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Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
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The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond. After intense political pressure from the U.S. and from sectors of the Canadian military aligned with the U.S., Prime Minister John Deifenbaker abruptly cancelled the Arrow program in February 1959. Tthe assembly line, tooling, plans, existing airframes, and engines were ordered to be destroyed. The cancellation was the topic of considerable political controversy at the time, and the subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians and industry pundits.
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