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Although the Canadian government purchased and built thousands of military aircraft for use by the RCAF Home War Establishment (RCAF Eastern Air Command and RCAF Western Air Command) and the Canadian-based units of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, under the provisions of the plan Canada was to provide the training aircraft and ...
The Canadian Forces have leased aircraft from vendors to help transport troops and equipment from Canada and other locations in the past decade. Transport aircraft have been leased as required. Despite RCAF marking all aircraft have civilian registration numbers. Beechcraft B300 Super King Air. Two aircraft leased from Transwest Air Limited.
This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following organizations: Canadian Aviation Corps (1914–1915) which operated a single Burgess-Dunne tailless floatplane; Canadian Air Force (CAF) (1920–1924) while under the control of the Air Board.
Canadian Aerodrome Company aircraft (2 P) Canadian Car and Foundry aircraft (6 P) Conair aircraft (1 P) Curtiss-Reid aircraft (1 P) Custom Flight aircraft (2 P) D.
The Canadian company produced a series of single-engined, two-seat training aircraft, based on US designs but including variants adapted specifically to Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) needs. The Fleet Model 7 began as an American design, the Model 2, originally designed by Consolidated. Besides two prototypes imported from the US, a total of ...
The Sabre Mk.2 had the same engine, although after the first 20 aircraft were produced, the remainder of the production run was distinguished in having power-assisted controls and an "all-flying" tailplane. The sole Sabre Mk.3 was the first of the Canadian Sabres to use the Avro Canada Orenda turbojet (Orenda 3 with 6,000 lbf (27 kN) thrust).
[211] 1 system with 5 aircraft acquired in 2016. [212] A second system with 5 aircraft ordered in 2019 for delivery in summer 2022. [210] [213] The DND was also the first international customer for the UAS. [214] RQ-11B Raven United States: Miniature UAV: 15 [215] Canadian designation CU-179 Raven-B. [216] Black Hornet 3 Norway: Micro unmanned ...
In 1987, the Canadian Engineering Centennial Board named the DHC-2 one of the top ten Canadian engineering achievements of the 20th century. The Royal Canadian Mint honoured the aircraft on a special edition Canadian quarter in November 1999, [4] and on a 50-cent commemorative gold coin in 2008. [5]