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Canada built a Mach 2 fighter in 1957 and destroyed every one in 1959 — its engineers went to NASA and helped build the Apollo program
On October 4, 1957, Avro Canada unveiled the CF-105 Arrow — a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor capable of climbing to 50,000 ...
The Avro Canada CF-105 “Arrow” was one of the best Cold War fighters you probably never heard of. Was it the ace Canada never played against the Soviet Union? The airplane’s manufacturer raced onto ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Changes in technology, politics, and defense priorities would work to kill the CF-105, and with it the greater portion of Canada’s defense aviation industry. In the ...
The cancellation of the Avro Canada CF-105 interceptor in February 1959 was a traumatic event for Canada's emerging aerospace industry. When Aviation Week reported on the fighter's rollout, in October ...
Scale Model Flight Test Prototypes Sunk in Lake May Provide Clues to Mystery. The Canadian-built CF-105 Avro Arrow is many things in aviation history, but more than anything else, it is an enigma.
With the possible exception of the F-15, no single jet fighter encompassed a nation's pride and ambitions in quite the same way the Avro CF-105 Arrow did. That's all the more notable because Canada's ...
OTTAWA — 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 ...
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