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Up until the late 1960s the Canadian Navy operated a modern aircraft carrier. It had an angled flight deck, steam catapults, and fighter jets. The jets were comparable to landbased aircraft like the CF100 but could pack a vicious airtoair punch with their Sidewinder missiles. They saw a brief service aboard HMCS Bonaventure before being retired without replacement. It was the McDonnell F2H Banshee, Canada’s premiere seabased jet fighter.

0:00 Introduction
0:29 Canadian Navy aircraft carriers 1945 to 1957
2:13 New Fighter Selection
3:34 Specifications
5:07 Comparison to the CF100
5:50 Operational Service
8:23 Accidents and Retirement

Music:
Denmark Portland Cello Project

Research Sources:
CASMAircraft Histories HMCS Bonaventure CVL22 by Robert T. Murray
McDonnell Banshee Royal Canadian Air Force http://www.rcafarc.forces.gc.ca/en/a...
Magnificent Moments by Vintage Wings of Canada http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageNew...
McDonnell Banshee Shearwater Aviation Museum http://www.shearwateraviationmuseum.n...
HMCS Bonaventure: Canada's Last Aircraft Carrier by Kevin Patterson http://www.sevenyearproject.com/canad...

Footage Sources:
HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21) Majestic Class Light Aircraft Carrier Camildoc    • HMCS Magnificent (CVL 21)  Majestic ...  
HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22) Majestic Class Aircraft Carrier Camildoc    • HMCS Bonaventure (CVL 22)  Majestic ...  

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