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The Avro Arrow : the story of the great Canadian Cold War interceptor jet--in pictures and documents / Lawrence Miller.

by Miller, Lawrence, 1941-

James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 2020.

338.762374 M648a

Avro Arrow (Jet fighter plane)

Avro Arrow (Jet fighter plane) -- Pictorial works.

Aircraft industry -- Canada -- History.

9781459415270 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Story of the great Canadian Cold War interceptor jet--in pictures and documents

112 p. ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"When it first flew in 1958, the Avro Arrow promised to be the world's best supersonic interceptor jet. It was the proudest achievement of the engineers and designers who came out of Canada's world-leading aircraft industry. They had delivered other notable aircraft, including the world's first passenger jet, but the Arrow put them ahead of everyone else in the field. The Arrow was designed to protect Canada against the military threat posed by the Soviet Union and its long-bombers loaded with nuclear weapons. It did everything it was supposed to do -- and more. Yet, after only six airplanes were built, the Arrow was killed. It was cancelled by a Conservative government overnight --thousands lost their jobs. It's builder, Avro Aircraft was ruined, and with it went an important high-tech industry. Astonishingly, the government ordered the finished airplanes cut up and destroyed. Using hundredsd of photos, most in colour, along with original documents, this book tells this amazing story - a key development in Canada's Cold War history. This new edition shows that Canada has the capacity in engineering and science to produce the best products in teh world when challenged. And it shines a light on the people who made it happen."--Back cover.

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