Why Canada Ordered Its Own Fighter Jet Destroyed | Avro Arrow

In 1959, Canada ordered the destruction of the Avro Arrow, one of the most advanced interceptors in the world. Cutting torches turned supersonic aircraft into scrap, and almost nothing survived. Why would a nation erase its own masterpiece? This is the full story of the Avro CF-105 Arrow: the Cold War fear that created it, the Iroquois engine built from scratch, the day it rolled out on the same day as Sputnik, the “Black Friday” cancellation that left 14,000 people out of work, and the engineers who went on to help build NASA’s Gemini spacecraft. Was cancelling the Arrow a mistake, or the only possible choice? Tell me in the comments. 📌 In this video: 0:00 The order to destroy it 0:00 Why Canada needed an interceptor 0:00 Avro Canada and the CF-105 0:00 The Iroquois engine gamble 0:00 Roll-out day and Sputnik 0:00 First flight 0:00 Black Friday, February 20, 1959 0:00 The scrapping 0:00 From Avro to NASA 0:00 Legends and what survived If you enjoy forgotten machines and hidden chapters of history, subscribe so you don’t miss the next story. #AvroArrow #MilitaryHistory #ColdWar #AviationHistory #Canada