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Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow

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Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow
Canada’s Jet-Age Dream: The Avro Arrow

Between 1952 and 1959, Avro Canada developed an advanced all-weather fighter interceptor called the CF-105 Arrow.  This aircraft, with its futuristic, delta-wing design, captured Canadians’ imaginations in a way few projects have, before or since.

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