Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell

Eyes Only with Wes O'Donnell

Canada’s Lost Fighter Jet and the Price of Dependence

Did the US sabotage Canada's only homemade interceptor?

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Wes O'Donnell
Feb 05, 2026
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The first Avro Arrow, RL-201, is officially rolled out on 4 October 1957. By Unknown photographer, copyright originally held by the Government of Canada - Public Domain

Canada doesn’t talk about the Avro Arrow because it’s nostalgic.

It talks about the Arrow because it’s unfinished business.

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