Historic Canadian aircraft set to get a facelift, courtesy of the City of Moncton
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A piece of aviation history will get a facelift this spring by the City of Moncton.
The Avro CF-100 was gifted to the city in 1966 and sits on a concrete pedestal in Centennial Park.
Dan Hicks, the city's director of parks operations, says its planned refurbishment is part of a broader effort to spruce up a number of historic artifacts at the park.
Centennial is also home to a naval anchor, a WWII tank, and a century-old locomotive that are all showing signs of wear from exposure to the weather.
Hicks said this will be his first attempt at restoring an aircraft, but he's had advice from several people with expertise on the subject.
"The New Brunswick Turnbull Chapter [of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society] reached out to me when they heard we were doing this project," Hicks said. "They had a couple of their people get up in a boom lift and look it over."
The group refurbished the aircraft 21 years ago, but they found a few issues during their recent inspection, he said.
While it's in reasonable shape mechanically, the paint and decals have dulled and there was some minor damage to one aileron, a few of the exterior lights and to the glass canopy over the cockpit.
That's not surprising, given its age.
This particular aircraft, serial number 18488, was built by Avro Canada and entered service with the RCAF in 1955, making it 67 years old this June.
A subsonic jet fighter, this one flew with No. 428 Squadron as an interceptor during the height of the Cold War.
The CF-100 Canuck, affectionately known as the "Clunk" by the aircrew who flew it, has the distinction of being the only Canadian-designed fighter aircraft to ever enter mass-production.
Because of that, a number of them are on display across Canada.
Jim Hurlburt, who runs Heritage Metal Restoration in Barrie, Ont., has restored two CF-100s over the past decade.
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