Mississauga Library System

Local Archives:
A.V. ROE CANADA

  1. Documenting a famous old jetliner. Mississauga News, March 14, 1987
  2. It came from outer Toronto. Globe and Mail, September 25, 1999
  3. Avro Canada's Flying Saucer: The VZ-9V Avrocar Flying Disc, from: The Avro Canada Archives [Link no longer accessible], July 26, 2000, 10 p.
  4. Janusz Zurakowski, from: The Avro Canada Archives [Link no longer accessible], July 26, 2000, 2 p.
  5. A short history of Avro Canada, from: The Avro Canada Archives [Link no longer accessible], July 26,2000, 7 p.
  6. Could Avro's top-secret Project Y have revolutionized military aircraft? Toronto Star, August 20, 2000
  7. Project intrigued Britain and U.S. Toronto Star, August 20, 2000
  8. First test pilot has gone fishing, by Paul Williams, Mississauga Times '80, Community Guide
  9. Clipping the Arrow's wings. Hamilton Spectator, Oct 1, 2001, 1 p.
  10. Museum can't fly financially. Toronto Sun, February 27, 2003.
  11. City wants to preserve Avro history. Mississauga News, March 21, 2003
  12. Avro Arrow fans lose fight to save final historic hangar. Toronto Star, May 24, 2003
  13. Historic flight ensured Arrow test pilot's fame. Globe & Mail, February 11, 2004
  14. Reunion recalls Arrow’s demise. Toronto Star, April 5, 1983
  15. High-tech search fails to unravel Avro legend. Globe and Mail, July 8, 2004
  16. A pilot like no other. Esprit de corps, March 2004
  17. Plant closing marks end or an era: Malton plant once employed 5,000 workers. Mississauga News, January 16, 2005
  18. 47 years later, it’s still Arrow dynamic. Globe and Mail, October 9, 2006
  19. Model of famous jet fighter makes museum debut. Mississauga News, September 29, 2006
  20. Supersonic sentinel: the Arrow and the motion picture, by Lou Wise
  21. Flypast: newsletter of CAHS, Toronto Chapter. Vol. 40, no. 9, June 2006. Includes ‘The Arrow and the Avro Canada Photo Department’, by Lou Wise
  22. Business took an ‘Arrow’ in the heart: former Avro workers gather to discuss the termination of this historic project, and roll out replica for museum. Mississauga Business Times, March 2007
  23. Relics of Canada’s fleeting aeronautic might: a collection of documents up for auction detail the death of what was called the world’s most sophisticated aircraft. Globe and Mail, December 3, 2007
  24. Collective agreement between A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. and Aeronautical Lodge 717, International Association of Machinists, effective April 15th, 1954
  25. Arrow not forgotten. Cambridge Daily Reporter, February 29, 1984
  26. A golden anniversary no one will celebrate. The Booster, March 26, 2008
  27. Speaker recalls ‘Black Friday’ was the day the music died. Mississauga News, April 22, 1992
  28. Avro Arrow to spread wings in new museum: as scrapped technological wonder hits milestone, reno at Downsview site will give replica more room. Toronto Star, February 21, 2009
  29. Before Apollo, there was Arrow. Toronto Star, July 21, 2009
  30. New Avro Arrow just a pricey dream, aircraft experts say. Toronto Star, September 8, 2012
  31. Ottawa shoots down new Arrow plan. Globe and Mail, September 11, 2012
  32. 'Arrowheads' plumb the depths for lost Avro models. Toronto Star, January 3, 2013
  33. Museum [Canadian Air & Space Museum] seeks new home. Mississauga News, September 4, 2013
  34. Green means go [photo of a replica of the Avro Arrow being moved to the International Centre]. Mississauga News, September 25, 2013
  35. Flying into history: remembering the Avro Arrow. Heritage Mississauga, [2014]
  36. Excerpt about Avro from There shall be wings: a history of the Royal Canadian Air Force by Leslie Roberts (Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1959)
  37. Meet the man [Michael Colangelo] who worked on infamously nixed Avro Arrow. Toronto Star, March 6, 2018
  38. Burlington senior [Michael Colangelo] worked on experimental delta-winged interceptor jet. Burlington Post, March 15, 2018
  39. Malton & the Avro Arrow. Modern Mississauga, Early Summer, 2019
  40. Council pledges $2.2M for Avro Arrow replica. Mississauga News, November 21, 2019
  41. Multimillion dollar replica Avro Arrow plan draws criticism. Mississauga News, December 12, 2019