An attempt was made to provide the completed Arrows to the National Research Council of Canada as high-speed test aircraft.Whitcomb 2002, p. 202. The NRC refused, noting that without sufficient spare parts and maintenance, as well as qualified pilots, the NRC could make no use of them. A similar project initiated by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Boscombe Down) had resulted in Avro vice-president (engineering) Jim Floyd's preparing a transatlantic ferry operation. This proposal, like others from the United States, was never realized.Shaw 1979, p. 89.
An attempt was made to provide the completed Arrows to the National Research Council of Canada as high-speed test aircraft.Whitcomb 2002, p. 202. The NRC refused, noting that without sufficient spare parts and maintenance, as well as qualified pilots, the NRC could make no use of them. A similar project initiated by the Royal Aircraft Establishment (Boscombe Down) had resulted in Avro vice-president (engineering) Jim Floyd's preparing a transatlantic ferry operation. This proposal, like others from the United States, was never realized.Shaw 1979, p. 89.