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CBC Boutique: The Arrow (English) (francais) DVD The Arrow (English) (francais) 4 VHS set (English) Project Arrow (English) (francais) 2 VHS set (francais) The Arrow tells the story of the passion, the betrayal and the players behind the building of the stunning fighter-interceptor jet constructed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Cost over-runs, U.S. government intervention and Canadian political agendas grounded the Arrow before it had a fighting chance. a brash young team of designers at Avro Aircraft and their charismatic new president, Crawford Gorden (Dan Aykroyd) accept the RCAF challenge to create a radically advanced jet fighter-interceptor to defend Canada against powerful Soviet nuclear bombers capable of attacking over the North Pole. The Avro team races to break all performance records with the Arrow. But the dream begins to unravel in a dark and tragic tale of political ambition, international espionage, subversion and deceit. |
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Heritage Minutes ... Avro
Arrow Canadian aerospace scientists design and test the world's fastest
and most advanced interceptor aircraft. Minutes Historica L'arrow de Avro Des ingénieurs aéronautiques canadiens dessinent et testent l'avion d'interception militaire le plus rapide au monde. |
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Avro Arrow CF105… A Short History. It was a plane 20 years ahead of its time, scrapped by a government that was out of touch with the times. Now the Arrow once again takes to the air. Compiled from rare film footage shot by Avro Aircraft this is a tribute to a great plane and to everyone who worked on her. See the Arrow from design through to its many test flights. Rare scenes include: design work, wind tunnel tests, test model flights, aircraft assemble, engine testing, taxi trials, the Arrow's first flight, beautiful shots of all five Arrows that were completed, and in the end, the Arrow's final destruction |
| Avro Arrow Original Footage Of The Canadian Icon. Developed by A.V. Roe Canada Ltd. Of Malton, Ontario for Canadian defence, the CF-105 Avro Arrow was a long range, twin-engine, delta-wing, supersonic interceptor with a weapons bay larger than a B-29 bomber's. With a multitude of technological breakthroughs, it exhibited Canada's cutting-edge aerospace industry during the 1950's cold war era. As built, the Arrow was a remarkable achievement. It outperformed all fighter aircraft of its day at only 3/4 throttle and was not surpassed by any service aircraft of the world for more than 25 years. The PS 13 Iroquois engine, developed by the Orenda Engines division of A.V. Roe, proposed even better performance. Citing high cost and impending obsolescence, the Canadian government cancelled the Arrow and Iroqouis programs on February 20th, 1959; a day known to millions of Canadians as "Black Friday". It was discovered that cancellation of these programs was a condition for signing the Defence Production Sharing Agreement between Canada and the United States in 1959. As well, it cost more to cancel these programs than to complete the initial order of 37 aircraft. Since its demise, the Avro Arrow has been the subject of several books, university theses and even a feature movie. It has become an icon of what Canada was, is and might have been. Filmed by A.V. Roe during the Arrow and Iroquois programs, this video gives the viewer rare original footage of the real Avro Arrow. | |
 
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 1. The RCAF needs a new plane. Broadcast Date: Mar. 2, 1980 (TV; runs 2:33) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 2. Unveiling the Arrow. Broadcast Date: Jan. 1, 1958 (TV; runs 0:34) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 3. The Arrow's maiden flight. Broadcast Date: Mar. 30, 1958 (TV; runs 4:06) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 4. Is the era of manned aircraft over? Broadcast Date: Sep. 28, 1958 (TV; runs 2:46) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 5. Crawford Gordon reacts to blow to Arrow program. Broadcast Date: Mar. 2, 1980 (TV; runs 0:57) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 6. Diefenbaker announces cancellation of the Arrow. Broadcast Date: Feb. 20, 1959 (Radio; runs 5:54) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 7. Political reaction to the Arrow's cancellation. Broadcast Date: Feb. 20, 1959 (Radio; runs 2:18) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 8. Avro workers react to massive layoffs. Broadcast Date: Feb. 20, 1959 (Radio; runs 3:13) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 9. The Arrow is destroyed. Broadcast Date: Feb. 20, 1979 (Radio; runs 1:48) |
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10. Brain drain to the United States. Broadcast Date: Mar. 2, 1980 (TV; runs 1:17) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 11. Arrow mania. Broadcast Date: Apr. 1, 1991 (Radio; runs 8:14) |
