Avro Canada was a Canadian aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within 13 years became the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000. Avro Canada was best known for the CF-105 Arrow, but through growth and acquisition, it rapidly became a major, integrated company that had diverse holdings.
(L–R) Sir Roy Dobson and Crawford Gordon Jr. Note: Avro Arrow in background, c. 1957
A CF-100 Mk 3 painted as the CF-100 prototype, on display at The Hangar Flight Museum, Calgary
Model of the C102 Jetliner.
CF-105 Mk 1 interceptor
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond.
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow
Full size replica of the CF-105 Arrow at the Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto
RL-204, late 1958
Unveiling of CF-105 on October 4, 1957. Pilots Ron Hodge (left), Ed Wright (right).