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by Michael Swanson
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Canada's original Avro Arrow RL-201 airframe, flown by test pilot Jan Zurakowski (a WWII Polish pilot) ... more
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Canada's original Avro Arrow RL-201 airframe, flown by test pilot Jan Zurakowski (a WWII Polish pilot)
A short and unassuming man, Zurakowski climbed aboard the Avro Arrow RL-201 for its first flight at 9:51 a.m. on March 25, 1958, at Toronto Malton Airport under hazy sunshine.
Zurakowski pushed the jet to 1,600 kilometres an hour on its seventh flight and tests indicated the Arrow, with its yet to be finished twin Iroquois engines, could become the world's most advanced hi speed interceptor of its time.
But soaring costs and the development of competing missile technology prompted Conservative Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to cancel the 10-year-old project in 1959, leading the aircraft company A.V. Roe to lay off 14,000 employees. The government ordered all plans and prototypes destroyed which was the most ill defined decisions any government could possibly have done, it effectively announced to the world our inability to sustain high tech industries. This is...
CHECK OUT SwansonArt Originals LATEST SALE Please VOTE for your favorite images, it helps sales. Thanks ___________________________________________________ Michael Swanson "The hands of a Craftsman, the heart of an Artist." Heritage Gallery, Laguna, CA I'm often told; "Your art is so real looking why not just take a photo"? Well yes, if I could not draw I probably would, however a photo rarely reflects the three dimensional world we experiences, how often have you been disappointed that your photograph did not turn out as you expected? Let me explain; in a three dimensional world we see things subjectively, photographs can only capture a split second of any scene which often disappoints and is the main reason...
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Randy Rosenberger
This lovely piece of art work deserves many accolades, and I hope you get them on our WFS site, as they surely are worthy of high recognition. It is with pride and pleasure that I Feature this beautifully done piece of artwork on our Homepage. Thanks much for sharing your talents and the beauty of your great works. Liked Forever, Elvis