Avro C-102Avro C102 airplane model. The Avro C102 Jetliner was a Canadian prototype medium range jet airliner built by Avro Canada in 1949. It was beaten into the air by only 13 days by the de Havilland Comet, thereby becoming the second jetliner in the world, yet the name "Jetliner" was catchier and for many years all such aircraft were colloquially given that name. The aircraft was considered suitable for busy routes along the US eastern seaboard and garnered