GTTS:
Pretty sure you are imagining this. The Arrow flying programme only lasted from March 1958 till Feb 1959, when it was cancelled.
Wasn't Darrl Zanuck a film producer?
The Arrow test pilot was Janusz Zurakowski.
While flying the CF-100, Jan demonstrated a new aerobatic maneuver called the "falling leaf". This involves the aircraft doing a succession of alternating sideslips, with the appearance of a falling leaf -- a light, graceful maneuver. One would never have thought that an aircraft as heavy as the CF-100 could do such a thing but in the hands of Jan Zurakowski, it could. Jan entertained the crowd at the 1955 Farnborough Air Show in England with this manoeuvre.
Last edited by wub; 1st Feb 2003 at 14:16.