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"Ed Majden" writes:

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First you blame America for the demise of the AVRO CF-105 (because we
didn't subsidize YOUR aircraft industry) and now you blame the USA
for Canada's weaseling out of going to Iraq because we didn't get
the UN onboard
-Mike Marron

I just pointed out that one of the reasons the Arrow was cancelled was
that the USA would not buy it. Now lets look at the hard facts!

Canada bought: USA bought
F86
Banshee
T-33 ZIP
CF-104
CF-101
CF-5
CIM10B Bomarc
C130 Herc
CF-18
and others!

Erm - Canada built their own Sabres. While the Mk 2s and 4s were
pretty much straight F-86Es, (And, in fact the USAF bought 60 Canadair
built Mk 2s as F-86Es), the 5s and 6s were, aguably, the best Day
Fighter Sabres, with teh extra oomph of the Orenda Orenda engines.
They also built a huge raft of Sabres for the RAF, which provided them
with their only effective swept wing fighters until the Hunters
finally got into service.

Tha Canadians also built their own T-33s, as well. The biggest
difference between a Canadian T-33 and the Lockheed built ones was the
substitution of a Rolls Nene for the J33. A little more performance,
abd a lot simpler to get started.

They also built their own -104s. These were uniquely configured,
being pure Nuclear Strike aircraft. No guns, no Sirewinders, and no
conventional bombs. They also built a bunch of F-104Gs for NATO.

Nost of those airplanes were built with U.S. contributions of MBAP
funds. (As were Hunters, Mysteres and Canberras)

It seems to me that the U.S did a lot of, if not propping
up. encouragement of the Canadian Aviation Industry.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster