A big gala was held yesterday and celebrations are on all weekend at the Toronto Aerospace Museum related to the rollout of an AVRO Arrow replica.

Catch a glimpse of one of Canada’s crowning engineering achievements during the Cold War; a World Class interceptor that would have been used to defend our Northern Territory had Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and his Conservative government not cancelled the project. At the time they reasoned that the Russian space program was a greater threat than manned bombers in the north and the push beyond the project fell apart. The government pulled the plug and scrapped all AVRO Arrows built or in production. CBC has some interesting articles and of course produced a dramatization about this story starring Dan Akroyd some time ago.

This long weekend is a perfect time to see this piece of history up close…

The Avro Arrow Replica Rollout
Sunday, October 8, 2006 at 2:00 pm at the Toronto Aerospace Museum.
Parc Downsview Park
65 Carl Hall Road
Toronto, ON
M3K 2E1
Phone: (416) 638-6078
Fax: (416) 638-5509

The museum will have an “Open House” on two days.
Sunday, from noon to 4:00 pm
Monday (Thanksgiving Day) from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Admission each day is “Pay What You Can” (PWYC) donation suggested.

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