{"product_id":"requiem-for-a-giant-a-v-roe-canada-and-the-avro-arrow-paperback","title":"Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePalmiro Campagna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo Canadian company has fuelled as much speculation about its demise as A.V. Roe Canada Limited. When its name was erased off the corporate map in 1962, A.V. Roe's most ambitious undertakings - the Jetliner, the Iroquois Engine, and the Arrow - were reduced to scrap.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Palmiro Campagna supplies us with new information to help dispel the myths surrounding the company. With an array of recently declassified documents, Campagna investigates the star projects of A.V. Roe Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas the C-102 Jetliner technically flawed? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas the Avrocar a failure?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWas the cost of the Arrow program spiralling out of control as historians have maintained?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese questions and many others are put to rest in \u003ci\u003eRequiem for a Giant\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePalmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence in Ottawa and has acted as Canadian representative to NATO in the area of electromagnetics in military aircraft. He is currently involved in program evaluation and audit. He is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eStorms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eThe UFO Files: The Canadian Connection Exposed\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.94 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52527196242194,"sku":"9781550024388","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/2211\/5346\/files\/dyz5tG1P0z9781550024388.webp?v=1784278860","url":"https:\/\/ckbookstore.net\/products\/requiem-for-a-giant-a-v-roe-canada-and-the-avro-arrow-paperback","provider":"CK BOOKSTORE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}