GALLERY I - AVRO ARROW CF105
Pierwsze oficialne zprezentowanie Avro Arrow CF105, Toronto-Malton, 4 pazdziernik 1957. W uroczystosci wzielo udzial ok. 12 tys ludzi. W tym samym dniu Rosjanie umiescili na orbicie pierwszego satelite Sputnik... Wyprodukowanie pierwszego egzemplarza mysliwca Avro Arrow zajelo 28 miesiecy od momentu rozpoczecia prac projektowych w czerwcu 1955.
Roll-out, the very first official debut of the AVRO Arrow, Toronto-Malton, Oct 4, 1957. About 12,000 people viewed the ceremony. On the same day, the Russian lunched their famous satellite Sputnik. The first fighter plane Avro Arrow would take only 28 months from the release of the first drawings in June of 1955 to roll out in Oct 1957.
Roll-out, the very first official debut of the AVRO Arrow, Toronto-Malton, Oct 4, 1957. About 12,000 people viewed the ceremony. On the same day, the Russian lunched their famous satellite Sputnik. The first fighter plane Avro Arrow would take only 28 months from the release of the first drawings in June of 1955 to roll out in Oct 1957.
(...) Ogromna sila jest potrzebna aby uzyskac szybkosc ponaddzwiekowa... Moc silnikow Arrow byla rowna mocy silnikow zdolnych poruszyc dwa statki transatlantyckie wielkosci "Queen Mary" (ponad 2 tys pasazerow). Przy szybkosci ponaddzwiekowej wystepuja ogromne przeciazenia i fizyczna sila pilota musi byc wspomagana przez mechanizmy wspomagania i kontroli. Mechanizmy tego typu,
zainstalowane w Arrow mialy moc zdolna do podniesienia szesciu sloni ustawionych na windzie! Elektroniczne wyposazenie Arrow potrzebowalo ok 17 km przewodow a ilosc lamp elektronicznych (lata '50!) wystarczylaby na wyposazenie 200 telewizorow! (...)
Tremendous power is required to fly an aircraft at supersonic speed and the Arrow used as much power as that taken to drive two ocean liners, the size of the "Queen Mary". At supersonic speed, air loads on the control surfaces are extremely high and pilot physical strength must be supported by control mechanisms. Those installed on Arrow were strong enough to lift the equivalent of six elephants. The electronic systems in Arrow required eleven miles of wiring and enough vacuum tubes to equip two hundred television sets (...)
zainstalowane w Arrow mialy moc zdolna do podniesienia szesciu sloni ustawionych na windzie! Elektroniczne wyposazenie Arrow potrzebowalo ok 17 km przewodow a ilosc lamp elektronicznych (lata '50!) wystarczylaby na wyposazenie 200 telewizorow! (...)
Tremendous power is required to fly an aircraft at supersonic speed and the Arrow used as much power as that taken to drive two ocean liners, the size of the "Queen Mary". At supersonic speed, air loads on the control surfaces are extremely high and pilot physical strength must be supported by control mechanisms. Those installed on Arrow were strong enough to lift the equivalent of six elephants. The electronic systems in Arrow required eleven miles of wiring and enough vacuum tubes to equip two hundred television sets (...)
Radosc po pierwszym locie... Janusz Zurakowski unoszony na ramionach swoich wspolpracownikow z AVRO, 25 marzec 1958.
Happy AVRO's team hoist Janusz Zurakowski onto their shoulders after the first, historical flight, March 25,1958
Happy AVRO's team hoist Janusz Zurakowski onto their shoulders after the first, historical flight, March 25,1958
Janusz Zurakowski jako pilot doswiadczalny Avro Canada w 1958 roku i pozniej, w 1988 w trzydziesta rocznice pierwszego lotu Avro Arrow.
Janusz Zurakowski as a test pilot Avro Canada in 1958 and then later in 1988 at the 30th anniversary of the Avro Arrow first flight.
