 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |