michaelmaltby
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The Arrow was a magnificent aircraft, politics and a changing world doomed the program and forever changed the face of the Canadian aviation industry.
Amen to that, Brother
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The Arrow was a magnificent aircraft, politics and a changing world doomed the program and forever changed the face of the Canadian aviation industry.
I think certain aircraft tend to naturally be favorites of aviation buffs, these designs almost always come up on top...You're kicking up a lot of old discussion Zipper, be advised that many of those members are no longer around including one who is deceased (RIP pb).
Nobody will disagree with thatThe Arrow was a magnificent aircraft, politics and a changing world doomed the program and forever changed the face of the Canadian aviation industry.
You know, this site could use a what-if designs forum: I know a person from a forum that is entirely based around such ideas. Mostly models, but some drawings too.kool kitty89 said:Additionally, the basic aerodynamic platform of the CF-105 could have been scaled down to something much more cost effective as a general-purpose fighter using a single engine or a pair of smaller engines.
I'm not so sure that's a big deal.The iroquois was also optimized for high altitude flight and adapting it to the low-altitude strike role would've taken some doing as well
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I have no idea what was behind the descision of course but when I read the story of the Arrow just now for the first time and how what sounds like it may have been the best or at least one of the best fighters of its day was suddenly cancelled and everything ordered destroyed seemingly almost on a whim dispite all the obvious negative consequences that would surely result the first thing that popped into my mind was someone must have been payed off.@Kool Kitty, RE the F-104: do remember Lockheed was not above quite a lot of bribery in its sales practices, as shown in court cases in several countries. The lists of people bribed extended into those wearing uniforms
In other words, some degree of the F-104's success was due to corruption. This may not have bypassed Canada.
It seems Hawker-Siddeley could have offered the Arrow to meet the same role for the RAF to compete against English-Electric (BAe Group).
I'm curious how it would have compared in terms of climb and acceleration rate over the Lightning. The lightning was incredible in some ways, but both could accelerate through Mach 1 without afterburner.The CF-105 was in fact a strong contender for a British interceptor in the mid 50s.
Does anybody have any description or any concept drawings?British requirement F.155T for a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor in service for 1963 looked to eclipse even the CF-105 in capability and would have been all-British in design