In the early 1950s, the Canadian government began to solicit orders for a new high-speed interceptor. The explosion in jet technology had rendered Canada’s first- and second-generation interceptors ...

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.

Summary and Key Points: The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a groundbreaking Canadian interceptor designed during the Cold War to combat Soviet bombers. -Capable of speeds above Mach 2 and altitudes over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Six decades after the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Arrow was one beautiful fighter. In the early 1950s, the Canadian government began to solicit orders for a new high-speed interceptor. The explosion in jet technology ...

Re: "Remembering the end of the Avro Arrow," Aug. 29. The Avro Arrow could have flown supersonically 20 kilometres above Canada. It was a superb aircraft, but it could not have intercepted an enemy ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. Just before 10 a.m. on a spring morning sixty years ago, Canada's first supersonic fighter plane ...

Contrary to the myths, Diefenbaker's decision ultimately came down to dollars and cents You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The Avro Arrow has ...

Early last year, we first heard about Fraunhofer's DEDAVE (Deep Diving AUV for Exploration) unmanned submersible. Then this July, we got word of an initiative aimed at locating sunken flight models of ...

Newton Mills was speechless when, 50 years ago, he got the heart-wrenching news that plans to complete the world’s most technologically advanced supersonic interceptor aircraft were coming to an ...