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On February 20, 1959, a day that would be etched into Canadian history as Black Friday, the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker delivered a shockwave through the nation's aviation industry. In a startling move, the Canadian government terminated the Avro Arrow project, an advanced all-weather fighter interceptor known as the CF-105 Arrow, despite its…
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Unfortunately, the design and testing stage of the CF-105 had burned through more than $1.58 billion dollars in today’s money. The Canadian government knew they would have to pump in more resources to bring the airplane to serial production. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker was not ready to make that kind of commitment.
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