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The Arrow
1997 · Film · 180 min
Directed by Don McBrearty
The story of the Avro Arrow, the world's fastest fighter plane built in 1950's Canada, and how the project was dropped due to political pressure from the United States.
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If you want to know more about the Arrow, I really enjoyed the movie "The Arrow", not some big budget movie, but really interesting.
Being Canadian I must of heard countless time how this aircraft was like none other and ahead of it's time ... Not sure how true it really is.
You seem to be into your planes, have you heard of the Avro Arrow?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
There is also a pretty good film about it's development starring Dan Ackroyd.
I don't know much about planes, but I remember in High School (90s) when we learned about the Arrow, it was reported that no fighter jet had yet to match her specs. Looks like the F-18 comes close to the Avro top speed.