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  2. List of supersonic aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Fighter: 1989: Production: 137: AIDC T-5 Brave Eagle: Taiwan: Turbofan: ... First supersonic civil aircraft since the Concorde [2] Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket: United ...

  3. History of aviation in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Around 1953 Canada began development of its own supersonic interceptor aircraft, the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow. The test aircraft achieved supersonic flight in 1958, but the nature of the threat changed from over-the-Pole manned aircraft to ballistic missiles. Many interceptor aircraft programs of the period were cancelled.

  4. Supersonic aircraft - Wikipedia

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    Supersonic aircraft were developed in the second half of the twentieth century. Supersonic aircraft have been used for research and military purposes, but only two supersonic aircraft, the Tupolev Tu-144 (first flown on December 31, 1968) and the Concorde (first flown on March 2, 1969), ever entered service for civil use as airliners.

  5. Canadair CF-104 Starfighter - Wikipedia

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    The Canadair CF-104 Starfighter (CF-111, CL-90) is a modified version of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter supersonic fighter aircraft built in Canada by Canadair under licence. . It was primarily used as a ground attack aircraft, despite being designed as an intercept

  6. Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck - Wikipedia

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    On 18 December 1952, Squadron Leader Janusz Żurakowski, the Avro company chief development test pilot, took the CF-100 Mk 4 prototype up to Mach 1.10 in a dive from 14,000 m (45,000 ft), [2] making the type the first straight-winged jet aircraft to achieve controlled supersonic flight. [citation needed]

  7. The supersonic plane that was faster than Concorde - AOL

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    Its inaugural flight — 60 years ago in September 1964 — kicked off a golden era for supersonic aircraft. The plane would later achieve a speed of just over 2,000 miles per hour, nearly 50% ...

  8. Avro Canada - Wikipedia

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    In 1944, an Advisory Committee on Aircraft Manufacture was established by the Canadian government, the Canadian Director of Aircraft Production wrote to Minister of Munitions and Supply Clarence Howe in 1944 to express the "utmost importance to Canada" of the establishment of a Canadian aircraft industry, and UK-based Avro also established in 1944 a company searching for post-war opportunities ...

  9. Canadair - Wikipedia

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    Fighter aircraft: 1 0 First flight: 1950 First del'y: 1950 License-built North American F-86 Sabre: CL-28: CP-107 Argus Maritime patrol aircraft: up to 15* First flight: 1957 First del'y: 1960 Development of the Bristol Britannia; *normal flights also included a reserve crew of four CL-30: CT-133 Shooting Star Trainer (aircraft) / ECM ...