Summary: The Avro Arrow was a cutting-edge Canadian interceptor ... The early 1950s saw remarkable leaps in airframe and engine technology, such that developmental aircraft offered enormous ...

Faster than a jet, deadlier than a missile—yet it vanished. The Avro CF-105 Arrow was Canada’s most advanced fighter interceptor, built to rival the best of its time. So why was it suddenly scrapped ...

A technician at the Malton facility where the Avro Arrow supersonic jet arranges models on a display table in 1958. (CBC Archives/Newsmagazine) The television cameras captured models undergoing ...

This top secret vehicle from Canadian Avro was part hovercraft and part jet ... but with some carefully-placed jet engines, the craft could create a virtual airfoil. In theory, the craft could ...