Janusz Zurakowski as a test pilot Avro Canada in 1958 and then later in 1988 at the 30th anniversary of the Avro Arrow first flight.
Kanadyjski mysliwiec Avro CF-100 “Canuck” byl poprzednikiem Avro Arrow CF-105. To wlasnie na tym samolocie Janusz Zurakowski
przekroczyl po raz pierwszy w Kanadzie bariere dzwieku w locie nurkowym 18 grudnia 1952. W roku 1996 Kanadyjska Mennica Panstwowa uhonorowala to wydarzenie wydaniem srebrnej $20 monety z wizerunkami samolotu Avro CF-100 “Canuck” i Janusza Zurakowskiego.
Canadian aircraft Avro CF-100 “Canuck” was the predecessor of the Avro Arrow CF-105. On Dec. 18, 1952, Janusz Zurakowski while flying this fighter “in dive” broke the sound barrier as a first time in Canada. In 1996, the Royal Canadian Mint commemorated this event by issuing a silver $20.00 coin with the image of the Avro CF-100 “Canuck” and cameo of Janusz Zurakowski.
przekroczyl po raz pierwszy w Kanadzie bariere dzwieku w locie nurkowym 18 grudnia 1952. W roku 1996 Kanadyjska Mennica Panstwowa uhonorowala to wydarzenie wydaniem srebrnej $20 monety z wizerunkami samolotu Avro CF-100 “Canuck” i Janusza Zurakowskiego.
Canadian aircraft Avro CF-100 “Canuck” was the predecessor of the Avro Arrow CF-105. On Dec. 18, 1952, Janusz Zurakowski while flying this fighter “in dive” broke the sound barrier as a first time in Canada. In 1996, the Royal Canadian Mint commemorated this event by issuing a silver $20.00 coin with the image of the Avro CF-100 “Canuck” and cameo of Janusz Zurakowski.
AVRO CANADA COMPANY - LOKALIZACJA/ LOCATION...
Teren na ktorym istnialy Lotnicze Zaklady Avro Canada to skrzyzowanie ulic Airport Rd i Derry Rd, Toronto-Malton, Kanada, koniec lat '50. W 1997 tereny te zostaly kupione przez Boeing Canada i wkrotce potem wszystkie stare budynki produkcyjne zostaly wyburzone...
1, 2, 3 - Trzy dlugie Hangary bedace kiedys Liniami Produkcyjnymi zakladow Avro. Hangary 1 i 2 miescily linie produkcyjne mysliwca Avro Arrow. Hangar 3 byl linia produkcujna, miedzy innymi bombowca Lancaster podczas Drugiej Wojny Swiatowej.
4 - Glowny budynek Biurowo-Administracyjny zakladow Avro Canada.
5 - Hala produkcyjna Avro Canada.
6 - Hala produkcyjna silnikow odrzutowych Orenda-Iroquois.
7 - Ulica Airport Rd.
8 - Ulica Derry Rd.
9 - Terminal Lotniska pasazerskiego Toronto-Malton. Obecnie tereny glownego lotniska dla Toronto "Pearson International".
Wszystkie powyzsze budynki zostaly wyburzone w 2005 po wykupieniu dawnych terenow Avro Canada przez firme Boeing.
The former grounds of the Avro Canada Plant; intersection of Airport Rd and Derry Rd, Toronto-Malton in late 50's. In1997 the above grounds were purchased by Boeing Canada and soon after all old hangars and production buildings were demolished...
1, 2, 3 - Three long Bays-Hangars that use to serve as a production lines; Hangars 1 and 2 for Avro Arrow, Hangar 1 for Lancaster bomber during the World War II.
4 - The main Office-Administration Building.
5 - Production Hangar of Avro Canada.
6 - Production Hangars of the Orenda-Iroquois jet engines.
7 - Airport Road
8 - Derry Road
9 - Passenger Terminal of the Toronto-Malton airport. Currently the site of the main airport for Toronto "Pearson International".
