Avro Canada C102 Jetliner

what is it?

The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium-range turbojet-powered jet airliner designed and built by Avro Canada. Its name, "Jetliner", was chosen as a shortening of the term "jet airliner", a term which is still in popular usage for jet-powered passenger aircraft. The origins of the Jetliner can be traced back to Rolls-Royce's development of the Rolls-Royce Avon (an early turbojet engine) and interest at Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) in the operation of a jet-powered airliner.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 jet engines · 29.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 671 km/htop speed
• size 24.9 tmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 77 years ago, in 1949.
• 🏎️Top speed is 5.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 29.9 m: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 4 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 🏔️Can fly 1.4× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1949

number built

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role

jet airliner

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Avro

engines

4× Rolls-Royce Derwent V

length

25.1 m

wingspan

29.9 m

max take-off weight

24.9 t

top speed

671 km/h

cruise speed

605 km/h

range

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ceiling

12,283 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.