Canadair CP-107 Argus

what is it?

The Canadair CP-107 Argus (company designation CL-28) is a maritime patrol aircraft designed and manufactured by Canadair for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The Argus served throughout the Cold War in the RCAF's Maritime Air Command and later the Canadian Force's Maritime Air Group and Air Command.

🔎How to recognise it: 4 piston engines with propellers · 43.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 507 km/htop speed
• size 71.2 tmax take-off weight
• built 33made in total

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 69 years ago, in 1957.
• 🏎️Top speed is 3.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 43.4 m: about 10 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 12 African elephants (~6 t each).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1957-03-28

introduced

1958

retired

1982

status

retired

number built

33

role

maritime patrol aircraft

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Canadair

engines

4× Wright R-3350 TC18EA1 18 cylinder Turbo-Compound / R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone

crew

15

length

40.4 m

wingspan

43.4 m

height

12.4 m

max take-off weight

71.2 t

top speed

507 km/h

cruise speed

333 km/h

range

—

ceiling

7,620 m

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

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