# Fleet 80 Canuck > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fleet_80_Canuck > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fleet_80_Canuck.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_80_Canuck > Source revision: 1286586511 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1940s trainer by Fleet Aircraft Model 80 Canuck Fleet Canuck on straight skis General information Type Trainer Manufacturer Fleet Aircraft of Canada Designer J. Omer (Bob) Noury Status Production completed in 1958 Number built 225 (including one prototype) History Introduction date 1946 First flight 26 September 1945, Noury N-75 prototype flew in 1944 The **Fleet Model 80 Canuck** is a Canadian light [aircraft](/source/Aircraft) featuring two seats in side-by-side configuration. The Canuck was designed for the [flight training](/source/Flight_training), personal use and light commercial roles. A total of 225 Canucks were built by two manufacturers during its thirteen-year production run, with the majority being built by Fleet Aircraft between 1945 and 1947. ## Design and development The Canuck originated with the Noury N-75, designed by Bob Noury which first flew in 1944 at [Mount Hope, Ontario](/source/Mount_Hope%2C_Hamilton%2C_Ontario). The "home-built" N-75 was a conventional high-wing [monoplane](/source/Monoplane) design with a welded-steel [fuselage](/source/Fuselage) and [tail surfaces](/source/Empennage) with fabric covering, looking not unlike a [Piper Cub](/source/Piper_Cub). However, the side-by-side seating in the original design was unusual for aircraft of its time even though it was a far better arrangement for instruction. Noury also experimented with a tandem-seat arrangement on a following prototype but had only built three aircraft when he sold the Noury N-75 rights to the Fleet Aircraft Company in 1945.[1] Fleet undertook some minor design changes, principally relocating the fuel tank, adding a [skylight](/source/Skylight) above the cabin, lowering the front fuselage profile and replacing the original [Continental C-75](/source/Continental_O-190) with a slightly more powerful C-85 engine. The Noury N-75 was tested in its new configuration; it first flew on 26 September 1945 with Fleet Test Pilot Tommy Williams at the controls. Following modifications to the [fin](/source/Vertical_stabilizer) to increase its size, the prototype, newly renamed, emerged as the Fleet Model 80 Canuck, and entered production. Fleet Canuck on wheels with wheel pants fitted ## Operational history Although the aircraft were well built, strong performers[2] and versatile; able to be flown with floats or skis to increase its utility, after a spurt in sales, they did not sell well. In trying to market the Fleet Canuck in the immediate postwar period, as either a private aircraft or a trainer, there were several obstacles: - Surplus ex-military aircraft were cheaply available in large numbers[3] - Ex-servicemen and civilians were more interested in careers and families than luxury items[3] - Training aircraft were not in demand since thousands of ex-military pilots were out of work.[3] After initial sales to flying clubs, charter companies and private owners began to falter, Fleet ran into financial problems. In 1947, Canuck production by Fleet was terminated. Over the next ten years a number of aircraft were built up from components by Leavens Brothers in Toronto with total series production finishing at 224 in 1958.[4] Several have been re-engined with the 100 hp (75 kW) [Continental O-200](/source/Continental_O-200). In September 2010, there were 77 Canucks registered in Canada with [Transport Canada](/source/Transport_Canada).[5] By April 2023, there were 70 Canucks left on the Canadian registry.[6] ## Variants - **Fleet 80 Canuck** : Two-seat sports and light touring aircraft. - **Fleet 81** : Three-seat light touring aircraft. One built. ## Aircraft on display Fleet Canuck *CF-EBE* on straight floats. This aircraft, serial number 149, is in the storage facility of the [Canada Aviation and Space Museum](/source/Canada_Aviation_and_Space_Museum) at [Rockcliffe Airport](/source/Rockcliffe_Airport). In 1995, the [Royal Canadian Mint](/source/Royal_Canadian_Mint) issued Coin #11, a $20 silver commemorative coin in its aviation series, recognizing the Fleet 80 Canuck and its original designer, J. Omer Noury, featured in a gold-inlay cameo insert. - [Canada Aviation and Space Museum](/source/Canada_Aviation_and_Space_Museum), [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) - *CF-EBE*, serial number 149, is in the storage building, displayed on floats.