Historic Aviation Quiz: The Avro Arrow

Who is often regarded as the man behind the design of the Avro Canada CF-105? 

Who was at the controls of the CF-105 when it completed its maiden flight on March 25, 1958?

True or false: Although the CF-105 Arrow test fleet comprised multiple aircraft, no more than one example of the type was ever in the sky at once?

How many examples of the Arrow were built before the type’s cancellation?

What is the nickname often associated with the day the CF-105 was cancelled?

How many crew was the Arrow expected to operate with?

In April 1956, the UK Air Council recommended the nation the Arrows to fill the role envisaged for the so-called ‘Thin wing Javelin’. How many did it suggest procuring?

True or false: It was recommended that all Arrow airframes, engines, engineering and test data and documentation be reduced destroyed to avoid the “embarrassment of such material ever being put on public display”?

How many hours combined did the Arrow test fleet of five machines log?

On what date did an CF-105 Arrow take to the skies for the final time?