RCAF CC-150 Polaris from 8 437 Squadron at 8 Wing, for the Comox Air Show
The CC-150 Polaris (Airbus A310-300s) is a multi-purpose, twin-engine, long-range jet aircraft that can be converted for passenger, freight or medical transport and air-to-air refuelling. As part of the Air Force Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) program, two CC-150 Polaris aircraft were converted to strategic air-to-air refuellers for Canada’s fleet of CF-18 Hornet fighter aircraft.
- Crew: 2 (flightcrew)
- Capacity: 194 passengers
- Length: 46.66 m
- Wingspan: 43.9 m
- Height: 15.8 m
- Gross weight: 157,000 kg
- Tanker fuel capacity: 36,000 kilograms
- Cargo capacity: 32,000 kilogram
- Powerplant: 2 × General Electric CF6-80C2A2 turbofan engines, 50,000 lbf thrust
- Maximum speed: Mach 0.84
- Range: 9,600 km
- Service ceiling: 12,500 m