Comments by "First Last" (@First-Last_name) on "Found And Explained" channel.

  1. If it makes you feel better. It was American influence that snuffed out avro industries. They didn't like the competition.
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  2. It was betrayed by American influence from Dwight to get Definbaker in office, so he could axe Avro industries for Dwight.
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  3. @andrewabbott2656  the encyclopedia is not a good source for history. It's a brief summary of existing words. Try the research paper "Destruction of a Dream, The Tragedy of Avro Canada and the CF-105 Arrow" Or the book "Rising to greatness, the history of Canada".
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  4. Great vid 👌 📹 🎥 📻 📸 🎮 🕹
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  5. @JP-fq5zj  they absolutely had no hand in helping, they were in feirce competition. They eventually threw huge money at defenbaker to become premier. In exchange he destroyed avro industries for the USA. They couldn't handle the competition.
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  6. @JP-fq5zj  CF-100 Canuck, the tests and equipment were Canadian made and done in Canada as well. As for the overweight XF-108, it wasn't maneuverable enough to work as an interceptor, that's why the program was scrapped and the aircraft never built beyond a wooden model.
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  7. Planes like the cc-130 are still in service though.
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  8. Cargo largo
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