All the above buildings were demolished in 2005 after the former grounds of the Avro Canada were purchased by Boeing Company.
1, 2, 3 - Trzy dlugie Hangary bedace kiedys Liniami Produkcyjnymi zakladow Avro. Hangary 1 i 2 miescily linie produkcyjne mysliwca Avro Arrow. Hangar 3 byl linia produkcujna, miedzy innymi bombowca Lancaster podczas Drugiej Wojny Swiatowej.
4 - Glowny budynek Biurowo-Administracyjny zakladow Avro Canada.
5 - Hala produkcyjna Avro Canada.
6 - Hala produkcyjna silnikow odrzutowych Orenda-Iroquois.
7 - Ulica Airport Rd.
8 - Ulica Derry Rd.
9 - Terminal Lotniska pasazerskiego Toronto-Malton. Obecnie tereny glownego lotniska dla Toronto "Pearson International".
Wszystkie powyzsze budynki zostaly wyburzone w 2005 po wykupieniu dawnych terenow Avro Canada przez firme Boeing.
The former grounds of the Avro Canada Plant; intersection of Airport Rd and Derry Rd, Toronto-Malton in late 50's. In1997 the above grounds were purchased by Boeing Canada and soon after all old hangars and production buildings were demolished...
1, 2, 3 - Three long Bays-Hangars that use to serve as a production lines; Hangars 1 and 2 for Avro Arrow, Hangar 1 for Lancaster bomber during the World War II.
4 - The main Office-Administration Building.
5 - Production Hangar of Avro Canada.
6 - Production Hangars of the Orenda-Iroquois jet engines.
7 - Airport Road
8 - Derry Road
9 - Passenger Terminal of the Toronto-Malton airport. Currently the site of the main airport for Toronto "Pearson International".
All the above buildings were demolished in 2005 after the former grounds of the Avro Canada were purchased by Boeing Company.
Glowny budynek Biurowo-Administracyjny zakladow Avro Canada; stan w roku 1943 i pozniej w 2005, tuz przed ostatecznym wyburzeniem tego i wszystkich innych budynkow na terenie dawnych zakladow Avro. To w tym budynku powstawalo wiekszosc genialnych i odwaznych lotniczych projektow. Sceny tworczej goraczki dotyczacych tego miejsca mozna zobaczyc w filmie CBC "The Arrow"... (Video ponizej)
The main Office-Administration building of the Avro Canada in 1943 and then in 2005 just before its demolition along with all other buildings on the former grounds of the Avro plant. This was the place where so many genius and courage aviation ideas & projects were born. Some hot-creative action within that building can be seen in the CBC TV mini series "The Arrow"... (Video below)
The main Office-Administration building of the Avro Canada in 1943 and then in 2005 just before its demolition along with all other buildings on the former grounds of the Avro plant. This was the place where so many genius and courage aviation ideas & projects were born. Some hot-creative action within that building can be seen in the CBC TV mini series "The Arrow"... (Video below)
Exploring a former Jet Engine Manufacturing Plant - The Avro Arrow and Orenda Engines Factory, Toronto-Malton (circa 2019)
ZNACZACE POSTACIE/ KEY PEOPLE
Crawford Gordon (Dyrektor Avro Canada), Jim Floyd (Glowny Inzynier), Jim Chamberlin (Aerodynamik),
Fred Smye (Zastepca Dyr. Nacz. Avro), C.D. Howe (Kanadyjski Minister Uzbrojenia), John Diefenbaker (Kanadyjski Premier)
Crawford Gordon (the President of Avro Canada), Jim Floyd (the Chief Engineer), Jim Chamberlin (Aerodynamicist),
Fred Smye (Avro's Vice President), C.D. Howe (Canadian Minister of Defense Production), John Diefenbaker (Canadian Prime Minister)
Fred Smye (Zastepca Dyr. Nacz. Avro), C.D. Howe (Kanadyjski Minister Uzbrojenia), John Diefenbaker (Kanadyjski Premier)
Crawford Gordon (the President of Avro Canada), Jim Floyd (the Chief Engineer), Jim Chamberlin (Aerodynamicist),
Fred Smye (Avro's Vice President), C.D. Howe (Canadian Minister of Defense Production), John Diefenbaker (Canadian Prime Minister)
Jim Floyd, glowny inzynier i projektant mysliwca Avro Arrow, w wieku 95 lat wspomina prace nad tym samolotem...
