On this day in aviation history, 76 years ago (August 10, 1949), the Avro Canada C102 Jetliner took to the skies for the first time. This Canadian-built prototype turbojet-powered airliner was ...

This history of the Canadian aerospace sector can best be described as a series of proverbial kicks to the nads by countries more powerful than itself. Never mind that the AEA Silver Dart, the first ...

Summary and Key Points: The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a groundbreaking Canadian interceptor designed during the Cold War to combat Soviet bombers. -Capable of speeds above Mach 2 and altitudes over ...

The Avro Canada CF-105 “Arrow” was one of the best Cold War fighters you probably never heard of. Was it the ace Canada never played against the Soviet Union? The airplane’s manufacturer raced onto ...

Scale Model Flight Test Prototypes Sunk in Lake May Provide Clues to Mystery. The Canadian-built CF-105 Avro Arrow is many things in aviation history, but more than anything else, it is an enigma.

In the early 1950s, the Canadian government began to solicit orders for a new high-speed interceptor. The explosion in jet technology had rendered Canada’s first- and second-generation interceptors ...

Scale working models of one of nine Avro Arrow free flight models launched over Lake Ontario in series of tests during 1954 - 1957. (Credit: Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa/Toronto ...