Who ordered the destruction of the Avro Arrow?
The Avro Arrow, a sleek white jet developed in Malton, Ont., in the 1950s could have become the fastest plane in the world and made Canada a world leader in the aviation industry. Instead, the jet program was cancelled and the planes, their blueprints and models ordered destroyed. Nobody in the government or military has ever admitted to giving the destruction order. One theory has it that Prime Minister John Diefenbaker gave the order under pressure from the U.S., while others say it was the Department of Defence or even Avro president Crawford Gordon.
