Avro Arrow Model / Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum / Mount Hope, Ontario / November, 2008
On Saturday, my friend, Bob Barkwell, and I took our annual trip to Hamilton to watch the Vanier Cup, which is the Canadian university football championship. The University of Western Ontario's Huskies played Bishop Laval University's (Quebec City) Rouge et Or (Laval won, 43-21). I got some pictures of the game, but that's another story.
On the way, we stopped off at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope. I took a lot of pictures which I will be posting over the next few months. I thought I'd start with a scale model of Avro Arrow 102...one of five Arrows that were manufactured before production was cancelled in 1959. When I was a kid, I was fortunate enough to see it fly twice over my hometown of Orangeville, Ontario. A Canadair Sabre Mk.6 and a CF100 Canuck acted as chase planes while the Arrow went through its various tests.
From my set entitled: Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum (under
construction)
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Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Warplane_Heritage_Museum
The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is a major Canadian aviation
museum. It is located at the John C. Munro International Airport on
the outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario.
The museum is a non-profit organization whose mandate is to acquire,
document, preserve and maintain a complete collection of aircraft that
were flown by Canadians and the Canadian military services from the
beginning of the Second World War to the present.
A large collection of military aircraft that have played a major role in the Canadian military are displayed, including one of two airworthy Avro Lancasters and a Supermarine Spitfire. The museum is also in the process of restoring lesser known but historically significant aircraft, including a Westland Lysander and a Bristol Bolingbroke (a version of the Bristol Blenheim).
The Avro Lancaster flown out of the museum, one of only two airworthy Lancasters in the world, is known as the Mynarski Memorial Lancaster in honour of Pilot Officer Andrew Charles Mynarski, and is painted in the markings of his aircraft.
Prince Charles, as a member of the Canadian Royal Family, is the royal patron of the museum.
Reproduced from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CF-105_Arrow
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-wing interceptor aircraft,
designed and built by Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada) in Malton,
Ontario, Canada, as the culmination of a design study that began in
1953. Considered to be both an advanced technical and aerodynamic
achievement for the Canadian aviation industry, the CF-105 held the
promise of Mach 2 speeds at 50,000 ft+ altitude, and was intended to
serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's interceptor for the 1960s and
beyond.
Following the start of its flight test program in 1958, the Arrow, and its accompanying Orenda Iroquois jet engine program, were abruptly cancelled in 1959,[1][2] sparking a long and bitter political debate. The Arrow is still the subject of controversy, almost 50 years after it was cancelled.
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Ashley1954, Pisces Romance, Adettara Photography, ineedathis, and 28 other people added this photo to their favorites.
snowinglightly (43 months ago | reply)
Looks like it was a beautiful machine! Too bad production was cancelled so abruptly!
Ashley1954 (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot ! Wonderful work !
PKG Photography (43 months ago | reply)
this is really nice and the info provided is just awesome... thanx for sharing...
brynmeillion - JAN (43 months ago | reply)
Boys and their Toys:))))) hope you have a good week Bill:)
Greta ~adores~ Pink~~~~ (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful story.
Even a more wonderful photograph!!
And i Hope you had a wonderful "little break"?????
Pisces Romance (43 months ago | reply)
Wow! this is so cool my friend!!! superb!
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pepp 2012 (43 months ago | reply)
is a great shot .. i love the light.
~lala~(Lisa) (43 months ago | reply)
Very cool...wonderful capture, Bill. Have a great Monday! =)
antonychammond (43 months ago | reply)
What you might call an arrowing experience! Great looking plane and thanks again for the history...
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Adettara Photography (43 months ago | reply)
Great shot, lovely lighting!
TheCoffeeNut (43 months ago | reply)
Sharp shooter.
Very crisp clean image.
mpaulda™ (43 months ago | reply)
Oh Wow- Cool
FlickrBunny (Nanette) (43 months ago | reply)
VERY NICE!!...tHANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR NICE COMMENTS BILL..
ineedathis (43 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture and that soaring angle gives it great feel of power, have a wonderful week ahead Bill:-)
Digital Pro (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful detail and very pleasing diagonal.
xollob58 (43 months ago | reply)
What an impressive piece of machinery the real thing must have been. Similarities with the US space shuttles are undeniable. The strong diagonal element of the composition is great, and the isolation/blur add to the illusion that this bird is really flying. Grand job.
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habsburg06 (43 months ago | reply)
What a beautiful model ! Your work is outstanding, Bill !
snapdragginphoto (43 months ago | reply)
My dad was a fire-control technician on the F-106 Delta Dart that was every bit what the Avro Arrow was intended to be... they were all assigned to ADC (Air Defense Command) squadrons with the primary assignment to shoot down Russian Bears detected by the DEW-line system as they were intended to attack North America from over the North Pole. Nice image, Bill!
*Lynne (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful pic, Bill--looks real!
Have a great day!
Rigs✿ [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture
looks like a steath...
have a great day my Friend
Midus Photography (away at the moment.) (43 months ago | reply)
Oh, this is so cool.
ScarletPeaches (43 months ago | reply)
Oh, very cool, Bill.
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blackbir/dk (43 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot... çok güzel :)
crowt59 (43 months ago | reply)
Impressive!!
njk1951 (43 months ago | reply)
Nice shot Bill...interesting bit of history too. Great detail in your photo!
alǝ (43 months ago | reply)
superb capture, the plane stands out of the bokehed background, very good work, Bill !
Mahisha (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful model, my other half works in the aircraft industry and will know all about this.
L Plater (43 months ago | reply)
A bold diagonal shot. Looks like it's caught in action.
memory in time( Patti ) (43 months ago | reply)
wonderful black and white, and the lighting is perfect Bill, it does look like it's about to take off. I imagine the real one was quite impressive.
ParishTorch (43 months ago | reply)
Bob Barkwell and Bill Barber? Interesting....that you would have a friend with a name so similar...How did this happen?? Does he have the same birthdate, too? By the way, nice shot of the rocket...cool shadow.
Joy C. (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful lighting on this capture Bill! I bet you had a great time seeing all the models!
marilynnm63 (43 months ago | reply)
Fantastic looking plane, great shot Bill!
_SweetSkylerNova_ [deleted] (43 months ago | reply)
Oh I love planes. Sounds like you had a wonderful time. Can't wait to see more photos Bill. Have a great day my friend
Mystic Raven 9 (43 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot Bill..Great work!!
Peter Brake (43 months ago | reply)
Cool shot of the model Bill. This represents some Canada's finest history in the Aerospace industry. Nice shot and background info.
ballycroy (43 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot of the model - great lighting!
brian doucette (43 months ago | reply)
Very well captured Bill.
xelor (on and off) (43 months ago | reply)
Great capture! Beautiful details!
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Excellent shot and description Bill. It amazes me how ahead of its time this plane appears to be..
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~ GAB ~ (43 months ago | reply)
Nice and cool.
DMC43 (43 months ago | reply)
Oh how cool...Warplane Heritage Museum...can't wait to see more pics!
Have a great night! :)
Rebel XT Shots / Bobbie (43 months ago | reply)
Fine shot of this model, I like the lighting!
CameraOne (43 months ago | reply)
That's a nice shot, I love the lighting!
baby kunnikulangara (43 months ago | reply)
Nice capture !!!
Jimmy - Back home now (43 months ago | reply)
Excellent composition.
Have a great week ahead, Bill!
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Nice shot!
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bookish in north park (43 months ago | reply)
Very nicely captured!