Category. | Statistic. |
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First flight. | 25 March 1958. 1 was 100% complete, but 95% after a landing gear collapse and avionics equipment failure were fixed. |
Retired on. | Abandoned and cancelled by the Conservative Diefenbaker government February 20, 1959, less than 3 weeks before the MK2 Arrow was to take flight. This was due to due to UK and American failure to live up to promised contracts, compounded by Canadian domestic political intrigue. One was 93% complete. It's designer and company boss may well have let it been illegally and unilaterally hidden away in a safe place like a old bunker or mine for illicit historical storage. Canada's government thought that American CIM-10 Bomarc missiles were a better option for the task. The UK and USA felt jealous of it like the Aussie Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-23, which the UK illegally banned Australia from making. |
Major contractor(s). | Avro Canada. |
Dose it use nukes or cruse missiles. | Nukes. |
Flight ceiling. |
53,000 ft (16,150 m). |
Top speed. | Mach 1.98 (1,307 mph, 2,104 km/h) at 50,000 ft (15,000 m) max. recorded speed; Mach 2+ potential. |
VTOL. | No. |
Range. | Classified as top secret and not fully known by most of those involved the project anyhow. |
Crew. | 2. |
Nationality(s). | Canadian. |
Class. | Interceptor. |
Rate of climb. | N/A. |
Links. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow and https://www.wikiwand.com/en/CIM-10_Bomarc and https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200615-the-record-breaking-jet-which-still-haunts-a-country. |
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