Canadian Group Build - Inspiration

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Yes there was. And there was a Canberra connection.

Avro Canada proposed adding 4 x bomb pylons in an attempt to meet a Sept 1950 USAF light bomber requirement. Those 4 x 1,000 lb bombs were considered inadequate and the CF-100 was dropped from the competition (along with North American's B-45 Tornado and AJ-1 Savage). That left just the Martin XB-51 and the English Electric Canberra ... which was eventually chosen as the Martin B-57.

In other 'Clunky' news ...

I played with a 'CU-100':
- https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=351.msg7297#msg7297

The Rat actually built a long-winged 'Dragon Lady' Canuck:
https://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal12/11201-11300/gal11281-CR-100-Bailey/00.shtm

And on the RW interceptor side, in May 1956, Avro Canada proposed a retrofit for CF-100s by placing a Bristol Orpheus turbojet on either wingtip.

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I heard somewhere that there was plans for a possible attack version. I imagine it would have been similar to the Canberra or B-57.

See: 

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Don't forget the VTOL/STOVL option:

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[apophenia]

Great stuff, Greg!

Don't forget the VTOL/STOVL option:

Indeed. That VTOL Canuck concept used the same Orenda-devised 'eyelid' flapper-valve cascade outlets as the 1956 'X-Wing' fighter for the US Navy's TS-140.

From Avro Canada's Oct 1956 brochure, "Proposal for VTOL Visual Fighter in Accordance with U.S. Navy Specification TS-140":

Maximum speed: Mach=1.75, climb/cruise Mach=0.9
Rate of Climb 55,600 ft/min (at sea level at Mach=0.9)
Ceiling (combat) 62,000 ft
Powerplants: 4 x Orenda-licenced Orpheus BOr.11 (5,760 lb st)
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BTW, I did a whole series of spin-offs from Avro's TS-140 submission for the Anything Goes GB way back in early 2012:
-- https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=910.0