On October 4th, 1957, Avro Canada unveiled Canada’s first, last and only made-in-Canada supersonic interceptor, the CF-105, dubbed the “Arrow”. Less than two years later, in February of 1959, the Arrow program was scrapped, and over 30,000 employees were suddenly left jobless. In the years that followed, myth, controversy, resentment and legend melded into the story of how Canadians dared to dream, and then shot themselves in their collective feet. Conspiracy theories abound as to how the U.S. torpedoed the Arrow, since it was superior to their own aircraft, and they couldn’t allow that to occur. In this article, I’m just going to run down the facts of the airframe, engine and fire control system...
Looking Back on the Avro Arrow - The Iron Warrior
Good article and sums up my opinion of the Arrow myth, nicely.