The Fleet Canuck was a popular trainer in Canada. It started out as the homebuilt Noury N-75, designed by Bob Noury. Side by side seating was rare for a trainer in the 1940s and Mr. Noury had built 3 aircraft before selling the design to Fleet Aircraft in 1945. Some slight redesign to optimize the aircraft for training, saw the aircraft renamed the Fleet 80 Canuck. Fleet went on to build 225 Canucks over the next thirteen years.