THE CF105 AVRO ARROW:
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Updated 12 January, 2007

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The Return of a Legend - International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
 (English) (francais)

Parc Downsview Park:
 "The Avro Arrow Achievement", "The Avro Arrow Legacy" and "A Great Canadian Legend Reborn"  (English)
"L'histoire de L'Avro Arrow",  "Le patrimonie de L'Avro Arrow", et "Une grande Legende canadienne renait" (francais)
  Public eyes Arrow return - Calgary Sun 9 Oct 2006

Arrow returns as replica Toronto Star Oct. 9, 2006 (Video clip)

47 years later, it's still Arrow dynamic The Globe and Mail 9 Oct 2006


The Avro Arrow 'flies' again
Toronto Sun October 9, 2006
Canoe News October 9, 2006
  Half-century after first rollout, Arrow still thrills the public Montreal Gazette October 09, 2006
  As sharp as an Arrow Edmonton Sun October 9, 2006
  Arrow model brings back memories Mississauga News Oct 9, 2006
  Avro Arrow replica unveiled in Toronto CTV Oct. 8 2006
  Toronto museum unveils full-scale model of Avro Arrow Sep. 29 2006 - CTV
  The Legend of the Arrow by George Shaw.
George Shaw worked at AVRO Canada as a mechanical design engineer from early 1946 to mid 1960.
  Professional Engineers Ontario Chapter News Simcoe-Muskoka Chapter Fall 2006 (PDF)
Short article on Bill Coyle who worked on the Arrow at AVRO and is currently the Honourary Colonel to the Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Technology and Engineering (CFSATE) at CFB Borden
   DTA - DNAT  The Technical Airworthiness Authority (TAA) Communique / Le Bulletin de l'Autorite de navigablite technique (ANT) August 2006 Aout (Bilingual PDF) Has a quiz question on aircraft recognition, aircraft systems software certification, and other articles.
  Collingwood Classic Aircraft Foundation C.C.A.F. Newsletter Spring 2005 (PDF)
Articles on Victor John "Shorty" Hatton and Dev Agar, both who worked on the Arrow.
Unveiling of 16 Wing's new sign featuring the AVRO Arrow 
16 Wing - News By MWO Normand Marion
End of an Arrow Toronto Sun: Money, 15 January 2005
N.B. woman says she has AVRO Arrow blueprints CTV News, July 19, 2004
"Like trying to find a needle in a haystack"
Canada's Navy: News & Information (English) (francais)
DND/CF : Defence Community : Maple Leaf (English) (francais) (PDF)
Navy hunts Lake Ontario for AVRO Arrow models CBC News, July 09,2004
Success of AVRO search comes in intangible form Kingston Whig Standard, July 08, 2004
Search for Arrow relics comes up short Ottawa CBC, July 08, 2004
AVRO searchers get a boost: Old rocket discovered Kingston Whig Standard,  July 07, 2004
Search for AVRO Arrow models is unsuccessful CTV News, July 07, 2004
AVRO searchers empty-handed, but upbeat Kingston Whig Standard, July 06, 2004
Storm greets warships on Day 1 of AVRO Arrow search Kingston Whig Standard, July 05, 2004
Search begins for AVRO Arrow relics CBC Toronto, July 05, 2004
Starting at the bottom: AVRO search set to begin Kingston Whig Standard, July 03, 2004
Expert offers own theory on location of Arrow models Kingston Whig Standard, June 28, 2004
‘None of them are looking in the right place' for AVRO models Kingston Whig Standard, June 25, 2004
Navy to search for AVRO Arrow scale models CBC News, June 25, 2004
Looking Back on the AVRO Arrow The Iron Warrior. March 26, 2004
Janusz "Jan" Zurakowski, AVRO Arrow test pilot 
September 12, 1914 - February 09, 2004
First man to fly AVRO Arrow dies
CTV News, Obituaries Today, CBC News, London Free Press
February 11, 2004
Canada's Gift To NASA The Maple Leaf in Orbit
News from McGill In Focus - Fall 2003
Sparrow Seeker Antenna donated
  COPA Flights NewsFlash October 2002.  Tons of News!! By Adam Hunt ...Les Wellington spent 8 years in the British Fleet Air Arm and after the war worked with Dev Agar at Avro Canada on the CF105.

