General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ RUBBER

Dimensions

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

Length

17.0 m

Width

1.4 m

Height

4.6 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Aircraft

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

McDonnell Douglas

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Missouri

City

St. Louis

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS F-18 WAS BUILT IN LATE JULY 1982 AND ARRIVED AT THE MUSEUM IN OCTOBER 2001

Canada

THE CF-18 REPLACED THREE OLDER TYPES OF AIRCRAFT USED BY THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES; THE CF-101, THE CF-104 AND THE CF-5

Function

THE HORNET IS A TWO-SEATER, TWIN-ENGINED FIGHTER AND ATTACK AIRCRAFT THAT CAN OPERATE FROM BOTH AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND LAND BASES

Technical

THE CF-18 IS FITTED WITH AN ADVANCED FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES EXCELLENT HANDLING CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOWS PILOTS TO LEARN TO FLY THE AIRPLANE WITH RELATIVE EASE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On both side, front of fuselage reads: "901"/ Below cockpit on port side reads: "LCOL Gordon Zans/ CWO Ronald Kinsman"/ On both side of fuse reads: "CAUTION/ NO INFILTERED EXTERNAL POWEWR/ TO BE CONNECTED/ EXTERNAL/ POWER SWITCH/ 9/ [WATER SIGN]/ LIQUID COOLANT/ GUN ELECT [below] SAFETY SWITCH/ NORMAL CANOPY [below] CONTROL INSIDE/ [logo resembling an E]/ 115 200V AC/ 400 HZ"/ Beside is roundel with Canadian maple leaf

Missing

N/A

Finish

TWO-TONE GREY CAMOUFLAGE WITH A FALSE CANOPY

Decoration

A COUGAR EMBLEM