The Preparation

Image: Canadian Department of National Defence

To counter back the Russian intimidation, the Canadian firm Avro Canada then known as the A. V. Roe Canada Limited was assigned the task of building aircraft that could counter back the Russian threat. And it was then the Avro CF-100 Canuck was born. It was nicknamed the Clunk which was officially launched in 1953 and remained in the military till the 1980s.