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Why doesn't the Avro Arrow get much whif attention?

Started by GINge!, May 25, 2009, 02:26:59 PM

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Quote from: Gary on September 30, 2009, 06:10:00 PM
You would have to assume that Avro would have worked on the more organic shapes like the F-16 however if it were a truly Canadian first product, range and reliability would have been paramount in the design process. Likely something akin to the Su-27 family.
A pure interceptor would be out of the question so the wing would have some depth, likely a crew of two just because the fatigue issues of long flights and the overload issues.
The flying saucer idea may have already worked itself out by then but perhaps something more in line with the organic diamond shapes of the Aurora hypersonic what if drawings that have floated around for years. Why be limited to simply jet engines when scramjets and the like were all the rage in Popular Science at the time.

How about a something I've thought of many times: a scaled-up, two-seat, two-engined F-16XL?  :wub:
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