[1] - [Canadian Air and Space Museum](/source/Canadian_Air_and_Space_Museum), [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) - *C-FEAI* serial number 127.[7] - [Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre](/source/Canadian_Aviation_Heritage_Centre), [Montreal](/source/Montreal), [Quebec](/source/Quebec) - *CF-ENH* with marking of aircraft piloted by Hubert M.Pasmore .[8] - [Reynolds-Alberta Museum](/source/Reynolds-Alberta_Museum), [Wetaskiwin](/source/Wetaskiwin), [Alberta](/source/Alberta) - *CF-BYW-X*, the original Noury prototype, is in the storage building.[9] ## Specifications *Data from* Canada Aviation and Space Museum[1] & Canadian Air & Space Museum[7] **General characteristics** - **Crew:** one - **Capacity:** one passenger - **Length:** 22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) - **Wingspan:** 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m) - **Height:** 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) - **Wing area:** 173.5 sq ft (16.12 m2) [10] - **Empty weight:** 858 lb (389 kg) - **Gross weight:** 1,480 lb (671 kg) - **Powerplant:** 1 × [Continental C-85-12J](/source/Continental_C-85) four cylinder horizontally-opposed aircraft engine, 85 hp (63 kW) - **Propellers:** 2-bladed wooden **Performance** - **Maximum speed:** 111 mph (179 km/h, 96 kn) - **Cruise speed:** 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn) - **Stall speed:** 44 mph (71 km/h, 38 kn) [10] - **Range:** 300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi) - **Service ceiling:** 12,000 ft (3,700 m) - **Rate of climb:** 550 ft/min (2.8 m/s) ## See also - [1944 in aviation](/source/1944_in_aviation) (first flight) **Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era** - [Aeronca 11 Chief](/source/Aeronca_11_Chief) - [Cessna 120/140](/source/Cessna_140) - [Luscombe 8](/source/Luscombe_8) - [Piper PA-15 Vagabond](/source/Piper_PA-15_Vagabond) - [Taylorcraft B](/source/Taylorcraft_B)-series ## References Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Fleet 80 Canuck](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fleet_80_Canuck). ### Citations 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CAM_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CAM_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CAM_1-2) ["Fleet 80 Canuck."](http://casmuseum.techno-science.ca/en/collection-research/artifact-fleet-80-canuck.php) *[Canada Aviation and Space Museum](/source/Canada_Aviation_and_Space_Museum).* Retrieved: 29 June 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Page and Cumming 1990, p. 118. Note: The Fleet Canuck was capable of aerobatics due to an airframe designed to withstand 7G maneuvers. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CCAF_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CCAF_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-CCAF_3-2) ["Fleet Canuck."](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927040023/http://www.classicaircraft.ca/canuck_main.htm) *Collingwood Classic Aircraft Foundation,* May 2002. Retrieved: 27 September 2007. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Page_and_Cumming_1990,_p._118_4-0)** Page and Cumming 1990, p. 118. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-TCCAR1_5-0)** [Civil Aircraft Register](http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110718042755/http://wwwapps2.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/ccarcs/aspscripts/en/quicksearch.asp) July 18, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) *[Transport Canada](/source/Transport_Canada)*, September 2010. Retrieved: 10 September 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-TCCAR2_6-0)** [Civil Aircraft Register](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/2/CCARCS-RIACC/RchSimpRes.aspx?cn=FLEET%7c&mn=80%7c&sn=%7c%7c&on=%7c%7c&m=%7c%7c&rfr=RchSimp.aspx) *[Transport Canada](/source/Transport_Canada)*, April 2023. Retrieved: 24 April 2023. