Avro Arrow 60% scale replica being built
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Avro Arrow 60% scale replica being built
Two friends independently told me in the past couple of days of an Arrow replica being built at Springbank (CYBW), my local GA airport. I am amazed I had never heard of it before.
Sixty percent may sound small, but it is as big as a CF-18 - the Arrow was a very large aircraft.
https://www.avromuseum.com/about-us.html
https://www.avromuseum.com/photos5.html
Sixty percent may sound small, but it is as big as a CF-18 - the Arrow was a very large aircraft.
https://www.avromuseum.com/about-us.html
https://www.avromuseum.com/photos5.html
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Just reading how Kelly Johnson got hold of load of 3" (or whatever size) rockets from the USAF to test models of the F-104 in much the same way.
Hadn't realised the replica is to be a flier - blimey!
Hadn't realised the replica is to be a flier - blimey!
The bit that is difficult is finding a competent 60% pilot to fit the 60% cockpit......
Thanks Zaxis. It is indeed a sad story and very upsetting for the folk who built it. I would have thought they could have found somewhere to exhibit it but large airframes are difficult to place and maintain.