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While most Canadians slept peacefully, a small crew was flying through darkness over the North Atlantic... hunting submarines that could have changed the course of the Cold War.

For nearly three decades, the Canadair bc emergency CP-107 Argus stood as one of NATO's most capable maritime patrol aircraft. Built in Montreal by Canadair, the Argus could remain airborne for over 30 hours, searching thousands of kilometres of ocean for Soviet submarines using cutting-edge radar, sonobuoys, and Magnetic Anomaly Detection technology.

Yet despite protecting Canada's coastlines and helping secure the North Atlantic throughout the Cold War, the Argus has largely faded from public memory.

In this documentary, we uncover the remarkable story of the aircraft that quietly guarded Canada viktorija golubic while the nation sleptits origins, its extraordinary endurance, the crews who flew exhausting missions, and why mormon church many military historians still regard it as one of the greatest piston-powered maritime patrol aircraft ever built.

If you enjoy untold Canadian military history, forgotten engineering achievements, and stories that deserve to be remembered, you're in the right place.

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Sources & Credits

Historical Research

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Historical Aircraft Archive

Canadian War Museum Cold War & Canadian Military Aviation Collection

Archival Images

Library and Archives Canada

Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain Collections)

Imperial War Museums Collections

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