IWMs CF-100 Canuck

The air to air photo also appeared in Aeroplane. Unfortunately my collection now resides in Switzerland so I can’t look up which issue. I’m sure I scanned it & posted it to one of the haydon-Baillie threads on here.

Staravia of Ascot Berkshire recycled a lot of RCAF aircraft at Prestwick, dozens of RCAF F-86’s ended up in their Ascot yard and in the late ’70’s large amounts of the F-86’s were still there. I had many an exploration around their yard, but I never saw any CF-100 parts, I can’t remember seeing any pics of CF-100’s at their Lasham yard either, maybe Staravia didn’t/lost the bid on them as there was little of any use/value to recycle in the CF-100’s?

Interesting photo, Robert. That one is RCAF, but of course the Belgian Air Force had their own.

Belgian Air Museum 1989

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How did the College of Aeronautics obtain the CF-100 Canuk now at Duxford. I was not aware of any operating in Europe during the 60s, did it fly into Cranfield and when did it arrive.

In addition to Canadian CF-100s in Europe in the 1960s, we shouldn’t forget those in Belgian service.

Those were taken on large format?

Wow – respect to Mr Rigby, that’s quite a feat!

Adrian

Yes it was a Hasselblad. He did some air-to-airs with it as well! Now with regard to the CF100 coming from Germany to Cranfield, I have always been told by the surviving HBANC members that it went there direct from overhaul at Prestwick.

Prestwick was the place for CF-100s as Robert Witton says. I photographed at least thirty there in April 1963.

We think it was John Rigby, Ray Hanna’s brother-in-law and the person who took the amazing T33 low level shots on his large format camera.

Those were taken on large format?

Wow – respect to Mr Rigby, that’s quite a feat!

Adrian

Thanks Roobarb! They were great pics. Never saw OHB display, I only made three air shows before he died, not ones he flew at.

Yes Hooligan that’s correct. John got two great shots and one was published at the time in a number of magazines. Both were subsequently used with his permission in my article in Aeroplane in June 2001 when I wrote about the resurrection of the T33. To see the prints at large size was something very special and I am indebted to John for his help in digging his original negatives out for use and for some of us to obtain prints from. He also got a great shot from the tower which Black Knight uses as his avatar.

the amazing T33 low level shots

Is that the shoot where the tail pipe was more or less amidst the alien corn? I recall seeing that pic 40 odd years ago in Aircraft Illustrated or some such mag; and perhaps again more recently?

It was ferried by Ormond Haydon-Baillie In 1975. It was placed on the U.K. register. Apparently the ferry permit was for one flight only, but I have seen a report from someone who witnessed its arrival and reckoned it was flown a couple more times on local circuits that day or soon afterwards.

Indeed you are correct Consul. The aircraft made the ferry flight with Ormond flying it and his brother Wensley in the back seat. After arrival at DX it made two further flights in the hands of Ormond with his father Bill and half-brother Denzel as passengers. There were intentions to keep it flying but problems with a brake maxeret delayed this and then other events with both the collection and Ormond’s untimely death meant that it never happened. The ferry flight was done in formation with a relatively fast twin (poss Cessna 421) carrying out air-to-airs. We think it was John Rigby, Ray Hanna’s brother-in-law and the person who took the amazing T33 low level shots on his large format camera. At least one of these air-to-airs was published. It’s in the copy of the teenage magazine “Speed and Power”. I would dig out my original copy (being a teenager at the time) but it’s in the Roobarb archive in the East Wing loft!

EB:

The entry in the aforementioned book just says “arrived from Zweibrucken” and the later entry for DX says “ferried to”.

The answer may the found in Ken Ellis’ excellent Wrecks & Relics Lost Aviation Collections of Britain, p 41. It arrived at Cranfield on 03Oct62 from Zweibrucken in West Germany as a gift to the Library of Flight from the RCAF with which it had lately served with 3 Wing. It was ferried to DX on 29Mar75.

Thanks David for the information, did it fly into Cranfield from Zweibrucken.
Sorry to upset our Canadian forumites with my misspelling of Canuck. Must do better.:apologetic:

It was ferried by Ormond Haydon-Baillie In 1975. It was placed on the U.K. register. Apparently the ferry permit was for one flight only, but I have seen a report from someone who witnessed its arrival and reckoned it was flown a couple more times on local circuits that day or soon afterwards.

The answer may the found in Ken Ellis’ excellent Wrecks & Relics Lost Aviation Collections of Britain, p 41. It arrived at Cranfield on 03Oct62 from Zweibrucken in West Germany as a gift to the Library of Flight from the RCAF with which it had lately served with 3 Wing. It was ferried to DX on 29Mar75.

It was part of the Cranfield College collection until bought by Ormond Haydon-Baillie with the intention of flying it on the display circuit. It made one ferry flight to Duxford, but that was it, sadly with Ormond’s demise it never flew again and becmae part of the IWM collection. Lots of these were based in Europe with the RCAF in the ’60s.

Sorry I don’t have an answer to your query. I just wanted to point out that you need another”c” in “Canuck”
I should know ’cause I am one eh!? 🙂