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Grumman G-118 ✕ Avro Canada CF-103 ✕
Manufacturer Grumman Avro Canada
Description The Grumman G-118 (sometimes called the XF12F, though this was never official) was a design for an all-weather missile-armed interceptor aircraft for use on US Navy aircraft carriers. 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).
Designer Grumman Avro Canada
Type Fighter aircraft
Length (m) 17.3736 17.9832
Height (m) 4.2672 4.8768
Cockpit Crew 2 2
Max Speed (km/h) 1041.246
Max Ceiling (m) 18288
Armament 2 x AIR-2 Genie unguided nuclear rockets or; ; 3 × AIM-7 Sparrow III missiles , or; 2 × AIM-7 Sparrow and; 3 × AIM-9 Sidewinder Proposed; Forward-firing ventral gun pack containing eight .5-inch Browning M3 machine guns (200 rounds per machine gun)
Max Mach (Mach) 2 0.85
Number Built 0
Powerplant Description 2 × J79-GE-3 after-burning turbojet engines 2 × Avro Canada Orenda 17 afterburning turbojet engines
Primary Users United States Navy (intended) Royal Canadian Air Force (intended)
Status Not built Cancelled December 1951
Wikipedia Article (URL) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_G-118 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-103
Flat Wing Span (m) 13.1064 13.1064
Flat Wing Area (m²) 55.2773
Aircraft Engine General Electric J79 Avro Canada Orenda
Number of Engines 2 2