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The Arrow: With Dan Aykroyd, Sara Botsford, Ron White, Aidan Devine. The true story of how Canada built and destroyed the world's most advanced fighter plane back in the 1950s.
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- 1997-01-12
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Jul 3, 2016 · Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
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The Arrow is a four-hour television miniseries produced for CBC Television in 1997, starring Dan Aykroyd as Crawford Gordon, experienced wartime production leader after World War II and president of Avro Canada during its attempt to produce the Avro Arrow supersonic jet interceptor aircraft.
Dan Aykroyd stars as Crawford Gordon, the president of Avro Canada who attempted to produce the Avro Arrow supersonic jet interceptor aircraft. This mini-series is noted as having the highest viewership ever for a CBC program.
A brash young team of designers at Avro Aircraft and their charismatic new president, Crawford Gordon (Dan Aykroyd) accept the RCAF challenge to create a radically advanced jet fighter-interceptor to defend Canada against powerful Soviet nuclear bombers capable of attacking over the North Pole.
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Watch the miniseries based on the true story of how Canada built and destroyed the world's most advanced fighter plane in 1959. The Arrow features Aykroyd as the leader of the Avro team and explores the political and technological challenges they faced.
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Jan 12, 1997 · The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
