The Arrow
(1997-01-12)
1997-01-12 • DramaDocumentary • 3h
The Arrow (1997-01-12)
1997-01-12 • DramaDocumentary • 3h
THE RIGHT STUFF. THE WRONG TIME.
Overview
The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Though the jet was an engineering marvel, cost over-runs, U.S. government pressure from the military industrial complex, and the election of the Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government, stopped the jet just as it was getting off the ground.
THE RIGHT STUFF. THE WRONG TIME.
Overview
The story of the people building the AVRO Arrow, an advanced jet fighter-interceptor designed to defend Canada's vast territory during the Cold War. Though the jet was an engineering marvel, cost over-runs, U.S. government pressure from the military industrial complex, and the election of the Progressive Conservative Diefenbaker government, stopped the jet just as it was getting off the ground.
