Julien Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Seems one of the engineers kept them even thugh they were supposed to destroyed https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saved-avro-arrow-blueprints-ordered-destroyed-1.5416554?fbclid=IwAR3UI29uV4A59yNwdbw2FySDTDd_hh5ZKAMiBYVOG5b_v7qM6ssz9ViW4xg Julien 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Excellent. I wonder if we might get an accurate up to date kit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Excellent. I wonder if we might get an accurate up to date kit now. Bugger that - they can now upgrade Canada's air defences at last............ 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, Paul Bradley said: Bugger that - they can now upgrade Canada's air defences at last............ It was my first thought. We could buy some as well instead of that other white elephant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 can we please keep the politics out of this thread. Thx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Nice to know something actual survived. To bad the way they are displayed, you can't look through them. I can understand they don't want skin oils on them. Just be nice to see what's all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, busnproplinerfan said: Nice to know something actual survived. To bad the way they are displayed, you can't look through them. I can understand they don't want skin oils on them. Just be nice to see what's all there. Would be nice if soeone was to digitise them in this day and age 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 15 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: It was my first thought. We could buy some as well instead of that other white elephant. Hmm nice idea but I have an idea that its radar cross section might be massive ....that said some aircraft have s surprising small cross section ....sea king as an example and helicopters are normally massive on account of the rotational frequency of the spinny thing on top😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSG0 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 I think the closest in size was the F-106? RCS, not sure but, I think the 105 and 106 would have had large RCS. Just my opinion. The 105 plans and the Mossie plans that were found should all be digitized. How often do we get second chances with these types of historical documents? I can borrow a scanner(j/k) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Top marks to that man for having (a) the foresight and (b) the gust to half inch them and keep quiet for half a century. They will be a source of much research interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Don’t suppose he kept any TSR2 docs or an odd airframe too by any chance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Quite ironic that the Prime Minster who cancelled the project at the time was John Diefenbaker and the blueprints are being housed at the University of Saskatchewan's Diefenbaker Canada Centre. Regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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