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The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force 's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond. [3]
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow (the Arrow) was a supersonic interceptor jet aircraft designed and built in the 1950s by A.V. Roe Canada (Avro). The Arrow was one of the most advanced aircraft of its era, helping to establish Canada as a world leader in scientific research and development.
Jun 16, 2020 · On 4 October 1957, 14,000 people watched a large hangar on the outskirts of Toronto open to reveal a beautiful, large, white, delta-wing aircraft. The plane was the Avro Arrow interceptor.
Feb 19, 2012 · Friday 20 February 1959 is known as "Black Friday" in Canada's aviation community. On that day, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker rose in the House of Commons and terminated the A.V. Roe Arrow, the world's most advanced military aircraft. Only a year earlier, the atmosphere was quite different.
Sep 10, 2018 · The Arrow One, Canada's first supersonic fighter plane was finally ready to fly, after years of planning, work by thousands of people, $200 million and 17,000 blueprints.
Sep 19, 2023 · The Diefenbaker government's 1959 decision to scrap the fabled Avro Arrow was significantly influenced by Canadian intelligence that pointed to a diminishing need for the costly aircraft in the...
Oct 8, 2020 · Conservators Anne-Stephanie Etienne and Tiffany Eng Moore painstakingly restore the Avro Arrow test model, removing mussels and debris that had gathered on the machine from decades at the...
Jun 2, 2022 · Only five Avro Arrow planes were ever built, yet this innovative jet fighter put Canada on top of the aviation world in the 1950s. Cntributor Gordon Baron of Alexis Creek, B.C., explains how Canada’s aviation icon, the Avro Arrow, is being brought back to life.
Mar 25, 2013 · Fifty-five years ago today, on March 25, 1958, the infamous Avro Arrow made its very first test flight. The plane was the crown jewel of Canadian aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe Canada, better...
Sep 19, 2023 · The Diefenbaker government’s 1959 decision to scrap the fabled Avro Arrow was significantly influenced by Canadian intelligence that pointed to a diminishing need for the costly aircraft in the...
