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	FlightDeck Milestones: Avro Arrow
		Before giving the green light to Avro, the RCAF sent a top level evaluation team to assess all the countries in the Western alliance to find out if anyone was working on a craft that met their requirements.
		While Avro's Gas Turbine Division (later to become Orenda Engines) was working on the powerful Iroquois engine that was to be used on the Mark 2 series, test flights went underway using an interim engine, the Pratt and Whitney J75 engine.
		Avro was instructed to immediately halt all work, and to destroy all prototypes and plans.
	www.exn.ca /FlightDeck/Aircraft/Milestones/avroarrow.cfm (766 words)

	The Avrow Arrow...A Broken Dream-Home
		Avro's first project was to design a commercial transcontinental jet transport which was requested by Trans-Canada Air Lines.
		Avro had also managed to increase the range of the Arrow and reduce its cost to $7.8 million each by redesigning it to put in a US radar fire-control and missile system.
		Avro Canada made a last attempt to sell their planes to the U.S. or the U.K. however was unsuccessful.
	www.angelfire.com /psy/avro_arrow (931 words)

	Avro 707
		The origins of the Avro 707 are intertwined with those of the Avro Vulcan.
		For various reasons, the early Avro 707s took too long to reach the flight test stage, and consequently their direct contribution to the Type 698 Vulcan programme was comparatively small.
		However, the Avro 707 family of research aircraft gave British aircraft designers early confidence in the general handling characteristics of the delta-wing, which lead to its adoption on other aircraft types (several of which where cancelled in 1957), and some of the systems tested found a direct application on other military aircraft programmes.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /types/uk/avro/707/707.htm (2057 words)

	The Avro Arrow
		Avro expected the Arrow to break all world speed records once the Iroquois was installed.
		Avro president Crawford Gordon goes on the defensive, taking to the airwaves to reassure the public – and Arrow workers – that this does not mean the Arrow program is cancelled.
		Avro's greatest asset is the team of top-notch engineers it has assembled from across Canada and around the world.
	members.shaw.ca /b.bogdan/Arrow/avro_arrow.htm (4088 words)

	Avro-Canada VZ-9AV Avrocar
		Frost and his design team powered the aircraft with three gas-turbine engines and the combined exhaust from these power plants drove a "turborotor" mounted in the center of the vehicle.
		Meanwhile, Avro finished the second prototype and began flight tests, using a safety tether, in September 1959.
		The motion was unique and needed a name so Avro called it "hubcapping." Hubcapping occurred when the cushion of air supporting the aircraft close to the ground became unstable.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/avro.htm (1301 words)

	AVRO Car
		Avro Canada is best remembered for the ill-fated Arrow, the supersonic jet fighter shelved by Ottawa in 1959.
		Avro's management was overjoyed to see its flying saucer take to the air.
		Verne Morse, one of the team who worked on the secret project, said he was amazed any pictures had survived because of the total secrecy surrounding the project.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/mufonontario/avro/avrocar.html (3317 words)

	avrolancaster
		Even Avro themselves had given up all hope of solving the problems with the Vulture, and started to look at ways of improving the Manchester by drastic means.
		Roy Chadwick and his team at Avro responded to this Specification with plans for the Avro Type 683 - essentially a modified Manchester with four Rolls-Royce Merlin Mark Xs in place of the troublesome Vultures.
		Chadwick and his design team made a few simple changes to the basic design of the Manchester airframe, which included some modifications to the fueslage and the extension of the wings.
	www.hellzapoppin.demon.co.uk /avrolancaster.htm (2398 words)

	Avro Vulcan
		The world's first delta-winged bomber to reach operational service, the Avro Vulcan was one of the cornerstones of Britain's nuclear deterrent during the height of the Cold War.
		A short while later, an additional order was placed with Avro for the development of the Type 707 series of research aircraft.
		The Avro 707 was intended to investigate the low and high speed characteristics of delta wings, for application to the 698 design.
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /types/uk/avro/vulcan/Vulcan.htm (3192 words)

