Landing gear
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Nose
- DATE
- 1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.0901.012
- MANUFACTURER
- DOWTY EQUIPMENT OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- AVRO CANADA CF-105 ARROW
- LOCATION
- Ajax, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- JHS 8
- Part Number
- 12
- Total Parts
- 26
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- steel; rubber tires
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 240.0 cm
- Width
- 70.0 cm
- Height
- 58.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- DOWTY
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ajax
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1954-1959
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
DESIGNED TO PERFORM AS AN ALL-WEATHER INTERCEPTOR AIRCRAFT. - Technical
-
IN 1953 WORK WAS BEGUN AT A.V. ROE CANADA LTD. ON THE DESIGN OF A RADICALLY NEW SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT, INTENDED TO COUNTER DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERSONIC BOMBERS SUPPOSEDLY BEING DEVELOPED IN USSR. A TAILLESS HIGH DELTAWING CONFIGURATION WAS SELECTED: THE DELTA PROVIDED THE LIGHTEST WING FOR A LOW THICKNESS/CHORD RATIO * CONT'D - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- mfr. plate: "STEERING ACT. GENERAL ASSY/ AVRO AIRCRAFT LTD. DWG. No. 7-1091-72/ MANUFACTURED IN CANADA" / mfr. plate: "DESIGNED & MANUFACTURED BY/ Jarry Hydraulics/ MONTREAL/ PART No. 1640 ISS. H/ SERIAL No. JHS 8"/ ink stamp: "ASSEMBLY DATE/ JUL 58"/ ink stamp: "CURE DATE/ MAR 57"/ ink stamp: "TESTED"/ mfr. plate: "Jarry Hydraulics/ MONTREAL/ CANADA/ STEERING MECHANISM/ PATENTED/ U.S. PAT. 2,763,449/ CANADIAN PAT. 555368/ U.K. PAT. 791 101"/ ink stamp: "ASSEMBLY DATE/ SEP 58"/ ink stamp: CURE DATE/ 1-57"/ ink stamp: "TESTED"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- painted grey; black tires
- Decoration
- N/A
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DOWTY EQUIPMENT OF CANADA LTD., Landing gear, circa 1957, Artifact no. 1967.0901, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.0901.012/
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