Zoomer Media - Kanadyjskie Muzeum Lotnicze w Toronto, 26 Styczen 2010
Jim Floyd, 95 years old, the chief design engineer of the Avro Arrow speaks about this supersonic fighter...
Zoomer Media - The Canadian Air & Space Museum, Jan 26, 2010
Zoomer Media - Kanadyjskie Muzeum Lotnicze w Toronto, 26 Styczen 2010
Jim Floyd, 95 years old, the chief design engineer of the Avro Arrow speaks about this supersonic fighter...
Zoomer Media - The Canadian Air & Space Museum, Jan 26, 2010
AVRO ARROW - POZOSTALOSCI/ REMAINS...
"VILLA BRIARCREST" - DYREKTORSKA WILLA/ THE AVRO'S FORMER EXECUTIVE ESTATE
W latach '50, kierownictwo zakladow Avro Canada, w tym ich dyrektor naczelny Crawford Gordon mialo w dyspozycji kilka miejsc na spotkania i konferencje sluzbowe. Dla Crowforda Gordona ulubionym wsrod tych miejsc byl niewielki dom "Villa Briarcrest" polozona w Toronto przy Islington Ave Nr 1982 (skrzyzowanie z Dixon Rd), 8 km na wschod od polozonych w Malton zakladow Avro.
Byla to pieknie utrzymana willa z ogromnym salonem w ktorym byl duzy kamienny kominek, debowa podloga i boazerie. Salon laczyl sie poprzez duze przesuwane drzwi z pokojem bilardowym i wykwintnie zaopatrzonym barem. W domu bylo piec sypialni, dwie lazienki, dwie dodatkowe toalety, garaz na dwa samochody, pelna klimatyzacja i pieknie zalesiony teren dookola z kortem tenisowym i niewielka rzeczka przeplywajaca obok. Bylo to wymarzone miejsce zarowno na sluzbowe spotkania jak i wypoczynek kierownictwa zakladow.
Wiele znanych osob z kierownictwa Avro i swiata biznesu bywalo w tej willi; Sir Roy Dobson (Zalozyciel zakladow Avro w Kanadzie), Ksiaze Niderlandow Bernhard, C.D. Howe (Kanadyjski Minister Uzbrojenia) i wielu innych. Na przelomie 1958-59 mieszkal tu przez kilka miesiecy Crawford Gordon, ktory po separacji z zona, Mary wyprowadzil sie z rodzinnego domu. I wlasnie "Villa Briarcrest" byla miejscem gdzie rankiem 20 Lutego 1959 roku dotarla do niego rzadowa wiadomosc o definitywnym przerwaniu prac nad samolotem Avro Arrow. W kilka godzin pozniej, tego samego dnia do willi przyjechalo cale kierownictwo zakladow Avro, aby zastanawiac sie co robic dalej w zaistnialej sytuacji. Byla to bardzo dramatyczna narada wiazaca sie z decyzjami odnosnie milionowych funduszy, utrata przez Kanade ultra-nowoczesnej technologii i miedzynarodowego prestizu, a takze pracy przez 14 tys. osob zatrudnionych w Avro...
