[Leica] IMG: Airplanes - relatives of the Vulcan

[gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo)]

lrzeitlin at gmail.com writes in part:
> 
> * The CF 105 Arrow was a Mach 2 fighter built by Avro of Canada. It was
> intended to patrol the desolate frozen wastes of the Canada tundra and 
> shoot
> down Russian bombers coming across the North Pole. The plane was built and
> five prototypes flown and deemed a great success. Aviation experts declared
> the CF 105 to be the most advanced aircraft flying. Then in the late '50s,
> the Canadian government changed, the plane was felt to be too expensive, 
> and
> all prototypes, tooling, and engineering drawings were scrapped to prevent
> reestablishing the program. 

 

Most of the technical staff that worked developing the Arrow ended up moving 
down to the US to work on the space program when the development was 
cancelled. Some ended up in the Alberta Oilpatch including a few I worked 
with at Gulf Canada Resources in the early 1980's.

 

Greg Lorenzo

Calgary, Canada
                                          
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