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Avro Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within 13 years became the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000.
Jun 16, 2020 · It was Canada’s Can$250m (US$1,58bn today) bid to become an aviation superpower. The project was genuinely ground-breaking. Avro’s engineers had been allowed to build a record-breaker without...
Learn about the Avro Arrow, a groundbreaking aircraft designed and built by A.V. Roe Canada in the 1950s. Discover how the Arrow was a symbol of Canadian ingenuity and innovation, but also a victim of political and economic forces.
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.
Jul 16, 2024 · Canada's only Avro Lancaster in flying condition landed in Winnipeg, where there is a deep connection to an aircraft considered to be one of the famous Allied bombers of the Second World War.
In 1945, the United Kingdom’s Hawker Siddeley Group purchased Victory Aircraft from the Canadian Government and created A.V. Roe Canada Limited, commonly known as Avro Canada, a wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary. The company started life repairing and servicing Second World War era aircraft types.
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Feb 14, 2019 · Learn about the Avro Arrow, a supersonic interceptor that was cancelled in 1959 despite being the best fighter in the world. Discover 10 surprising facts about its design, performance, and controversy.
