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Originally posted by Yuri:
Government Stupidity at work again!
(The CF-105 AVRO ARROW's demise)
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In an earlier topic a son of Orillia esposed the Avro Arrow at:-
http://www.corfid.com/ubb/ultimatebb...=001708#000005
the "cromulent chipster" Kyle Schmidt is so enamoured of the Arrow that he has a fine site in homage to it at:-
Click the picture for Kyle's site
In my posting to the topic as linked above I had featured an uncannily superficially very similar UK aircraft that was also cancelled for almost identical and spurious political/trade reasons the TSR2
I had meant to reply to this topic much earlier as befits a one time student of Aeronautical Enginering.
Yes Yuri
40 odd years ago I could say that three years previously I "could not spell engeneer and now I are one"!!
I have received the splendid US magazine Aviation Week every week since the mid 60's and my very favourite aircraft is this one
The unique Lockheed SR71C Blackbird at rest in the Hills AFB Aircraft Museum 30 miles North of Salt Lake City Utah in October 2005