Dzisiaj (2015) "Villa Briarcrest" nadal stoi na dawnym miejscu i choc na pierwszy rzut oka wyglada prawie tak samo jak 65 lat temu, to jest troche zaniedbana. Nie jest to juz "dyrektorska willa" a tylko dom z pomieszczeniami biurowymi do wynajecia. W zachodnim skrzydle domu urzadzone jest niewielkie przedszkole. W pomieszczeniach piwnicznych gdzie, popijalo sie drogie trunki i toczylo sie zycie biznesowej smietanki, sa teraz sale zabaw dla dzieci. Pieknie zalesiona niegdys dzialka zostala przerzedzona, a w najblizszej okolicy wyroslo wiele wysokich apartamentowcow. Malo kto, z przechodniow mijajacych codziennie "Villa Briarcrest" wie o historii wiazacej sie z tym domem... Obecnym wlascicielem "Briarcrest" jest mala, aczkolwiek uznana firma architektoniczna "Domus Architects".
By 1953, if the Avro's President and General Manager, Crawford Gordon wanted to talk business, he could do so in a number of locations, but his favorite one was the "Villa Briarcrest", the company's private estate located at 1982 Islington Ave - south-west corner of Islington Ave and Dixon Rd in Toronto, a short 8 km drive from the former Avro Canada plant in Malton.
The Tudor-style house used to be very well maintain and it was beautiful; contained a huge living room with oak floors, wooden wall panels and balcony above the front door. Beside the stone fireplace along one wall was sliding panel door that led down into a recreation - pool room and well stocked bar. The house had five bedrooms, two full bathrooms, two washrooms and two car garage and air conditioning. The wooden grounds contained a tennis court - it was an ideal location for company's executive meetings and other corporate uses.
Many of the Avro's executives and company's guests stayed here through the years; Sir Roy Dobson (Avro's Chairman), Prince Bernhard of Netherlands and C.D. Howe (Canadian Minister of Defence) were among them. In 1958-59, the Avro's President and General Manager Crawford Gordon lived here for a few months after he separated from his wife, Mary... This is the place where Crawford Gordon received the news of the entire cancellation of the Avro Arrow's program in the morning of Friday 20, 1959. A couple of hours later all Avro's executives urgently gathered at this "Villa Briarcrest" to discussed the situation and figure out what to do - the atmosphere was "charged"... Canada was about to waste hundreds of millions dollars & loose the ultra-modern aviation technology along with an opportunity to earn incalculable world prestige - 14.000 workers of the Avro's plant were about to be laid off...
Today as of 2015, the "Villa Briarcrest" although from outside looks pretty much the same as it did during the 1950s isn't any more the "Company's Mansion". Basically, now its an office space for rent. In fact the west part of the house, included basement where use to be a bar and recreation area, has been rented to the Daycare. The once wooden-peaceful neighborhood became a popular area for development of high rise apartment towers. Almost no one who walks by this house, knows of its very interesting history and connections to the Canadian supersonic fighter, Avro Arrow. The memories of that sophisticated plane and people who created it become buried in the dust and debris of time... The current owner of the "Briarcrest" is a small, yet award winning architectural firm "Domus Architects".
Byla to pieknie utrzymana willa z ogromnym salonem w ktorym byl duzy kamienny kominek, debowa podloga i boazerie. Salon laczyl sie poprzez duze przesuwane drzwi z pokojem bilardowym i wykwintnie zaopatrzonym barem. W domu bylo piec sypialni, dwie lazienki, dwie dodatkowe toalety, garaz na dwa samochody, pelna klimatyzacja i pieknie zalesiony teren dookola z kortem tenisowym i niewielka rzeczka przeplywajaca obok. Bylo to wymarzone miejsce zarowno na sluzbowe spotkania jak i wypoczynek kierownictwa zakladow.