Fourth Dimension - The First Flight of the AVRO Arrow. National Defence Canada magazine article March 2002
News article: Flying high: Kamloops-born engineer recognized for 
soaring to success. By Neco Cockburn - Jim Chamberlin inducted into Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame


Legion Magazine Front Line: Arrow Takes Its Place With CF-18 Hornets. 
"Polished and gleaming, a six-metre-long, 1/5-scale model of the AVRO Arrow had been moved onto the flight line, quietly taking its place among the modern fighters where many promoters of  the stillborn fighter believe it could still hold its own despite its untimely death at the hands of the federal government."

Legion Magazine : Front Line :
Features of CAM http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/special/01-05.asp
http://www.legionmagazine.com/francais/special/01-05.asp
http://www.legionmagazine.com/features/celebratingcanada/00-01.asp
Piece of AVRO Arrow found in farmer's field CBC Toronto, CBC News, 25 June, 2001
AVRO Arrow Engineer Remembers the Cancelled Fighter. By Lawrence Gleason, The Morinville Mirror. An interview with Graeme MacKay, known today as as an outspoken Sturgeon County councillor. 
April/May 1998 AIR&SPACE Home Page AIR&SPACE Magazine Supplemental Information
National Air and Space Museum The Floyd AVRO Arrow Lecture.
PEO 75th Anniversary: The AVRO Arrow, Lost Horizons
AVRO Arrow. The story of the demise of the AVRO Arrow as told by a radio operator working in the control tower at the time the aircraft was cancelled (leads to dead link)
Diefenbaker Web FRANK Magazine. January 30, 1997 Arrow Replica Wrecked.
Diefenbaker Web - Arrow articles
Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI) 
Newsletter No. 29 : CCI Aids Recovery of AVRO Arrow Models
Institut canadien de conservation (ICC). Arrow, Bulletin de l'ICC, n º 29, juin 2002
Rebirth of the AVRO Arrow By BRIAN GRAY--The Toronto Sun
Brighton Independent, October 6, 1998: Remembering the Arrows  
Best Manufacturing Practices (PDF)
New November 2001 - Donald W. Craik Engineering Library
Eng. Dimensions: Mar/Apr '98 Setting the record straight on AVRO Arrow documents
AVRO Arrow Factsheet 5 (PDF)
Just For Fun - The AVRO Arrow was a Canadian jet fighter tested in 1958.
Volume 01 : Number 706 (.txt) In this issue: AVRO Arrow 
Volume 01 : Number 735 (.txt) ... In 1957, we built the AVRO Arrow -- a fighter plane so powerful, so fast, that it took the rest of the world thirty years to match it.
Ground control to major profit- Capital News Online... stars. In the 1980s, Spar Technologies — which worked on the AVRO Arrow project in the 1950s — developed a special robotic arm
BCPolitics - BC News and Political Commentary ... that could have long-lasting negative effects similar to the 1960s decision by then-prime minister John Diefenbaker to cancel the AVRO Arrow aircraft project
Press Release - 20000503 - 2000 CIAS Calendar Listing ... The USAF Thunderbirds made their first appearance in 1957. The AVRO Arrow jet fighter also put Canada at the leading edge of aircraft design.
David Furlotte Interview by Molly Martin ... Meetings of some of the larger Oil Companies and I used what I saw and heard there for a lot of in-depth information) The stories of the AVRO Arrow
Wired News: A Saucer From Mars? Nope, Canada ...  In 1959, Canada's conservative government cancelled AV Roe's AVRO Arrow jet project, sparking massive layoffs.
LBJ's Announcement Of The SR-71 - Balaskas. It is interesting to note that the SR-71 Blackbird went on the drawing boards several years earlier in 1959 shortly after the AVRO Arrow's demise..
Skeptical News... Back in the early 1960's, the Canadian federal government, as a result of direct and very heavy pressure  from Washington, cancelled the AVRO Arrow Project
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