In fact, Canada is a resource and technology powerhouse. The RCAF did not want to rely on foreign aircraft for their use. The aircraft would be both a single seat and a twin seat aircraft.
The twin seat would primarily be for training purposes and long range reconnaissance missions. The aircraft would be made mostly of carbon fibre composite materials with aluminium leading edges. A re-designed version of the original proposed Iroquois engines made entirely out of titanium alloys, complete with trust vectoring systems and super cruising capabilities equivalent to the F Raptor , would allow the aircraft to potentially reach top speeds in excess of Mach 3.
The aircraft would possibly have a length of 16 m, a height of 4. Integral to the re-imagined Arrow would be the internal weapons bay, now a mainstay in all stealth aircraft. In a potential competition of lethality, survivability, ease of maintenance and multi mission capabilities, a re-imagined Arrow may top the podium, just like its predecessor would have back in It could have been a superior aircraft, with speed, high altitude capability and state of the art controls. On the other hand, the Arrow was an unproven and costly aircraft.
In the end there were no buyers for the Arrow, neither Canadian nor foreign. It became just another case of technology not finding a suitable commercial response.
However, the case may be made for a re-imagined Arrow. Public Domain. Disclaimer: Any views or opinions expressed in articles are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the NATO Association of Canada. Paul Pryce discusses. In his latest article, Malcolm McEachern explores the rise of celebrity involvement in international affairs. Skip to content. Share on Facebook. He was employed by the Canadian Army as a logistics officer, joining due to a personal connection to the Pakistan-India partition.
He intends to aid in the influencing of public policy. He has a broad cultural understanding, circumnavigating the globe. Thanks to a discovery or rediscovery at a home in Prince Edward County, those dreams are closer to reality today. That aircraft RL, constructed and sitting in a Malton hanger ready to be tested a week prior, was destroyed along with blueprints, plans, assembly structures and virtually everything else connected to the groundbreaking Arrow program on Black Friday, February 20, Perhaps all were to be destroyed, but somehow, a couple of nondescript blueprint tubes were forgotten in the tool box of William Calver.
Upon the dissolution of the marriage, William Calver would retire to Newcastle, near his former home town. Avro Arrow blueprints intended to be destroyed on Black Friday, All of his Avro paystubs from Scale models.
Nothing else could make such a racket. Someone has flown an Arrow to safety. Air Marshall Wilfred Curtis, the First World War ace who headed the Arrow program only helped fuel rumours and theories that one of interceptors was saved. In a interview with the Toronto Star, he refused to answer when asked if an Arrow was smuggled away.
Like "The X-Files" tells us, the truth is out there. The U. K's Official Secrets releases classified information in , and year intervals. It will be 50 years from the alleged arrival of a Arrow into the hands of the RAF very soon.
The ejection seat remains on sale on eBay. So, how did the seat from an Arrow make its way to England? The data plate on the seat lists its manufacturing date as Sept. Theory number two Robin Sipe, the owner of S and S Turbines, a military and industrial engine repair company in British Columbia, actually owns one of the few engines made for the Avro Arrow. However, he did have a theory on how the seats ended up in the U.
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