Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and the Tragedy the Auro Arrow

Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro  Arrow details Canada's ambitious but abruptly canceled Avro Arrow supersonic jet program in 1959, a pivotal  moment seen as a national loss, impacting aviation, technology, and Canadian pride, and inspiring a CBC docudrama about the brilliant but ultimately doomed project. 

The book covers the groundbreaking aircraft's development by A.V. Roe Canada, the talented team involved (like Jim Chamberlin), and the political/economic factors leading to its sudden  termination by the Diefenbaker government, resulting in the destruction  of all prototypes and designs, and scattering engineers to NASA.

The book explores why the Arrow became a potent symbol of Canadian ingenuity and a "national dream" that was tragically cut short, leaving behind a legacy of "what might have been."