	WW2 Warbirds: the Avro Lancaster - Frans Bonné
		Avro Lancaster Mk II During the end of 1941 the Lancaster Mk I production increased so rapidly that it was feared that the number of airframes would outnumber the production of the Merlin engine.
		Avro Lancaster B.Mk II Some of the B.Mk I's were fitted with the Bristol Hercules XVI engines to be able to carry the Grand Slam.
		Avro Lancaster B.Mk VI Conversion of the Lancaster Mk III.
	www.xs4all.nl /~fbonne/warbirds/ww2htmls/avrolanc.html (987 words)

	Avro Avrocar Flying Saucer Paper model from Fiddlers Green
		Formal Air Force flight evaluations occured at Avro in April 1960 and June 1961 - tests showed that the maximum speed was 35 mph and reseach at NASA showed that the Avrocar was aerodynmically unstable.
		The Avro Canada VZ-9-AV "Avrocar" designed by company Chief Designer John Frost was a true flying saucer that was produced for the U.S.A.F. and U.S. Army in the period 1958-1959.
		With the problems that the contractor was facing in the wake of the cancellation of its premier fighter program, the Avro Arrow by the Canadian government, Avro was unable to continue the project.
	www.fiddlersgreen.net /AC/aircraft/Avro-Avrocar/info/info.htm (1185 words)

	AVROCAR! Saucer Secrets from the Past
		The Avro Canada VZ-9AV "Avrocar" designed by company Chief Designer John Frost was a true flying saucer that was produced for the U.S.A.F. and U.S. Army in the period1958-1959.
		An Avro- funded project of similar capability known as the P.V.704 was also initiated in 1957 as a means to speed up development of the supersonic programs.
		In late 1960, Avro had redesigned the VZ-9AV Avrocar with a pair of J-85 turbojets, a larger turborotor of improved performance and a wing/tailet configuration married to the central disc platform.
	www.avrocar.com /avrocarstory.html (969 words)

	Smiliner: BAe 146/Avro RJ News Archive 2003
		A Turkish Airlines (THY) Avro RJ100 crashed in thick fog while attempting to land at Diyarbakir, in southeast Turkey, in the evening of January 8.
		Italian Avro RJ operator Azzurra Air began a codeshare service from Milano Malpensa to Rotterdam on January 12, in cooperation with Dutch airline VLM.
		SN Brussels Airlines has begun to repaint its Avro RJs and BAe 146s in its airline's new colors, which were introduced earlier this year with the delivery of the Airbus A319s.
	www.smiliner.com /news/2003.shtml (7700 words)

	AIN Online June 2001: Avro RJX takes to the air after five-month setback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Compared with the Avro RJ, the RJX will show lower fuel burn, reduced maintenance costs, lower airport and en-route navigation charges, and be able to operate at higher weights from restricted airports.
		Avro has retained the option of three different cabin sizes that offer 70 to as many as 128 seats, depending on overall length and layout.
		The development team agreed to a two-week period in which to complete fitting of the engine, ahead of ground running that began March 18.
	www.ainonline.com /issues/06_01/june_01_avrorjxpg66.html (1160 words)

	Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow - interceptor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For the Canadian aviation industry, and for Avro Canada in particular, the traumatic story of the Avro Canada CF-105 was paralleled by that of the contemporary British Aircraft Corporation TSR.2 in the UK.
		Avro's design team tackled the new and demanding task with great enthusiasm, with the result that by April 1954 the company was involved in the manufacture of the first five Arrow 1 prototypes.
		The first of the Arrow 1 prototypes made its maiden flight on 25 March 1958, and all five of this version were being used for development and testing when the entire programme was cancelled on 20 February 1959.
	avia.russian.ee /air/canada/canada_arrow.html (363 words)

