The Avro Arrow Story: The Revolutionary Airplane and its Courageous Test Pilots

Altitude Publishing, 2004
ISBN: 1551539780
128 pages

In the 1950s, A.V. Roe Canada was at the forefront of aviation development worldwide. After building one of the first jet airliners and completing production of Canada's first jet finger, the company was poised to launch its most revolutionary design--"the Avro Arrow. Despite the efforts of courageous test pilots and some of the world's best designers, engineers, and technicians, the dream was shattered.