A. V. Roe And Company
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Avro Canada was an aircraft manufacturing company. It started in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within thirteen years became the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000. Avro Canada was best known for the highly advanced CF-105 Arrow, but through growth and acquisition, it rapidly became a major, integrated company that had diverse holdings.
Following the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow the company ceased operations in 1962.
Subject ID: 89287
MoreAvro Canada was an aircraft manufacturing company. It started in 1945 as an aircraft plant and within thirteen years became the third-largest company in Canada, one of the largest 100 companies in the world, and directly employing over 50,000. Avro Canada was best known for the highly advanced CF-105 Arrow, but through growth and acquisition, it rapidly became a major, integrated company that had diverse holdings.
Following the cancellation of the CF-105 Arrow the company ceased operations in 1962.
In 1945, the UK-based Hawker Siddeley Group purchased Victory Aircraft from the Canadian government, creating A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. as the wholly owned Canadian branch of its aircraft manufacturing subsidiary, UK-based A. V. Roe and Co.. Avro Canada began operations in the former Victory plant. Avro Aircraft (Canada), their first (and, at the time, only) division, turned to the repair and servicing of a number of Second World War-era aircraft, including Hawker Sea Fury fighters, North American B-25 Mitchell, and Avro Lancaster bombers. From the outset, the company invested in research and development and embarked on an ambitious design program with a jet engine, a jet-powered fighter, and airliner on the drawing boards.
Subject ID: 89287
Subject ID: 89287
