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.