[Deadhead]

Originally Posted by Old Goat 67

C'mon Deadhead. Don't pick on my shoes!

That was RESPECT Old Goat. If you can speed shift with smooth leather soled shoes you deserve it.

I was born too late.

[Wareagle]

CF-105 AVRO ARROW - cancelled by the bean counters - a local guy worked on it - still mad at the Dief. Goverment .

[Steve Barcak]

"Kansas" John Weibe 1971

[Wareagle]

Another great vintage pic - RL206 CF-105 on the line Fitted with the all powerful Orenda Iroquois engines combined 30,000 + lbs of thrust -1959 - never got to fly as everything was cut up for scrap --Shame - - the only thing saved was the nose section by a mystery person or persons - it now sits at the Canadian Aviation Museum .
To bad - first fly by wire etc. next Fighter to have this capability was the F-14 Tomcat .

[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by Wareagle

Another great vintage pic - RL206 CF-105 on the line Fitted with the all powerful Orenda Iroquois engines combined 30,000 + lbs of thrust -1959 - never got to fly as everything was cut up for scrap --Shame - - the only thing saved was the nose section by a mystery person or persons - it now sits at the Canadian Aviation Museum .
To bad - first fly by wire etc. next Fighter to have this capability was the F-14 Tomcat .

How fast was it projected to fly? I'd guess mach 3? That is what the F-108 Rapier and XB-70 speed was. Same time/development frame.

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by Steve Barcak

How fast was it projected to fly? I'd guess mach 3? That is what the F-108 Rapier and XB-70 speed was. Same time/development frame.

It would have been fast - their building a actual flying 2/3 Scale CF-105 AVRO ARROW version now in Alberta - hope it comes to our local Airshow ( Abbotsford ) when its done - Heres a cool link .

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7821584...-42159202@N02/

[My442]

For those of us old enough, there are 2 1960's....the early part of the 1960's was the clean cut, short hair, "Leave it to Beaver" type of environment.

The later part of the 1960's was the Viet Nam war, hippy, protest, riots in the streets type of enviroment.

Really striking when I think of it.

The guy in the trenchcoat is typical of the day.

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by My442

For those of us old enough, there are 2 1960's....the early part of the 1960's was the clean cut, short hair, "Leave it to Beaver" type of environment.

The later part of the 1960's was the Viet Nam war, hippy, protest, riots in the streets type of enviroment.

Really striking when I think of it.

The guy in the trenchcoat is typical of the day.

Yes it sure changed - except we did get some cool Pontiacs GTO's etc. - Landed on the moon - Star Trek etc. .

Also heres a pic of the Nose section -what was left of the Avro Arrow From 1959.

[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by My442

For those of us old enough, there are 2 1960's....the early part of the 1960's was the clean cut, short hair, "Leave it to Beaver" type of environment.

The later part of the 1960's was the Viet Nam war, hippy, protest, riots in the streets type of enviroment.

Really striking when I think of it.

The guy in the trenchcoat is typical of the day.

That is an important and valid point and I think younger people are given a distorted view of actually how the 60s were. The long hair, hippy, protest, ete era did not really get into full style ( if you want to call it that ) until the last 1/3 or possibly 1/4 of the decade. What many percieve as the '60s' was more the 70s.
Things may have started to go south in SF in 1966 but, the rest of the US did not follow right away and some areas did not at all. Long hair was in vogue well into the 80s but, was gone by the time Reagan left office.

[66Post]

Originally Posted by Wareagle

Another great vintage pic - RL206 CF-105 on the line Fitted with the all powerful Orenda Iroquois engines combined 30,000 + lbs of thrust -1959 - never got to fly as everything was cut up for scrap --Shame - - the only thing saved was the nose section by a mystery person or persons - it now sits at the Canadian Aviation Museum .
To bad - first fly by wire etc. next Fighter to have this capability was the F-14 Tomcat .

I put some tires on the CF-105 that was under restoration a few years ago, hope it got into the museum in Ottawa.

[Wareagle]

Originally Posted by 66Post

I put some tires on the CF-105 that was under restoration a few years ago, hope it got into the museum in Ottawa.

Is this the one - its a full metal Replica .

[My442]

The early 60's were about crew cuts, penny loafers, chino pants, white socks, going to church every Sunday, 4 channels on the TV, no cell phones/computers.video games, family dinners every night.

It is really striking how different things are today, and not always for the better.

[Steve Barcak]