Avro Arrow - Sweat Shirt Harrier GR.3 shown in the M90 Splinter

shown in the M90 Splinter camouflage livery

Many aircraft were manufactured including the Flycatcher

The company is best known for producing aircraft such as the Avro 504

the name coming from the Marquis de Lafayette

piloted by Major Joseph W

Avro Arrow - Sweat Shirt Harrier GR.3 shown in the M90 SplinterAvro Canada CF 105 Arrow The Avro Arrow was intended to be the Royal Canadian Air Force's ultimate interceptor capable of Mach 2 at 50,000. The Arrow first flew in 1958 with preparations for acceptance by RCAF pilots in early 1959. Controversially, in February 1959 the Prime Minister of Canada John Diefenbaker stopped the development of the Arrow. There was an attempt to sell the Arrow to Britain or the U. S., but all production was halted and