Editing Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow (section)

===Aftermath===
Within two months of the project cancellation, all aircraft, engines, production tooling and technical data were ordered scrapped.<ref name = 'campagna121'>Campagna 1998, p.&nbsp;121.</ref> Officially, the reason given for the destruction order from cabinet and the chiefs of staff was to destroy classified and "secret" materials used in the Arrow and Iroquois programs.<ref>Stewart 1998, pp.&nbsp;274–276.</ref> The action has been attributed to [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] fears that a Soviet "mole" had infiltrated Avro, later confirmed to some degree in the [[Mitrokhin Archive]]s.<ref>Andrew and Mitrokhin 2000, p.&nbsp;219.</ref> <!--this is more of an urban myth that continues to be propagated by unreliable sources---->

Rumours had circulated that [[Wilfred Curtis|Air Marshal W.&nbsp;A. Curtis]], a [[World War I]] ace who headed Avro, had ignored Diefenbaker and spirited one of the Arrows away to be saved for posterity. These rumours were given life in a 1968 interview, when Curtis was asked directly if the rumour was true. He replied, "I don't want to answer that." He proceeded to question the wisdom of printing the story of a missing Arrow, and wondered whether it would be safe to reveal the existence of a surviving airframe only nine years later. "If it is in existence it may have to wait another 10 years. Politically it may cause a lot of trouble."<ref>McNenly, Pat. "Avro Arrow". ''Toronto Star'', 30 November 1968, p.&nbsp;1.</ref> The legend endures that one of the prototypes remains intact somewhere.<ref name = 'blissarrow'/>

[[File:Avro CF-105 Arrow at Canada Aviation and Space Museum.jpg|thumb|left|Arrow nose section on display at the [[Canada Aviation and Space Museum]].]]

Following the cancellation of the Avro Arrow project, CF-105 chief aerodynamicist [[Jim Chamberlin]] led a team of 25 engineers to [[NASA]]'s [[Space Task Group]] to become lead engineers, program managers, and heads of engineering in NASA's manned space programs—projects [[Project Mercury|Mercury]], [[Project Gemini|Gemini]] and [[Apollo project|Apollo]].<ref name="French and Burgess p. 196"/> The Space Task Group team eventually grew to 32 Avro engineers and technicians, and became emblematic of what many Canadians viewed as a "[[brain drain]]" to the United States.<ref name="French and Burgess p. 196">French and Burgess 2007, p.&nbsp;196.</ref> Among the former Arrow team engineers to go south were [[Tecwyn Roberts]] (NASA's first [[flight dynamics officer]] on Project Mercury and later director of networks at the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]), [[John Hodge (engineer)|John Hodge]] (flight director and manager on the cancelled Space Station Freedom project), Dennis Fielder (director of the Space Station Task Force, later the Space Station), [[Owen Maynard]] (chief of the LM engineering office in the Apollo Program Office), [[Bruce Aikenhead]], and Rod Rose (technical assistant for the Space Shuttle program).<ref name="Tecwyn">[http://www.llanddaniel.co.uk/Tecwyn_Roberts.html "Tecwyn Roberts"]. ''llanddaniel.co.uk''. Retrieved: 5 May 2011.</ref><ref>Pillinger, Colin. [http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=407382 "Red, white and blue Moon"]. ''[[Times Higher Education]]'', 16 July 2009. Retrieved: 5 May 2011.</ref> Many other engineers, including Jim Floyd, found work in either the UK or the United States. Work undertaken by both Avro Canada and Floyd benefited supersonic research at Hawker Siddeley, Avro Aircraft's UK parent, and contributed to programs such as the HSA.1000 supersonic transport design studies, influential in the design of the [[Concorde]].<ref>Whitcomb 1999, pp.&nbsp;251–259.</ref><ref>[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=1680494&show=pdf "Pattern of the Industry"]. ''Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology''. 1960, 32(1).</ref>

In 1961, the RCAF obtained 66 [[McDonnell CF-101 Voodoo]] aircraft, one of the American designs the RCAF originally rejected,<ref>Page et al. 2004, p.&nbsp;13.</ref>{{#tag:ref| Although the source indicates it was the F-101 that was evaluated, it was the XF-88 Voodoo that was flying at the time while the F-101 was a revised and upgraded variant only in the development stage in 1953.|group=Note}} to serve in the role originally intended for the Avro Arrow. The controversy surrounding this acquisition, and Canada's acquiring nuclear weapons for the Voodoos and Bomarcs, eventually contributed to the collapse of the Diefenbaker government in 1963.<ref>Stursberg 1975, p.&nbsp;122.</ref>

