What Canada Missed Out On: Find Out the Incredible Story Behind the Avro Arrow!

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The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a late 1950's delta winged interceptor aircraft which incorporated design elements and performance far ahead of its time. Intended to serve as Canada's premiere fighter interceptor into the 1960s and beyond, and replace the CF100, the Arrow program was abruptly cancelled less than one year after its first flight, despite incorporating many advanced features including early fly by wire technology. A victim of bad timing due to the sputnik launch and politics, the demise of the Arrow forever altered the course of the Canadian Aerospace industry, and internationally scattered the talented individuals who worked on the project. Today we will look at the circumstances that spawned this incredible aircraft, it's performance, and lasting legacy, including its team members going on to work on the Gemini, Mercury, and Apollo programs.

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Avro Arrow RL204 Photo:
Don Rogers, GFDL http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html, via Wikimedia Commons

Nike Hercules Missile Photo:
Megapixie at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Canadian House of Commons
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Avro Arrow Replica
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RCAF CF-101 Voodo
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CF-100 firing missile:
Canadian Department of National Defence, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Canadian Topographic Map:
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Mirage IV photos:
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