The CP-107 Argus: The other Canadian super-plane.
[Note: This post was initially shown in gripen4canada.blogspot.ca . I am including it here as proof that Canada can indeed design and build a great aircraft! Many Canadians look back in time at the Avro Arrow and the potential it promised. A grand military construction project that was years ahead of everything else, perfectly suited for Canada, and worthy of our pride. Yet people tend to forget about another Canadian military aircraft that originated in the 50s. One that was the most advanced and capable model of its day. One that was designed, built, and flown in Canada, the CP-107 Argus. It's easy to understand why the Argus doesn't have the same mystique as the Arrow. A big, lumbering, piston-propellor anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft just isn't as sexy and exiting as a sleek, mach 2 jet fighter. (Otherwise, Tom Cruise would be flying a S-3 Viking in Top Gun , instead of a F-14 Tomcat.) The Argus was no less impo...