+Viggen 516 Posted February 20, 2008 49 years ago today, the Avro Arrow met her fate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ezlead 42 Posted February 20, 2008 According to everything you read it was one HE** of an aircraft. But,the politics of the time won out. It's interesting how our aircraft manufacturers grabbed up all of AVRO's technical personnel after the company collapsed. Like maybe they knew something that we didn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nesher 629 Posted February 20, 2008 i remeber the site of "195th Black Sheep" Squadron if anyone remembers... they had the AVRO as their main jet.. i don't remember if they were here, SimHQ USAF forums or other place.. ^_^ anyways.. i also remember it was a great jet that shouldn't be cancelled!! Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Longestpants 1 Posted February 20, 2008 RIP, Arrow. Could have been one hell of an interceptor, certainly better than anything we ever had. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atreides 144 Posted February 20, 2008 What a beautiful bird she was. Man I hate Diefenbaker more and more every time I read about the Arrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 21, 2008 There's no doubt that was one of the largest "fighters" ever built. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Atreides 144 Posted February 21, 2008 Wasn't she designed primarily as an inteceptor for the Soviet bombers ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 21, 2008 Primarily, secondarily, tertiarily... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gr.Viper 131 Posted February 21, 2008 Uh... the USSR had a similar purpose/size fighter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-28 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rambler 1-1 9 Posted February 22, 2008 I can't help but realise that some high speed planes built later on had things that look like they were yoinked from the Arrow, such as the dogtooth wing, the big, flat body, the intakes... The Arrow was suprisingly manuverable, according to chief test pilot Jan Zurakowski, because of it's fly-by-wire controll system. Apparently he thought it could out-manuver an CF-100 in a fast dogfight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Bounder Posted February 22, 2008 AT HER BEST ,and then http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-75-275-1407/s...vro_arrow/clip9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sparkomatic 7 Posted February 22, 2008 now that is a nice painting Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rambler 1-1 9 Posted February 23, 2008 that pic is my desktop background. I have a cassette copy of "supersonic sentinel", the official Avro Arrow promotion video. It has some nice flight scenes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
