General Information

Serial #

DEC.4488.58

Part Number

2

Total Parts

26

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

metal; synthetic;

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

N/A

Height

N/A

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's plate reads: "DOWTY/ EQUIPMENT OF CANADA LIMITED, AJAX, ONTARIO/ LIQUID SPRING MAIN LANDING GEAR/ PART NO./ XY3213B/ ISUUE NO./ 9/ SERIAL NO./ DEC.4488.58/ INSPN./ [BLANK]/ AVRO AIRCRAFT LTD. MALTON, ONTARIO/ DRAWING NO./ 7-1092-804/ ISSUE NO./ [BLANK]/ INSPN/ [BLANK]/ DESIGNED LAND/ MANUFACTURED/ IN/ CANADA/ DOWTY CANADIAN/ PATENT NOS/ 414072-414073/ 455668-410322/ APPLICATION NO./ 607475/ PENDING"

Missing

landing gear appears complete

Finish

Painted grey metal with two black synthetic tires.

Decoration

N/A