Canadair CP-107 Argus
E442596
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
maritime patrol aircraft
military aircraft
propeller-driven aircraft
The Canadair CP-107 Argus was a Canadian-built long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Cold War.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canadair CL-28 Argus | 1 |
| Canadair CP-107 Argus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4476591 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadair CP-107 Argus Context triple: [Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone, notableApplication, Canadair CP-107 Argus]
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A.
Canadair Challenger business jet
The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of large-cabin, long-range corporate aircraft whose design later formed the basis for Bombardier’s successful CRJ regional jet series.
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B.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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C.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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D.
Canadair
Canadair was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer best known for producing specialized amphibious firefighting and utility aircraft before becoming part of Bombardier Aerospace.
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E.
De Havilland Canada Dash 8
The De Havilland Canada Dash 8 is a family of twin‑engine, high‑wing turboprop regional airliners known for their short takeoff and landing performance and widespread use on short-haul routes worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Canadair CP-107 Argus Target entity description: The Canadair CP-107 Argus was a Canadian-built long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Cold War.
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A.
Canadair Challenger business jet
The Canadair Challenger business jet is a family of large-cabin, long-range corporate aircraft whose design later formed the basis for Bombardier’s successful CRJ regional jet series.
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B.
Pilatus PC-7
The Pilatus PC-7 is a Swiss-built turboprop military trainer aircraft widely used for basic flight training by air forces around the world.
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C.
Pilatus PC-9
The Pilatus PC-9 is a Swiss-built turboprop training aircraft widely used by military air forces around the world for basic and advanced pilot instruction.
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D.
Canadair
Canadair was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer best known for producing specialized amphibious firefighting and utility aircraft before becoming part of Bombardier Aerospace.
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E.
De Havilland Canada Dash 8
The De Havilland Canada Dash 8 is a family of twin‑engine, high‑wing turboprop regional airliners known for their short takeoff and landing performance and widespread use on short-haul routes worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-submarine warfare aircraft
ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ propeller-driven aircraft ⓘ |
| armament |
depth charges
ⓘ
sonobuoys ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ |
| category |
1950s Canadian military aircraft
ⓘ
Canadair aircraft NERFINISHED ⓘ four-engined tractor aircraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| crew | 15 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Canadair design team ⓘ |
| designedFor |
North Atlantic operations
ⓘ
long-endurance patrols ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Bristol Britannia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineModel | Wright R-3350 Turbo-Compound NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredServiceWith |
No. 404 Squadron RCAF
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
No. 405 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 407 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ No. 415 Squadron RCAF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| equippedWith |
magnetic anomaly detector
ⓘ
sonar systems ⓘ surface search radar ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1957-03-28 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | pressurized forward fuselage ⓘ |
| introduced | 1958 ⓘ |
| landingGear | tricycle landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Canadair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| natoReportingName | Argus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 33 ⓘ |
| operatorBase |
Comox, British Columbia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenwood, Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole | long-range maritime patrol ⓘ |
| propulsion | four Wright R-3350 radial engines ⓘ |
| range | over 5000 nautical miles ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Lockheed CP-140 Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | 1982 ⓘ |
| secondaryRole | anti-submarine warfare ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | 20000 ft ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Canadian Armed Forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | Soviet submarine tracking ⓘ |
| usedIn | North Atlantic Treaty Organization maritime patrol operations ⓘ |
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Canadair CP-107 Argus Description of subject: The Canadair CP-107 Argus was a Canadian-built long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft used primarily by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Cold War.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone