CF-EJD-X
Avro Canada C-102 Jetliner
(c/n 1)
The Avro Canada
Jetliner was a superb design destroyed by political infighting and the
advent of
the Korean
War. It flew shortly after the ill fated D.H. 106 Comet, and was
not plagued by nearly
as many problems. The image above
is courtesy of Avro Canada. Unfortunately Avro did not have
the capacity to develop both the CF-100
and the C-102 and the Korean conflict demanded that
maximum attention be given to military
products Howard Hughes was very impressed with the
C-102 and
envisaged its usage by many airlines in the US. He even tried to
get Convair to license
produce it, but met fierce
resistance from the US government on such a scheme. Hiughes then
tried
to buy the rights himself. Avro
Canada (probably very wisely) rejected his offer. First flight of
this elegant design was on 10 August
1949 and the last time it was seen airborne was at a CNE
Air Show
in 1956. It was finally dismantled.