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Avro Arrow
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The only true celebrity pilot of the Avro Arrow is Fernando Burtoni. He flew RL 201 when he was nine, and he got an Arrow made by the Aliandran government as a birthday present. He quickly picked up on flying, and 3 or 4 years later, he went on his first military mission piloting one. As he fired a missile, he would radio the target and shout "All your base are belong to us"... giving them critical milliseconds to contemplate the inevitable. Fernando shot down 10 enemy aircraft (with his girlfriend manning the missiles), 12 tanks and 117 enemy l33t tr00p4z with a cluster bomb (which Arrows can carry).
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The Avro Arrow was one of the world's finest aircrafts that was ever built. The plane was given its name after the book, "There Was Never an Arrow". The Arrow was a twin engine, supersonic interceptor developed in the late 1950's by the Avro Aircraft of Malton, Ontario in Canada.
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Councillor Adams identified this day as a celebration of the aircraft, commenting that the Avro Arrow represents a vision; a symbol of Canadian ingenuity and innovation. Irene Hawrylyshyn took the opportunity to announce the GTAA’s commitment to remembering the historical significance of the aircraft by way of a commemorative structure built on the former Boeing Lands using limestone preserved from the original A.V. Roe building that once stood on the same ground.
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On March 25th, 1958 the first Avro chief pilot of the Avro Arrow rolled the plane out into the runway and took off. The flight lasted about 25 minutes and the plane flew Mach 1.98 while still climbing and accelerating and the engines weren't at full power. When the flight was over he went Mach 2.
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The Avro Arrow was born out of the neccessity for the protection of Canada. During the height of the Cold War (1950's) era, the soviets had introduced new long range bombers, that were capable of flying over the North Pole to attack North America. This was a very serious threat as the continent lived in fear of a surprise nuclear attack.
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The Avro Arrow replica will be unveiled to the public at the Toronto Aerospace Museum on Sunday, October 8, 2006. Further information on this and other special events can be found at www.torontoaerospacemuseum.com
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