It’s Tuesday! Did You Know…
* 1959 – Diefenbaker Government Cancels Avro Arrow Fighter Program
On March 25, 1958, the infamous Avro Arrow made its very first test flight. The plane was the crown jewel of Canadian aircraft manufacturer A.V. Roe Canada, better known as Avro, then the third-largest company in Canada. The hypersonic fighter was on the cutting edge of aerospace technology at the time: it could reach a speed nearly three times the speed of sound, traveling at an altitude of 60,000 feet. Continue reading “John’s Believe It Or Not… February 20th”
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