Declassified government records shed additional light on the cancellation and subsequent destruction of the Avro Arrow.
The controversial cancellation of the Avro Arrow - an extraordinary achievement of Canadian military aviation - continues to fire debate today. When the program was scrapped in 1959, all completed aircraft and those awaiting assembly were destroyed, along with tooling and technical information. Was abandoning the program the right decision? Did Canada lose more than it gained?
Brimming with information to fill in gaps in the Arrow's troubled history, and with an update on the latest search for the scale models launched deliberately into Lake Ontario as part of the test program, The Avro Arrow tackles the outstanding questions head on.
By:
Palmiro Campagna Foreword by:
Graeme Mount Imprint: Dundurn Group Ltd Country of Publication: Canada Dimensions:
Height: 228mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 439g ISBN:9781459743175 ISBN 10: 1459743172 Pages: 280 Publication Date:19 June 2019 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Palmiro Campagna is the author of Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed, Requiem for A Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow, and The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed. He lives in Ottawa.