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Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow [Paperback]

Palmiro Campagna (Author)
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No Canadian company has fuelled as much speculation about its demise as A.V. Roe Canada Limited. When its name was erased off the corporate map in 1962, A.V. Roe's most ambitious undertakings - the Jetliner, the Iroquois Engine, and the Arrow - were reduced to scrap.

In Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow, Palmiro Campagna supplies us with new information to help dispel the myths surrounding the company. With an array of recently declassified documents, Campagna investigates the star projects of A.V. Roe Canada.

Was the C-102 Jetliner technically flawed?

Was the Avrocar a failure?

Was the cost of the Arrow program spiralling out of control as historians have maintained?

These questions and many others are put to rest in Requiem for a Giant.

About the Author

Palmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence in Ottawa and has acted as Canadian representative to NATO in the area of electromagnetics in military aircraft. He is currently involved in program evaluation and audit. He is the author of the bestselling Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed as well as The UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you want the hard numbers and actual memos, here they are, Jun 30 2004
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Barry Fortier (Calgary, Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow (Paperback)
Having read the authors first book, revealing the memos etc. surrounding the demise of the Arrow, I thought this book would be worth getting. I was right, to put it mildly. Very interesting summaries of the CF-100, and C-102, with some information that I had not seen before, it is a very good read. Easy to read, and VERY informative. The best portion, in my mind, would be the sections dealing with the cost of the Arrow. The cost break down, detail, and suprising bits of information regarding funding for the armed forces, will lay to rest claims that Canada could just not afford the Arrow. We could have, and should have. This book takes the financial attacks on the Arrow, completely down. GET THIS BOOK. Sorry, I usually don't raise my voice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars If you want the hard numbers and actual memos, here they are, Jun 30 2004
By Barry Fortier - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow (Paperback)
Having read the authors first book, revealing the memos etc. surrounding the demise of the Arrow, I thought this book would be worth getting. I was right, to put it mildly. Very interesting summaries of the CF-100, and C-102, with some information that I had not seen before, it is a very good read. Easy to read, and VERY informative. The best portion, in my mind, would be the sections dealing with the cost of the Arrow. The cost break down, detail, and suprising bits of information regarding funding for the armed forces, will lay to rest claims that Canada could just not afford the Arrow. We could have, and should have. This book takes the financial attacks on the Arrow, completely down. GET THIS BOOK. Sorry, I usually don't raise my voice.

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5.0 out of 5 stars STORY OF THE AVRO ARROW, Dec 28 2007
By Said Sarkis "chevalier du ciel" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow (Paperback)
I always heard of this airplane from a friend of mine, and last year while on a visit to Toronto,I came to know people who worked on the project, and were amazed to see that people from Lebanon knew about this exceptionnal airplane. Thanks to amazon I finally got the book, and believe me I am astonished about the quality and contents of the subject.
The bokk is amazing < I advise fans of the Avro Arrow to buy this book.
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