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CASMToronto_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CASMToronto_7-1) ["Fleet 80 Canuck."](http://casmuseum.org/fleet_80_canuck.shtml) *[Canadian Air & Space Museum](/source/Canadian_Air_%26_Space_Museum),* 2008. Retrieved: 10 September 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-CAHC_8-0)** ["Fleet Canuck (1947)."](https://web.archive.org/web/20150330071800/http://www.cahc-ccpa.com/en/aircraft-and-collection/aircraft/64-fleet-canuck) "[Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre](/source/Canadian_Aviation_Heritage_Centre)" 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Aviation"](https://reynoldsmuseum.ca/aviation). *Reynolds Museum*. Government of Alberta. Retrieved 1 December 2019. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJuptner1980306_10-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJuptner1980306_10-1) [Juptner 1980](#CITEREFJuptner1980), p. 306. ### Bibliography - Page, Ron D. and William Cumming. *Fleet: The Flying Years*. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1990. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55046-019-6](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55046-019-6). - Juptner, Joseph P. (1980). *U.S. Civil Aircraft: Vol. 8 (ATC 701 – ATC 800)*. Fallbrook, California, US: Aero Publishers, Inc. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-8168-9178-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8168-9178-8). v t e Fleet Aircraft Fleet 1 Fleet 2 Fleet 5 Fleet 7 Fawn Fleet 10 - 16 Finch Fleet 21 Fleet 50 Freighter Fleet 60 Fort Fleet 80 Canuck Fleet helicopter v t e Certified/factory-built aircraft manufactured in Canada Airbus Canada A220 Avian Industries 2/180 Gyroplane Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck C-102 Jetliner CF-105 Arrow VZ-9 Avrocar Bell Textron 212 214ST 230 407 412 427 429 GlobalRanger 505 Jet Ranger X 525 Relentless Boeing Aircraft of Canada C-204 Thunderbird A-213 Totem 40H-4 Shark PB2B Catalina Bombardier CRJ100/200/440/700/900/1000 Global Express/Global Q400 CS100/300 Challenger 300/600/850 Dash 8 Bristol/McDonald Brothers Anson Mk.V Canadair CL-4 North Star CL-28 Argus CL-41 Tutor CL-44 Yukon CL-84 Dynavert CL-215 Waterbomber CL-415 Super Scooper CL-600 Challenger Cosmopolitan Canso Freedom Fighter Sabre Silver Star Starfighter Canadian Aerodrome Company Baddeck No. 1 Baddeck No. 2 Hubbard Monoplane Canadian Aeroplanes/ Toronto Curtiss Aeroplanes JN-4C Canuck C-1 Canada Avro 504 F5L Canadian Associated Aircraft Hampden Canadian Car and Foundry Maple Leaf Trainer II Anson Mk.II & Mk.V T-34A Mentor CBY-3 Loadmaster SBW Helldiver FDB-1 Goblin/Delfín Hurricane Mk.X, XI & XII Norseman Mk.V & VII Harvard Mk.IIB and Mk.4 Canadian Vickers Vancouver Vanessa Varuna Vedette Velos Vigil Vista Avro 504N Avro 552 CH-300 Pacemaker PBV-1 Canso HS-3L FC-2 Super Universal Delta Stranraer Viking IV Cub Aircraft J-2 Cub J-3 Cub J-4 Cub Coupe J-5 Cub Cruiser de Havilland Canada (1928) DHC-1 Chipmunk DHC-2 Beaver DHC-3 Otter DHC-4 Caribou DHC-5 Buffalo DHC-6 Twin Otter Dash 7 Dash 8 DH.60 Gipsy Moth DH.82C Tiger Moth & Menasco Moth DH.83C Fox Moth DH.98 Mosquito CS2F Tracker De Havilland Canada (2019) DHC-6 Twin Otter Dash 8 (Planned) CL-515 First Responder (Planned) Diamond Aircraft DA20 DA40-180 Star Fairchild 34-42 45-80 Sekani F-11 Husky Super 71 51 71 Cornell FC-2 Bolingbroke HS-2L SBF Helldiver Federal Aircraft Anson Mk.II Fleet 1,2,5 & 21 7 Fawn 16 Finch 50 Freighter 60 Fort 80 Canuck Cornell Found FBA-1 FBA-2 Centennial 100 Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 National Research Council tailless glider National Steel Car Lysander Noorduyn Norseman Harvard Mk.II Ontario Provincial Air Service CA-6M Airsedan Ottawa Car and Aircraft Atlas Siskin Tutor Prefect Reid/Curtiss-Reid Courier Rambler Saunders ST-27 ST-28 Victory Aircraft Lancaster Mk.X Lancastrian Lincoln Mk.XV York C.1 Special Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fleet 80 Canuck](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_80_Canuck) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet_80_Canuck?action=history)). 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