Alison CreeksideIn 1959, the Avro Arrow program was cancelled by the incoming Diefenbaker government.
14,000 Avro employees lost their jobs, many moved to NASA, and the Canadian aeronautical and aviation sector was decimated. #Avro #cdnpoli
"The government then bought 66 second-hand Voodoo fighters from the USA and opted into the Bomarc surface-to-air guided missile system but withdrew over public opinion.
The total cost of these purchases was more than the entire cost of the Avro program."
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14,000 Avro employees lost their jobs, many moved to NASA, and the Canadian aeronautical and aviation sector was decimated. #Avro #cdnpoli
"The government then bought 66 second-hand Voodoo fighters from the USA and opted into the Bomarc surface-to-air guided missile system but withdrew over public opinion.
The total cost of these purchases was more than the entire cost of the Avro program."
Pillaged from Canadian History EHX on BSky