But the Arrow was not to be. Changes in technology, politics and defense priorities would work to kill the CF-105, and with it the greater portion of Canada’s defense aviation industry. Still ...

It was March 25, 1958, and it was the first test flight of the Avro Arrow. Reportedly ... "We've all heard of the DEW-line [the Distant Early Warning Line, a now-defunct series of radar stations ...

The Avro Arrow has taken on myths of epic proportions since the Diefenbaker government scrapped its development in 1959. According to such folklore, the cancellation was the result of a deep ...