The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a groundbreaking Canadian interceptor designed during the Cold War to combat Soviet bombers.

The Avro Arrow has taken on myths of epic proportions since the Diefenbaker government scrapped its development in 1959.

Elliot Sperber is a writer, attorney, and adjunct professor. He lives in New York City and can be reached at [email protected] and on twitter @elliot_sperber ...

Not long after the creation of NORAD, Canada decided to abandon its efforts to create its own jet fighter, the Avro Arrow – though an engineering marvel, there was no market for the Arrow ...