The Avro CF-100

THE AVRO CF-100 Still in service after 30 years in the air, the Avro CF-100 twin-jet interceptor is one of Canada's great aviation success stories. It is the only Canadian-designed fighter to go into mass production. Known officially as the Canuck, and unofficially as the Clunk, the Lead Sled, the Aluminum Crow as well as other sometimes unmentionable names, the CF-100 was once a familiar sight in Canadian and European skies. With its Orenda engines housed in bulky fuselage-hugging nacelles, it is a distinctive looking aircraft. This text tells the story of the aircraft and the people who flew it.