 |
THE CF-105 AVRO ARROW: 1958-1959 |
The Avro Arrow was born out
of the neccessity for the protection of Canada. During
the height of the Cold War (1950's) era, the soviets had
introduced new long range bombers, that were capable of
flying over the North Pole to attack North America. This
was a very serious threat as the continent lived in fear
of a surprise nuclear attack.
Its role was to replace the Avro
Canada CF-100 Canuck as a supersonic all weather interceptor.
Canada's then current fighter, the CF-100 Canuck, was
a sub mach aircraft and not capable of filling this
need so the design of the CF-105 Avro Arrow was implemented
in 1953. Production was started and less then 4 years
later, the Arrow was completed.
Roll out was October 4, 1957. First flight was March
25 1958.
A source of national pride, the Arrow incorporated advanced
technical innovations and became a symbol of Canadian
excellence.
One of the finest achievements in Canadian aviation history,
the delta wing Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was never allowed
to fulfill its mission. The Arrow weapons platform along
with the Iroquois engine was cancelled by the Conservative
Diefenbaker government February 20, 1959, less then 3 weeks
before the MK2 Arrow was to take flight.
|
| The Avro Arrow Archive Contains
the Following Sections |
| Articles and Lectures |
Image Collections |
Technical Data |
People |
Avro Arrow: An Aviation Chapter in Canadian
History by Palmiro Campagna

|
Wilf Farrance Avro Collection

|
Arrow Milestones
by Randall Whitcomb

|
Jim Floyd

|
Jim Floyds RAeS Arrow Lecture

|
DND Images

|
Arrow Technical Drawings
 |
Jim Chamberlin

|
First Flight
by Randall Whitcomb

|
Interactive Arrow

|
Arrow Specs
 |
Don Rogers

|
Requiem For A Dream
by June Callwood

|
Sugimoto Images

|
Avro Rollout Newsletter

|
Rod Rose
 |
Avro Engineers and NASA
by Chris Gainor

|
Heritage

|
Rebuilding the Arrow
by Palmiro Campagna

|
John Hodge
 |
Zurakowski Park Dedication by Randall Whitcomb

|
Arius 3D Images
|
Frequentely Asked Arrow
Questions by Palmiro Campagna
 |
Owen
Maynard

|
The Arrow Replica
by Chris Gainor

|
Test Flying The Arrow
by Jan Zurakowski

|
| THE TEST PILOTS |
Jan Zurakowski

|
Spud Potocki

|
Peter Cope

|
Jack Woodman

|
L-R,
Spud Potocki, Peter Cope, Jack Woodman and Jan Zurakowski |
ONLINE
STORE FEATURED ITEM: |
| | HOME | STORE | NEW
INFO | CONTACT US| ABOUT
US | |
|
© C© Copyright
AvroArrow.Org, 2006. Materials may be freely copied and distributed
subject to the inclusion of the copyright notice, and credit must be given
to AvroArrow.Org. The site is intended for historical and informational
purposes. This site contains links to other Internet sites. These links are
not endorsements of any products or services in such sites, and no information
in such sites has been endorsed or approved by this site.
WEB
SITE HOSTING PROVIDED BY CAPITOL TECHNOLOGIES
|
|
|