	AVRO LANCASTER WORLD WAR TWO BOMBER AIRCRAFT
		The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine World War II bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force (RAF).
		A development of the Lancaster was the Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V, these two marks became the Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.
		There are 17 known Avro Lancasters remaining in the world, two of which remain in airworthy condition, although few flying hours remain on their airframes and actual flying is carefully rationed.
	www.solarnavigator.net /aviation_and_space_travel/avro_lancaster.htm (2202 words)

	CF-105 Arrow, Avro Canada
		From 1953 to 1959, the Avro team designed and built one of the most sophisticated aircraft of the world.
		Therefore Orenda Engines, the engine division of Avro, was called to develop an engine to fill the two "46 inch holes" on the Arrow and power her.
		A.V.Roe itself crumbled from the second largest corporation in Canada, to a sleazy 500 employee company, mainly performing CF-100 overhauls, the plane it built before the Arrow, and building a few appliances and aluminum boats.
	home.iae.nl /users/wbergmns/info/arrow.htm (2649 words)

	Crashed Avro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The aircraft's log book and other documents, including a passport and a wallet were wrapped in fabric and wired to a wing strut.
		The dead pilot was an Australian, Captain Bill Lancaster, who had vanished in 1933 while attempting to fly from England to South Africa in his Avro Avian biplane.
		A team from the Queensland Museum went to Africa in 1975 to recover the aircraft, and it was eventually put on display in the condition it was found.
	www.mms.qld.edu.au /getting-about/avro-crash.htm (143 words)

	Silver-wings.co.uk: Avro Arrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		For the Canadian aviation industry and for Avro Canada in particular, the story of the Avro Canada CF 105 was utterly traumatic and was paralelled by that of its British contemporary, the BAC TSR-2, in that both were destroyed by short term political considerations.
		Avro's design team attacked the new and demanding task with great vigour and by 1954 the company was involved in the manufacture of five Arrow 1 prototypes.
		Even to this day the Avro Arrrow is still capable of arousing enormous passion in its native country.
	freespace.virgin.net /pbratt.home/Avro_Arrow_Frame.htm (215 words)

	AVRO VULCAN - HISTORY
		Avro's chief designer, Roy Chadwick immediately began an unusual design based on a delta wing concept and a matter of months later, the design had been submitted and had won the contest (along with Handley Page's HP.80 design - later to become the Victor).
		The design was changed before the familiar Vulcan layout was settled on; fins on the wingtips became a single conventional fin, and the nose was extended along with the addition of a distinct fuselage section as opposed to the near-flying-wing idea originally envisaged.
		While the Vulcan Display Team continued to operate the Vulcan very publically, the RAF itself no longer operated them at all, and many were scrapped or burned.
	www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk /vulcan/history.html (2838 words)

	AvroCar's 1950's UFO - American Antigravity
		During this delay, Avro went bankrupt due to unrelated business issues, and development was halted.
		Was he being evasive, or was he simply indicating that the Avrocar technology was either not powerful enough or stable enough to fly other than as a ground-effects vehicle.
		Videotape of tethered tests and later accounts from the engineering team seem to show that the AvroCar was very unstable in a steady, motionless-hovering position.
	www.americanantigravity.com /avrocar.shtml (919 words)

	Avro Motor Cars - For Pre-Owned Ferrari & Bentley
		Avro Motor Cars are members of the Brooklands Society.
		Avro Motor Cars' senior management are Mark Hawkins and Andy McGrath.
		Mark was first associated with Ferrari at Modena Engineering from 1982, and joined Ferrari UK in November 1991, becoming the foremost member of their sales team.
	www.avromotorcars.co.uk /companyprofile.htm (134 words)

	Fred Raynham,
		This was of a similar size to the Avro 504 (38 feet wing span as against 36 feet, and 28’ 6" long as against 29’ 5"), and was also powered by one of the new 80 hp Gnome engines.
		The Avro and the Blackburn were evenly matched on the flight towards York, with Raynham landing 25 minutes later, just a minute in front of Blackburn.
		The 504 established Avro as a successful aircraft manufacturer, saw extensive use both during the Great War and afterwards, and was still in production fifteen years later with a total of over 10 000 built.
	www.earlyaviators.com /eraynham.htm (1636 words)

