This CF-100 was manufactured in 1958 as a Mk.5 and was one of the last batch produced. Built as an all weather interceptor, it was later converted into a Mk.5D electronic counter measures (ECM) aircraft. It is on extended loan from the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.
Avro Canada
CF-100 Canuck MK.5D
The CF-100 Canuck was the first fighter aircraft to be designed and built in large quantities in Canada. The CF-100’s main role was interception of Soviet bombers that penetrated Canadian and Western European airspace.