Wiele znanych osob z kierownictwa Avro i swiata biznesu bywalo w tej willi; Sir Roy Dobson (Zalozyciel zakladow Avro w Kanadzie), Ksiaze Niderlandow Bernhard, C.D. Howe (Kanadyjski Minister Uzbrojenia) i wielu innych. Na przelomie 1958-59 mieszkal tu przez kilka miesiecy Crawford Gordon, ktory po separacji z zona, Mary wyprowadzil sie z rodzinnego domu. I wlasnie "Villa Briarcrest" byla miejscem gdzie rankiem 20 Lutego 1959 roku dotarla do niego rzadowa wiadomosc o definitywnym przerwaniu prac nad samolotem Avro Arrow. W kilka godzin pozniej, tego samego dnia do willi przyjechalo cale kierownictwo zakladow Avro, aby zastanawiac sie co robic dalej w zaistnialej sytuacji. Byla to bardzo dramatyczna narada wiazaca sie z decyzjami odnosnie milionowych funduszy, utrata przez Kanade ultra-nowoczesnej technologii i miedzynarodowego prestizu, a takze pracy przez 14 tys. osob zatrudnionych w Avro...
Dzisiaj (2015) "Villa Briarcrest" nadal stoi na dawnym miejscu i choc na pierwszy rzut oka wyglada prawie tak samo jak 65 lat temu, to jest troche zaniedbana. Nie jest to juz "dyrektorska willa" a tylko dom z pomieszczeniami biurowymi do wynajecia. W zachodnim skrzydle domu urzadzone jest niewielkie przedszkole. W pomieszczeniach piwnicznych gdzie, popijalo sie drogie trunki i toczylo sie zycie biznesowej smietanki, sa teraz sale zabaw dla dzieci. Pieknie zalesiona niegdys dzialka zostala przerzedzona, a w najblizszej okolicy wyroslo wiele wysokich apartamentowcow. Malo kto, z przechodniow mijajacych codziennie "Villa Briarcrest" wie o historii wiazacej sie z tym domem... Obecnym wlascicielem "Briarcrest" jest mala, aczkolwiek uznana firma architektoniczna "Domus Architects".
By 1953, if the Avro's President and General Manager, Crawford Gordon wanted to talk business, he could do so in a number of locations, but his favorite one was the "Villa Briarcrest", the company's private estate located at 1982 Islington Ave - south-west corner of Islington Ave and Dixon Rd in Toronto, a short 8 km drive from the former Avro Canada plant in Malton.
The Tudor-style house used to be very well maintain and it was beautiful; contained a huge living room with oak floors, wooden wall panels and balcony above the front door. Beside the stone fireplace along one wall was sliding panel door that led down into a recreation - pool room and well stocked bar. The house had five bedrooms, two full bathrooms, two washrooms and two car garage and air conditioning. The wooden grounds contained a tennis court - it was an ideal location for company's executive meetings and other corporate uses.
Many of the Avro's executives and company's guests stayed here through the years; Sir Roy Dobson (Avro's Chairman), Prince Bernhard of Netherlands and C.D. Howe (Canadian Minister of Defence) were among them. In 1958-59, the Avro's President and General Manager Crawford Gordon lived here for a few months after he separated from his wife, Mary... This is the place where Crawford Gordon received the news of the entire cancellation of the Avro Arrow's program in the morning of Friday 20, 1959. A couple of hours later all Avro's executives urgently gathered at this "Villa Briarcrest" to discussed the situation and figure out what to do - the atmosphere was "charged"... Canada was about to waste hundreds of millions dollars & loose the ultra-modern aviation technology along with an opportunity to earn incalculable world prestige - 14.000 workers of the Avro's plant were about to be laid off...
Today as of 2015, the "Villa Briarcrest" although from outside looks pretty much the same as it did during the 1950s isn't any more the "Company's Mansion". Basically, now its an office space for rent. In fact the west part of the house, included basement where use to be a bar and recreation area, has been rented to the Daycare. The once wooden-peaceful neighborhood became a popular area for development of high rise apartment towers. Almost no one who walks by this house, knows of its very interesting history and connections to the Canadian supersonic fighter, Avro Arrow. The memories of that sophisticated plane and people who created it become buried in the dust and debris of time... The current owner of the "Briarcrest" is a small, yet award winning architectural firm "Domus Architects".