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Some of you might be familiar with the Avro Arrow CF-105 of the 1950's, if not... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow

It's certainly an airplane of great lore to Canadians, especially with no examples left

However there is a group of folks here in the Calgary area in the process of building a 2/3 scale flying replica, this morning I was at their monthly open house, there is still a long way to go but they are hoping to be finished in three years... Their website at https://142.179.170.230/avro/ (yeah the website needs a little work...)

One of my photos...

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If the unit cost back then was 3.5-5 million (I assume CD), what will it cost to build the 2/3 scale flying replica? I recognize the value of volunteer labor, but the hard costs must be enormous. Just curious.
 
DART said:
If the unit cost back then was 3.5-5 million (I assume CD), what will it cost to build the 2/3 scale flying replica? I recognize the value of volunteer labor, but the hard costs must be enormous. Just curious.
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I'm sure they are, and they do take cash donations towards a good cause...
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I'm now sporting an Avro Arrow t-shirt :thumbsup: I also suspect there is some sort of investor and/or sponsor behind this venture
 
Had a parishioner who worked on the Arrow - couldn't even talk about it without crying.
 
What a beautiful looking aircraft! And that's from todays stand point! What a shame it was scrapped, for whatever reason. Many aircraft have suffered the same fate over the years. I think the grave yards had more US built aircraft in them than any where else, that never got out of the experimental stage. When you get into this much money, politics plays an important role in it's survival. So what else is new!
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JMHO. PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
What a beautiful looking aircraft! And that's from todays stand point! What a shame it was scrapped, for whatever reason...
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I'm not sure how well known the Avro Arrow is known about outside of Canada, but it has become one of the greatest Canadian <span style="font-style: italic">what if's</span>, which history is full of...
 
I see some design cues between this and the F-102 Delta Dart and the F-4 (and to some extent, the British Vulcan bomber)

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Well... Many of the aircraft designers and engineers and such went to the United States and England after 1959 to pursue their craft so some of their previous work may have rubbed off... The fellow yesterday was saying at that time in the 1950's there was some debate between traditional wings and these delta wings as I believe the Arrow was the first to try delta wings...
 
Going to be an interesting test flight, if it's up to it. With the horse power involved, I just hope they'll test fly it at nominal speed, let it go at that and put it in the museum. From reading up on it's construction, I hope they don't try and push the envelope. JMHO. PJ
 
PAUL161 said:
Going to be an interesting test flight, if it's up to it. With the horse power involved, I just hope they'll test fly it at nominal speed, let it go at that and put it in the museum. From reading up on it's construction, I hope they don't try and push the envelope. JMHO. PJ
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I think they plan to fly it, not sure how often, but I'm quite certain that there will be lots of requests for attendance at air shows, which it sounds like they plan to do... It will only be allowed to fly within North America from what they said...

There is no specific museum as such they are attached to, although that may change once the plane is finished
 
The F-102 was the Dagger...the F-106 was the dart. Have about eight years maintaining the F-106 and was fortunate enough to have gotten a few rides in it. Was working on my private ticket so the pilots let me (attempt) to control it. Actually though was quite tame and easy to fly. The A's were single seat, the B's or humpbacks were two seaters. fantastic aircraft to fly and maintain. The Arrow as talked about alot in our squadrons....especially by our Canadian exchange pilots...
 
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