Synopsis
The right stuff. The wrong time.
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.
1997 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.
Dan Aykroyd Sara Botsford Aidan Devine Nigel Bennett Jonathan Whittaker Ian D. Clark David Brown Catherine Fitch Robin Gammell Robert Haley Michael Moriarty Michael Ironside Christopher Plummer Mauralea Austin Colette Stevenson Art Hindle Lynne Cormack Vernon Chapman Lubomir Mykytiuk Frank Adamson John Nelles Niklas Konowal Chris Sigurdson John Bekavac Walter High Wilfrid Bray Lora Schroeder Ron White
This is a semi fictional made for tv movie based on the Canadian Avro Arrow. The world's first supersonic aircraft. I have read the story of the Arrow many times. During the height of the Cold War, Canada seeks to replace it's CF-100 interceptors to defend their Arctic airspace. The aircraft that they need is something so advanced that every aircraft company have turned down the contract. Minister of everything C.D Howe convinces the heads of the Canadian air force to consider Avro Aircraft. At first they say its impossible, but principle engineer Jim Chamberland comes up with a delta wing design for the aircraft. The Arrow is a well made docu-drama, and it does bring to light a lotβ¦
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