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Holy Grail of Avro Arrow recreation efforts found in Prince Edward County |
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Excerpt from article by Jason Parks, Staff Writer, Picton Gazette Imagine a sun-soaked summer day sometime in the near future in Prince Edward County. An aircraft with an iconic Delta wing design banks low from the north and travels across local skies, almost demanding every set of eyes take notice. After departing from the Macdonald-Cartier Airport in Ottawa, this short trip involves a fly over of the area where its state-of-the-art wing was tested at Point Petre. Delighting bathers at southern tip of Prince Edward County with a couple of passes, the jet roars its engine with a low level flight over Picton before returning to its home hangar in North Bay. There have been dreams of resurrecting and constructing a replica Avro Arrow that would delight the Canadian public at air shows and recapture some of the glory erased when the project to build this aircraft well before its time was cancelled. Thanks to a discovery (or rediscovery) at a home in Prince Edward County, those dreams are closer to reality today. |
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Cameron Price of the Arrow 206 group shows off a Avro blueprint of the iconic Arrow aircraft located in Picton in the collection of late Avro employee William Calver. |
