AVRO ARROW "buzzes" AMERICANS

From the movie, "The Arrow".

RCAF Captain Woodman "buzzes" Niagara AFB by flying the Arrow over Buffalo!

Great 3 hour movie available from CBC!

EXCELLENT bonus feature films!!

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• RCAF
• AVRO
• ARROW
• Malton
• Canada
• Toronto
• Niagara
• AFB
• Dan
• Aykroyd
• PM
• Diefenbaker

[quedorf]

@DevarSunder Just for the movie..... The movie, although based on the actual story, took much license, and is not a good source for what actually happened.

[raynus1]

@Kzaaps: The CF-100? No, the Clunk was replaced in the interceptor role by the CF-101 Voodoo beginning in 1961 (filling the void left by the CF-105's cancellation). The last operating CF-100's were used in ECM/recon/training capacities, not as interceptors. The CF-105 was intended to be the replacement for the CF-100. The Voodoo (interceptors) served until 1984 when replaced by the CF-18. The two remaining ECM Voodoos served until 1987.

[raynus1]

@MultiZebby: Unlikely. No record of that unauthorized occurence anywhere online. However, an Orenda turbojet-equipped Lancaster Mk X was investigated by USANG pilots in the summer of 1950 while flying over Lake Ontario. The two outboard Merlins had been replaced with Orenda I's for flight testing prior to installation in the CF-100. Far cry from what this rancid giggle of a movie depicts.

[MultiZebby]

@JohnQRandom It's not on the net so it never happened. I mentioned the books it was printed in. Then you start mentioning stuff that we never discussed. I'm not going to waste my time with you anymore.

[JohnQRandom]

My dear, there is nothing concerning this "supposed" incident on the net because it never happened. And if you actually read this in a Canadian book (which I doubt you did) then it's simply a lie.

The test pilots were not a boyfriend/girlfriend team as depicted here, the main test pilot was Janusz Zurakowski, who wasn't even Canadian born, he was Polish. This aircraft was not a "national dream", as most Canadians didn't even know about it and "jealous Americans" didn't shut it down.

[MultiZebby]

@JohnQRandom Mr Troll. Why don't you try reading instead of beleiving everything on the net.

[JohnQRandom]

@MultiZebby

"the air base was buzzed. Source: Shutting Down The National Dream"

The more comments you post the more apparent it is how full of shit you are. You actually think a Canadian military jet invaded US airspace, flew directly over it and risked beng shot down, which is exactly what would have happened if an unidentified militry jet would have done so.

I just searched the internet up and down and found nothing to support this claim, because it never happened.

[JohnQRandom]

Wrong. This has nothing to do with me thinking foreign countries don't build better products than American products. This has do with Canadians (like yourself) who think the Avro (not even fully flight tested) was the best plane ever built. This plane would have been outstanding, but even one of your own professors gave reasons why it was canceled. See the video "Canadians, the Avro was a failure" here on youtrube. The uploader is nowhere to be found, but the video is still there.

[MultiZebby]

@JohnQRandom Despite you claiming it didn't have guns or missiles, It is still an interceptor. And just because you,an American, cannot admit that something made in a foreign country might be superior to an American made product does not make it a fact.

The movie took a lot of liberties with the story but it is no worse than a lot of the Hollywood American history claptrap. And I never said it made it any more marketable. An English teacher should learn to understand and read accurately.

[MultiZebby]

@raynus1 The Iroquois was fitted to the B47. It was a Lancaster that was used to buzz the air base and at the moment I don't have the time to dig out what engine was fitted to the Lancaster. And yes the air base was buzzed. Source: Shutting Down The National Dream.