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Just for fun, a Canadian "CF-11F" Tiger.

The Grumman F11F-1 Tiger was a short-lived US Navy point defense fighter, but suffered from being underpowered. Grumman built two XF-11F-1 Supertigers, which had a bigger engine, and the Royal Canadian Navy was interested in the aircraft. (Germany and several other NATO nations were also interested in the Supertiger, but Lockheed managed to bribe them into taking the F-104 Starfighter, initially with disastrous results.)

However, Canada retired their only carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, and Canada never flew the Supertiger, let alone the standard Tiger.

Still...that's what imaginations are for. I ran across a reference to this on Wikipedia, and couldn't resist. I did this one circa 1970, just after Canada dropped the "Royal" from its aircraft.

Description
Just for fun, a Canadian "CF-11F" Tiger.

The Grumman F11F-1 Tiger was a short-lived US Navy point defense fighter, but suffered from being underpowered. Grumman built two XF-11F-1 Supertigers, which had a bigger engine, and the Royal Canadian Navy was interested in the aircraft. (Germany and several other NATO nations were also interested in the Supertiger, but Lockheed managed to bribe them into taking the F-104 Starfighter, initially with disastrous results.)

However, Canada retired their only carrier, HMCS Bonaventure, and Canada never flew the Supertiger, let alone the standard Tiger.

Still...that's what imaginations are for. I ran across a reference to this on Wikipedia, and couldn't resist. I did this one circa 1970, just after Canada dropped the "Royal" from its aircraft.