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CBC Archives The Avro Arrow: Canada's Broken Dream 12. Debating the Arrow's legacy. Broadcast Date: Jan. 13, 1997 (Radio; runs 10:07) |
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CBC Archives Construction and unveiling of the Arrow Stock footage of Avro employees at work. Broadcast Date : Oct. 6, 1957 (TV; runs 4:16)(no audio) |
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CBC Archives Sputnik and doubts about the Arrow "Morningside" looks at how the Russian satellite cast a long shadow on the unveiling of the Avro Arrow. Broadcast Date : Feb. 20, 1979 (Radio; runs 3:13) |
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J.L. Plant and Jim Floyd react to Arrow's maiden flight Audio of the plane's first flight, with comments from Arrow engineers and managers. Broadcast Date : March 25, 1958 (Radio; runs 5:25) |
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CBC Archives Avro Arrow test flight accident After a test flight, a parachute breaking mechanism fails, causing a minor accident upon landing. Broadcast Date : Nov. 16, 1958 (TV; runs 0:39) |
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CBC Archives Changes in strategic thinking Canadians follow American strategy, and interest turns to nuclear weapons. Broadcast Date : Feb. 20, 1979 (Radio; runs 2:32) |
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CBC Archives Ottawa orders all evidence of Arrow destroyed April 1959: all five Arrows are cut to pieces. Nobody in Ottawa will own up to the decision. Broadcast Date : March 2, 1980 (TV; runs 3:54) |
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CBC Archives The hunt for Avro Arrow models Lake Ontario hides sunken treasure: nine test models of the Avro Arrow. Broadcast Date : June 21, 1999 (TV; runs 3:02) |
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CBC Archives Bomarc bases built in Quebec La Macaza, Que., will soon host Bomarc B interceptor missiles. Recording Date : April 17, 1961 (TV; runs 2:05) (poor audio) |
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CBC Archives Deter, detect, defend Norad: North America's best hope against a Soviet air attack. Broadcast Date: March 22, 1959 (TV; runs 3:47) |
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CBC Archives Ready for doomsday Norad staff demonstrate what would happen if Canada was attacked. Broadcast Date: May 27, 1965. (TV; runs 3:49) |
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CBC Archives The space race and Sputnik To the ear, it sounds like just a random series of high-pitched beeps but to scientists and politicians everywhere, it bears much greater importance. Broadcast Date: Oct. 4, 1957. (Radio; runs 6:16) |
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CBC Archives 1. L'échec d'une réussite Durant ses sept ans de vie, le projet Arrow fait passer les Canadiens par toute la gamme des émotions. (Télévision, 7 min 13 s) |
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CBC Archives 2. A.V Roe, un géant de l'avion militaire En 1954, A.V. Roe Canada, filiale d’une compagnie britannique, est chargée de construire l’avion intercepteur CF-105. (Télévision, 1 min 17 s) |
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CBC Archives 3. Une formidable machine volante Avec ses 30 tonnes de métal capables de voler à deux fois la vitesse du son, l’Arrow est l’avion de combat le plus avancé au monde. (Télévision, 8 min 23 s) |
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CBC Archives 4. Une formidable machine volante Le vendredi 20 février 1959, le gouvernement conservateur de John Diefenbaker annule le projet Arrow. Il doit justifier son geste. (Radio, 5 min 04 s) |
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CBC Archives 5. Deux ingénieurs se souviennent L’annulation du projet Arrow sonne la fin d’un rêve pour les 2000 ingénieurs et 12 000 cadres et employés de l’usine. Tous y croyaient fermement. (Radio, 6 min 53 s) |
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CBC Archives 6. Des pressions américaines pour mettre fin au projet? Mythe ou réalité? Les Américains auraient fait pression sur le gouvernement Diefenbaker pour mettre fin au projet. (Radio, 50 s) |
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CBC Archives Nike, Hercule ou Bomarc? En 1959, le gouvernement canadien examine différentes fusées antimissiles pour la protection de son espace aérien. Diffusé le 14 juin 1959 (Télévision, 16 min ) |
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CANOE LIVE - Videos Celebrating the Avro Arrow |
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YouTube - online videos Search YouTube for Arrow videos Avro Arrow From: ironring2006 |
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