CF-105 Arrow
Sign in to saveAlso known as Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow, CF105, Arrow
1950s Canadian interceptor aircraft family
Key facts
- Type
- Interceptor
- National origin
- Canada
- Manufacturer
- Avro Canada
- Status
- Cancelled (20 February 1959)
- Primary user
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Manufactured
- 1957–1959 (design work began in 1953)
- First flight
- 25 March 1958
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- Image
- DSC 6934 - Canadian Pride.jpg
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- Commons category
- Avro CF-105 Arrow
- military designation
- CF-105
- first flight
- 1958-03-25
- total produced
- 5
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The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was an interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond.
The Arrow was the culmination of a series of design studies begun in 1953 that examined improved versions of the Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck. After considerable study, the RCAF selected a dramatically more powerful delta-winged design, and serious development began in March 1955. The aircraft was intended to be built directly from the production line, skipping the traditional hand-built prototype phase. The first Arrow Mk. 1, RL-201, was rolled out to the public on 4 October 1957, the same day as the launch of Sputnik I.