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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canadian Military & Industry
Message-ID: <877@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 10:04:47 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 10:04:47 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 29-Jan-85 05:40:25 EST
References: <395@utcs.UUCP> <looking.221> <1334@dciem.UUCP>
Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
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Summary: 

In article <1334@dciem.UUCP> mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor) writes:
>This was NOT true of the Arrow.  Having just refreshed my memory of
>the Arrow from a pretty detailed book on its technical aspects, I can
>refute this insult to the US military.  The US was VERY interested
>in the Arrow.  They supplied a modified B-52 (at the time quite a
>secret aircraft) for testing the Iroquois engine.  When the Arrow was
>cancelled by Diefenbaker, they tried to buy the five completed aircraft,
>but Diefenbaker insisted that all plans and photographs be destroyed
>and all planes be cut up and sold as scrap.  Incidentally, the UK and
>the Belgians also wanted the Arrow.

The bomber was a B-47.  I have pictures of it with the Iroquios engine
attached.

Herb Chong...

I'm user-friendly -- I don't byte, I nybble....

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