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unusual facts about Canadair CL-227 Sentinel


Canadair CL-227 Sentinel

While designed purely for intelligence gathering, its strange and menacing physical appearance inspired Science Fiction writer Bruce Sterling to portray it as an assassination device in the novel Islands in the Net.


1970 in Luxembourg

2 December – One of Cargolux's two CL-44's crashes in East Pakistan while conducting a humanitarian airlift, killing four crew members and four villagers.

Canadair CL-89

Three types of sensors were used with the British Drone Troops, Vinten (day sensor) Zeiss (day and night) and IRLS (day and night).

Transmeridian Air Cargo

In 1968 the Canadair CL-44 was introduced and eventually eight were in the fleet (all with folding tails).


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