	SPACE.com -- Canada's Role in Missile Defense
		However, in 1959 the Avro factory was ordered by the Canadian government to stop construction of the Arrow.
		Prime Minister Diefenbaker and his advisers had been persuaded by the United States President and by the Pentagon that fighter aircraft were a thing of the past and that the future lay in missile defense.
		Avro soon closed its doors altogether (reduced to making railroad cars) and the Canadian government promptly purchased a large stockpile of BOMARC missiles from the USA, ostensibly for shooting down Soviet bombers.
	www.space.com /adastra/050308_adastra_canada.html (1832 words)

	Avro Lancaster 1 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		Avro Lancaster 1 airplane pictures & aircraft photos - RAF Museums
		For the last three years of the Second World War the Avro Lancaster was the major heavy bomber used by Bomber Command to take the war to the heart-land of Nazi Germany.
		It resulted from design work undertaken by Roy Chadwick and his Avro team to overcome the problems experienced with the twin-engined Manchester bomber.
	www.rafmuseum.org.uk /avro-lancaster-1.htm (236 words)

	The Arrow
		The delta wing is the triangular wing, as opposed to the wings of a jet airliner.
		The team leader, though, had a greater vision; he promised the public an all-Canadian airplane, and the tests had been conducted with Pratt and Whitney engines.
		Spontaneously, he insisted that the team go to the government and ask for an additional sixty million dollars so that the project could really take off.
	www.angelfire.com /film/reviews30/arrow.html (532 words)

	The AVRO Arrow CF-105 Photo Gallery by Sandra Jackson at pbase.com
		Avro Aircraft Ltd. of Malton Ontario devoted its design team to the project and one year later submitted a proposal for a delta winged aircraft powered by new Canadian designed and built engines, the Orenda Iroquois.
		This Canadian technological leadership was lost when the government ordered the cancellation of the Avro contract and the destruction of anything relating to the aircraft.
		Goofy Brits'd be wiped off the planet twice over if not for general Arthur Currie and his canadian shock troops showing how to cure a bad case of 'the huns' ('the hives')...
	www.pbase.com /sjackson/avro_arrow (1076 words)

	The Avro CF-105 Arrow
		Of the postwar aircraft produced by Avro Canada, the most important was the Avro "CF-100 Canuck", a big twin-engined straight-winged jet interceptor.
		In April 1953, after a year of analysis by Avro, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) presented a requirement for a twin-engined, two-seat interceptor with a maximum speed of Mach 2, a maximum ceiling of 18.3 kilometers (60,000 feet), and a combat radius of 370 kilometers (200 nautical miles).
		The Avro team originally selected the new Rolls-Royce RB.106, but development of that engine was delayed in turn, and the Pratt and Whitney J75, used on the Republic F-105 Thunderchief and Convair F-106 Delta Dart, was chosen to power the preproduction prototypes, which were designated "Mark 1".
	www.vectorsite.net /avarrow.html (3191 words)

	Aircraft: Avro 504K
		Herkimer, NY The Avro was initially used to train pilots.
		The purpose of the skid was to prevent the aircraft from nosing over in case of a groundloop, landing gear failure, etc...
		Ocean, NJ I am building a 1/3 scale replica(radio controlled) of the Avro 504k that is at the Rhinebeck Aerodrome.
	aeroweb.brooklyn.cuny.edu /specs/avro/avr-504k.htm (208 words)

	Canada's Other Avro Tragedy ... Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Avro complied, and it flew from Chicago to New York in one hour, 42 minutes, at 459 mph., 200 mph faster than the best fighter planes of the Second World War.
		It is interesting, however, that despite this Avro being an apparently quite capable airplane, I'd never heard of it before at all and I thought I was quite an aviation buff.
		The movie made it sound as if the Avro team could have had a man on the moon in 1960 using the Avro Arrow as a launch platform.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1348809/posts (2693 words)

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