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Armament

Please stop adding the machine guns. The specifications are for Mk.5 which did not have this armament. Differences between variants should be delineated in the "Variants" section or on a separate "Variants" page if warranted by space.

From MoS Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content

Note that these specifications should relate to a specific variant of the aircraft, and be labelled accordingly. Usually this will be the most famous/noteworthy/numerous one.

Thanks! - Emt147 ^Burninate! 19:22, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really sorry, that is my own stupid fault, I didn't notice that the specifications were for the Mk.5 specifically. My Bad!! mhunter 21:52, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No problem! Thanks for contributing! :) - Emt147 ^Burninate! 23:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At variants

I added this:

"projected swept-wing CF-103 evidently never passed the artist's concept stage."

based on a book I've read on the CF-100. There's a diagram or picture of a Canuck fuselage with wide-chord swept wings, captioned CF-103. As far as I know, she never got off that paper. If anybody knows more, please include it!

Also, I've seen references to "Velvet Glove" missile trials. Am I right those were for Sparrow? Trekphiler 10:13 & 10:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The CF-103 progressed to wooden mockup stage before being cancelled. The Velvet Glove was a Canadair project that was cancelled before it was to be considered as armament for the CF-105. The Velvet Glove test flight aircraft included the CF-100 and Canadair Sabre. I'll write more when I get a chance. Bzuk 11:42, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image deletions

A number of image files have been deleted recently that are posted on a few pages that I watch. This article and the CF-116 article are the ones that I remember. I don't know how to back-track deleted images to see why it was done, so I have no idea why they were deleted. After the fact, a user has removed the dead files from the infoboxes here and on CF-116, but didn't bother to attempt to replace the images. I don't know if this users had anything to do with the original images being deleted or not. That's all I know. - BillCJ 01:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- BillCJ 01:51, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

North Bay clucks

I know no one is going to believe me, but I saw a Cluck from the window of the library at Laurentian University, obviously returning to CSFB North Bay. I entered U in 1985, and I believe I saw the aircraft the next year, but it could have been as late as 1989 when that library was closed. Either way, it was several years after they were ostensibly "gone" from North Bay in 1981. Maury 22:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maury -- My guess is that you saw one of 414 Squadron's CT-133 Silver Stars, which were operating out of CFB North Bay during the time period you cite. Their configuration was similar to the CF-100, and if it was some distance away, they could have easily be mistaken. As far as I know, the last CF-100 to fly was 100760, which was retired by Pratt & Whitney Canada in the spring of 1982.

I had a similar experience in the summer of 1981 in the northwest corner of Algonquin Park near CFB North Bay, a few months before the last CF-100s were retired. We saw what could have been a CF-100 or a T-33 in the sky, but it wasn't close enough to be certain. I would like to think that it was a CF-100, as I never saw one flying on any other occasion, but there's no way I'll ever know for sure.--209.202.70.226 20:54, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Notable appearances in media

Do we need this section? I followed the link and the page has no mention of the CF-100 that I could find. If the a/c is alluded to somewhere in fiction or "the media", maybe the Aircraft in fiction page should be updated accordingly- BC _{talk to me}

It all got removed, so I'll fix this article. - Ahunt (talk) 20:37, 31 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notes Query

Note 1 simply shows "Rossiter 2002, p. 63" Can anyone tell me what reference is being made here? If anyone fixes the reference, could they please inform me at pat@hyperion.co.nz? Thank you. I am unable to understand how the four tildes provide a signature: reading the documentation appears to state that they provide a date and time stamp. 202.27.236.240 (talk) 05:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC) Patrick Rossiter[reply]

Good point. The Rossiter reference would refer to the full citation, which should be located in the bibliography. The full citation is indeed missing. We may be able to find it via the article's history (it may have been accidentally deleted). Yes, just type in four tildes in a row, the tildes should then be highlighted in gold and the magic happens after you "publish changes".- BC _{talk to me} 07:05, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Or the information was copied from another article, and the person doing so didn't copy the whole reference over. As to the signature, don't sign the articles, only posts on talk pages. Also, it does no good to add the tildes in an edit summary, as you can't sign summaries, though it seems to be commom with some users nowadays, for whatever reasons. - BilCat (talk) 08:19, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Really?

This article states: "During 1981, all of the remaining RCAF CF-100s were withdrawn from service, having been succeeded by newer fighters such as the McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet." This is a somewhat misleading statement. The CF-100 was withdrawn from frontline service as a fighter in 1963 when replaced by the CF-101B Voodoo. A small number did continue in secondary roles, such as ECM training, but to say the aircraft was directly succeeded as a fighter by aircraft such as the CF-18 is a bit of a stretch. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:801:4280:A710:0:0:0:9C4 (talk) 22:04, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Good point,

Fixed - Ahunt (talk) 22:21, 14 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]