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The Arrow |
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![]() Avro CF-105 Arrow's pilot's cockpit.47 |
![]() Cockpit Layout.48 |
![]() Avro CF-105 Arrow navigator's cockpit. 49 |
![]() Exploded view showing the major components of the Avro CF-105 Arrow. 50 |
![]() An Arrow from above, showing the unique clamshell cockpit canopy. 51 |
![]() An Arrow from below, showing the landing gear design and the outline of the detachable weapons pack. 52 |
![]() The enemy - a Soviet Tupelov Tu-20 bomber, codenamed Bear. The Arrow's mission was to intercept and shoot down Soviet intercontinental nuclear bombers crossing the pole on their way to targets in Canada and the United States. 53 |
![]() Avro CF-105 Arrow Technical Data (Estimated). 54 |
![]() The Arrow's nuclear-tipped or conventional high-explosive air-to-air missiles would have been carried internally in an innovative detachable weapons pack. No gun was carried. 55 |
![]() A close up view of the complex main landing gear. 56 |
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