Revenue Canada Recon Aircraft

[Alvis 3.1]

Utilising a close working relationship with both Lockheed and McDonnell-Douglas, Canadair Aviation built five top secret electronic reconaissance aircraft in the late 1980s for Revenue Canada (our version of IRS/Inland Revenue). Occasionally utilised by CSIS (our version of MI-6 or the CIA, but with lower expectations) to gather electronic information on suspected terrorists and other malcontents, the FU-2 EH (Fighter Utility Model 2, Extended height) is primarily used by Revenue Canada to monitor financial transactions and other electronic communications from an altitude of over 75,000 feet. Several tax evading suspects have been fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of Canada's fully effective and fully enforced tax laws thanks to evidence gathered by the FU-2 EH! One more tool in the arsenal of peace, order and security in the modern world of governmental capability!


or: What you get when you combine a 1/48 Monogram F-18, a Testors TR-1 and blunt head force trauma when I was a small child. or maybe it was the oxygen deprivation?
I've posted this here before, but I thought it deserved another look in light of my other unarmed recce planes.


Alvis 3.1

[The Rat]

I've posted this here before, but I thought it deserved another look in light of my other unarmed recce planes.

Understatement of the year!      

[gooberliberation]

 I wouldn't be suprised if boeing comes up with a recon-hornet once the U-2s start getting too old.

Uh-oh, another un-whiff?  

[rallymodeller]

Oh, ain't that just the prettiest damned thing?    

[Sentinel Chicken]

So that's where the money from the GST goes!

[Tophe]

So cute...  

[Dork the kit slayer]

Nice one Alvis.  

[lancer]

Brilliant Alvis, of course there is another meaning to the FU-2 designation when it comes to taxing missions isn't there? Oh, pun's very much intended  

[B777LR]

 I wouldn't be suprised if boeing comes up with a recon-hornet once the U-2s start getting too old.

uhmm, the U2s will be replaced by satelites and UAVs.
Nice it is though.

[Gary]

Heh heh heh... it's back.

And considering the timeof the year, it's equally important for that reason too!

[anthonyp]

Always entertained whenever I read one of Alvis' backstories.  Helps the models are top-notch as well.  I can see the IRS asking to lease them around April 14-15.

   

[Brian da Basher]

Another masterpiece Alvis! I love the FU-2 designation..most fitting!

Brian da Basher