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CF-105 AVRO Arrow etc.
The CF-105 Avro Arrow was often referred to as the most advanced
fighter/interceptor of the day. First fly-by-wire, autonomous intercept capability, etc. Sadly it was cancelled with all proto-types destroyed. Many of the design engineers headed south and contributed to the American space program. Reading the press at the time, you would think that this was so far advanced that there was no competition! During more or less the same period the British F-1 Lightning, the Mig-21, the F-104, F-101, F-106, F-8, and F-4 Phantom were in or entering production. I wonder how these aircraft would stack up to the Arrow? I guess we will never know for sure as it never flew with the Iroquois engine. After the Arrow was cancelled the RCAF re-equipped with the Cf-101 Voodoo for NORAD and the CF-104 for NATO in a strike-recon configuration. Both served well until retirement. |
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Ed Majden wrote:
: The CF-105 Avro Arrow was often referred to as the most advanced : fighter/interceptor of the day. Yes, and that is about what was wrong with it :-). The CF-105 had the misfortune of being a very big, very expensive, highly specialised interceptor with all major elements of the programme being very ambitious: Not only the airframe, but also the engines, the avionics, and the missiles. For a country like Canada, this was really overstretching it, and something was bound to go wrong. The risk might have been acceptable if the CF-105 had had the all-round potential of the F-4, but it was probably not flexible enough. For a more sensible approach, look at Sweden, which has similar air defense problems, and has designed several generations of excellent fighter aircraft by staying with more modest (but very effective) and flexible designs, and using imported engines and weapons. -- Emmanuel Gustin |
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I wish people would get the designation straight. It was the Avro CF-105 Arrow not the CF-105 Avro Arrow or any other combination. Cheers...Chris |
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From: "Ed Majden"
To: "Emmanuel.Gustin" Subject: CF-105 AVRO Arrow etc. Date: February 22, 2004 8:37 AM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmanuel.Gustin" Subject: CF-105 AVRO Arrow etc. For a more sensible approach, look at Sweden, which has similar air defense problems, and has designed several generations of excellent fighter aircraft by staying with more modest (but very effective) and flexible designs, and using imported engines and weapons. -- Emmanuel: From Canada's air defence needs, the Arrow was the right aircraft for the job presented at an unfortunate or wrong time. Canada was in the midst of a recession and a change of government had just taken place. The new government was hostile to any programs presented by the old so the project was cancelled. Also, the beginnings of the space race and the missile threat had some influence, though a wrong one. Unlike Sweden, the threat over the vast north of Canada was not the same. We needed an advanced interceptor to go after the manned bomber threat. A multi purpose fighter was not required as fighter to fighter dog fights were most unlikely and ground support to take out invading armies was also not a threat. The Arrow was in fact replaced by two Bomarc SAM units and the American F-101 Voodoo, neither of them being multi purpose systems. The cancellation greatly damaged Canada's role in the aviation industry and it took many years to recover from this. Another case of short sighted government policy as I see it! |
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