Chasing Arrows

A group of hobbyists in Calgary, Alberta, are inspired to design and build an exact replica. After a series of setbacks, they settled on a 60% size Arrow, the maximum allowable by Canadian rules. Even more incredible than the actual plane, is the dedication of the volunteers who are creating it. No-one in the world has such an advanced, ambitious, fast home-built aircraft, faster than many civilian planes. One by one, the volunteers relate the moment they became “hooked” on the story of the Avro Arrow, and when it became irresistible to work on the Arrow II.

We also travel to the Edenvale Aerodrome in Ontario, where a full-size replica of the Arrow exists. We travel to Wetaskawin to see the Arrow built for the CBC miniseries in the 1990s. We travel to the University of Saskatchewan to view blueprints that were thought to be lost. At every step across Canada we see the Arrow reflected in the people who were inspired by it.