The Avro Arrow For the Record
With declassified government documents and photos, this expanded edition discusses the circumstances surrounding the deliberate destruction of one of Canada's greatest technical achievements. Added information answers the question of whether or not the American government wished Canada to conti...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Toronto
Dundurn Press
2024
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| Ausgabe: | 2nd ed |
| Online-Zugang: | DE-2070s |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 A Future Lost
- 2 Was the Arrow That Good?
- 3 What Did the Arrow Program Cost?
- 4 Why Was the Arrow Program Terminated?
- Photo Insert
- 5 The American Factor
- 6 Who Ordered the Blowtorching and Why Was Everyone Fired?
- Conclusion
- Postscript
- Acknowledgements
- Appendix A: Notes on the Flight Controls and Stability Augmentation System in the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
- Appendix B: Avro to NASA
- Appendix C: Selected Figures
- Appendix D: Selected Documents
- Appendix E: Arrow Flight Test Models and the Velvet Glove
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Image Credits
- Index
- About the Author