CP-140 AURORA
Aircraft Description: The CP-140 Aurora is a long range patrol aircraft of the Canadian CF Air Command. It is based on the P-3 Orion airframe, and the electronics suite of the S-3 Viking.
Length¡¿Wingspan¡¿Height: 35.61 m¡¿30.37 m ¡¿10.30 m
Weight(Empty/ Maximum Gross Weight): 27,892 kg / 64,410 kg
Power: Alison T-56-A-14-LFE Turboprop engines¡¿4
Speed(Maximum / Cruising): 750 km/h / 648 km/h
Service Ceiling: 10,668 m
Range: 9,266 km
Surveillance Equipment:
Radar, Sonobuoys, Forward-looking Infra-red camera(FLIR), Magnetic anomaly detector, Electronic support measures, Fixed 70mm camera, Hand-held camera, Night vision goggles, Gyrostabilized binoculars
Weapons System:
Mk. 46 Mod. V Anti-submarine torpedoes; Signal chargers; Smoke markers; Illumination flares. (Can also potentially be retrofitted to carry anti-shipping air-to-surface missiles.)
Other Equipment:
Sea Survival Kit ¡¤Air-Droppable(SKAD) units¡¿2
Crew:
Pilots¡¿2, Flight engineer¡¿1, Navigators¡¿4, Airborne electronic sensor operators¡¿3 (AESOPs) (crew size will vary according to mission)
Quantity in CF: 18
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