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Originally Posted by Spooky
Guess this was part of the "destruction order" - surprised this engine even exists...
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Whether this is true or not, I found this:
CF105 Avro Arrow: Orenda PS-13 Iroquois Engine
After the cancellation of the Arrow Programme:
Who got to scrap the engines and related tooling?
Engine X-104 which had been fitted to the B-47 for engine tests went to the NRC for icing trials. It is now in the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Mount Hope, Ontario.
Engine X-116 went to Bristol Siddeley, where it helped in evolution of the Olympus for the TSR2 (also cancelled) and the Concord. X-116 then went to Cranfield College as a teaching aid and then tostorage in pieces at the RAF Hendon Museum, UK.
Orenda sells the manufacturing rights for the Iroquois engine to Curtis-Wright Corp. of the U.S. on 30 Sept 1957. Along with manufacturing rights was permission to sell and further develop the engine.
During the competition to replace the F-86 Sabre in Europe, Republic was offering Canada the F-105 Thunderchief with the Iroquois engine. However, the cost of producing it in Canada with the Canadian Iroquois engine proved to be prohibitive, therefore it was eliminated as a contender.