Canada aircraft
The Canadair CL-66 was a Canadian development, for
Trans-Canada Airlines(TCA), of
the Douglas DC-4
Canadair North Star CL-5
AVRO Arrow Mk.3/4 / AVRO CF-100 Cannuck / Canadair CT-114 Tutor
Bussines Jets
Learjet 35 / Learjet 55 / Learjet 60 XR / Learjet 65 / Learjet 85 / Bombardier Challenger 850 / Canadair Global Express
Civilian liners
C series / CRJ-200 / Canadair CC-109 Cosmopolitan / Bombardier Challenger 600 series / Bombardier CRJ700 series/900/1000 (70–100 passengers) / DHC-7 / DHC-8 Dash-8
Transport / Waterbombers / Others
CL-215 Scooper / CL 415 Superscooper / Canadair CL-144 Challenger / Canadair North Star / Conroy Guppy / DHC-4 Caribou / DHC-5 Buffaloo / Canadair Cl-107 Argus / Canadair North Star
Design and development
Canadair Aircraft Ltd. took over the Canadian Vickers Ltd. operations on 11 November 1944. Besides the existing Consolidated PBY Canso flying patrol boats in production, a development contract to produce a new variant of the Douglas DC-4 transport was still in effect. The new Canadair DC-4M powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines mounted in Rolls-Royce Universal Power Plant (UPP) installations[4] emerged in 1946 as the "North Star." More than just an engine swap, the North Star had the Douglas DC-6 nose, landing gear and fuselage shortened by 80 in (2 metres), DC-4 empennage, rear fuselage, flaps and wing tips, C-54 middle fuselage sections, wing centre- and outer-wing panels, cabin pressurisation, a standardised cockpit layout and a different electrical system.
Canadair built 71 examples under the designations: North Star, DC-4M, C-4 and C-5. With the exception of the single C-5 (which had Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, as fitted to the Douglas DC-6), these variants were all powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and 51 of the production examples were pressurised.
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Canadair built 71 examples under the designations: North Star, DC-4M, C-4 and C-5. With the exception of the single C-5 (which had Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, as fitted to the Douglas DC-6), these variants were all powered by Rolls-Royce Merlin engines and 51 of the production examples were pressurised.
DC-4M.1
Initial variant as designed for Trans Canada Airlines (TCA); at least 5 built for TCA.
DC-4M.2
Canadair
Canadair North Star
The RCAF North Stars were unpressurized and were used on a variety of transport duties. Like other North Stars, they were notorious for the high level of cabin noise caused by the Merlin engines, as unlike the radials of the DC-4, the exhaust from the individual cylinders is not collected and exhausted via a single outlet, but instead exits the separate individual ejector-exhaust stubs in high-pressure bursts.
Canadair DC-4-M North Star: See below
Role Passenger and cargo transport
Manufacturer Canadair
First flight 15 July 1946
Introduction 1946
Retired 1960s (RCAF), 1975 (last civil operator)
Primary users Trans-Canada Air Lines
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
BOAC
Flying Enterprise
Produced 1946 - 1950
Number built 71
Developed from Douglas DC-4
Crew: Seven
Capacity: 52 First Class passengers, or 62 if operated as an all-Economy Class aircraft or 11,500 lbs (5,216 kg) of cargo
Length: 94 ft 9½ in (28.89 m)
Wingspan: 117 ft 6 in (35.81 m)
Height: 27 ft 6 in (8.38 m) Performance
Maximum speed: 307 knots (353 mph, 568 km/h)
Cruise speed: 282 knots (325 mph, 523 km/h) Range: . (6 212 km.)
Service ceiling: 36,000 ft (10,970 m)
Canadair North Star CL-5
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The Canadair North Star was a 1940s Canadian development, for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), of the Douglas DC-4.instead of radial piston engines used by the Douglas design, Canadair used Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engines to achieve a higher cruising speed of 325 mph (523 km/h) compared with the 227 mph (365 km/h) of the standard DC-4.
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