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Location: SW Cheese Country
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye's-911T
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On 20 February 1959 "Black Friday" - Diefendoofus - the PM at the time, effectively killed Canada's aerospace industry with one fell swoop by his cancellation of the programme. Most of the AVRO techs joined NASA shortly after they were unceremoniously dumped & helped a great deal in putting Armstrong on the moon. The mystifying & absurd part of the debacle which aggravates most was as follows: "The cancellation was the topic of considerable political controversy at the time, and the subsequent destruction of the aircraft in production remains a topic for debate among historians and industry pundits. "This action effectively put Avro out of business and its highly skilled engineering and production personnel scattered. The assembly line, tooling, plans and existing airframes and engines were ordered to be destroyed"
STOOOPID!!
Cheers
JB
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It would have been a decent interceptor, but it would have never been a good frontline fighter.
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The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
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