Although nearly everything connected to the CF-105 and Orenda Iroquois programs was destroyed, some were saved and are on display at the [[Canada Aviation and Space Museum]] in Ottawa: the cockpit and nose gear of RL-206, the first Mk&nbsp;2 Arrow, and two outer panels of RL-203's wings, alongside an Iroquois engine.<ref>[http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/AvroCanadaCF-105Arrow/ "Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow 2"] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110050019/http://www.aviation.technomuses.ca/collections/artifacts/aircraft/AvroCanadaCF-105Arrow/ |date=10 January 2011 }}). ''aviation.technomuses.ca''. Retrieved: 24 September 2010.</ref>

At the time of its cancellation, with specifications comparable to then-current offerings from American and Soviet design bureaus, the Arrow was considered by one aviation industry observer to be one of the most advanced aircraft in the world.<ref name= "Gunston p. 18"/> According to Bill Gunston:

{{quote|In its planning, design and flight-test programme, this fighter, in almost every way the most advanced of all the fighters of the 1950s, was as impressive, and successful as any aircraft in history.<ref name="Gunston p. 18"/>}}

[[File:J35906 YOW-MuseeAir 20120224-153823 Reserve AilesArrow3.jpg|thumb|Prototype No. 3's wing outer panels at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.]]

The Arrow's cancellation eventually led to the end of Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada), and its president and general manager, [[Crawford Gordon Jr.]], was fired shortly afterward. In 1962, the Hawker Siddeley Group formally dissolved A.&nbsp;V. Roe Canada and transferred all its assets to Hawker Siddeley's newly formed subsidiary, [[Hawker Siddeley Canada]].<ref>Bothwell and Kilbourn 1979, p.&nbsp;266.</ref> 

The nose cone section of Avro Arrow RL-206, currently on display at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, was smuggled out of the Avro Aircraft plant in Malton by members of the RCAF Flying Personnel Medical Establishment, a detachment of [[RCAF Station Downsview]] on Avenue Road in Toronto, where it resided for many years and was employed in high-altitude work. The commanding officer of the Flying Personnel Medical Establishment, Wing Commander Roy Stubbs, provides this prologue to the former aircraft:

{{quote|One day after a change of government, the new RCAF Chief of the Air Staff came to inspect our facilities and programs and after lunch, I asked if he would like to see something special. I showed him a piece of the Arrow; cockpit section and engine nacelles and a few other bits. I asked him what we should do with it and he said to keep it hidden until the climate in Ottawa was right, and then he would arrange to have it placed in the National Aeronautical Museum in Ottawa. Eventually this was done and at least a bit of history was saved.<ref>''The Western Canada Aviation Museum Magazine''</ref><!-- need a date and page--- as the actual story would relocate the component to CFB Trenton where it also languished for years in storage, not to mention other various bits including the outer wing panels of RL-203 in storage at CFB Rockliffe--->}}

Around 2011, a new version of the Avro Arrow was privately proposed as an alternative to a [[Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Canadian procurement|Canadian purchase of F-35 aircraft]].<ref name="CBC1">{{citation|author1-last=Harris|author1-first=Kathleen|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|date=2012-09-10|access-date=2021-10-11|title=Ottawa accused of axing Avro Arrow revival too soon|website=[[CBC News]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211174656/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ottawa-accused-of-axing-avro-arrow-revival-too-soon-1.1233462|archive-date=2015-02-11}}</ref> The proposal, promoted by former Canadian Forces infantry officer [[Lewis MacKenzie]], was rejected by Ottawa in 2012 as being too risky, too costly and too time-consuming given the need to re-engineer the 1950s-era aircraft with modern communication, targeting and stealth features.<ref name="GlobeAndMail1">{{citation|author1-last=Chase|author1-first=Steven|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-shoots-down-plan-to-revive-avro-arrow-fighter-plane/article4535481/|date=2012-09-11|access-date=2021-10-11|title=Ottawa shoots down plan to revive Avro Arrow fighter plane|website=[[The Globe and Mail]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817092203/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-shoots-down-plan-to-revive-avro-arrow-fighter-plane/article4535481/|archive-date=2021-08-17}}</ref> Member of Parliament and former Canadian Forces fighter pilot [[Laurie Hawn]] described the CF-105 as having been advanced 50 years prior, but "hopelessly behind its time" in 2012.<ref name="TorontoStar1">{{citation|author1-last=Campion-Smith|author1-first=Bruce|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/09/10/avro_arrow_takes_flight_again_in_dream_plan_for_new_air_force_fighter.html|date=2012-09-10|access-date=2021-10-11|title=Avro Arrow takes flight again in dream plan for new air force fighter|website=[[Toronto Star]] website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321210345/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/09/10/avro_arrow_takes_flight_again_in_dream_plan_for_new_air_force_fighter.html|archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>