Ken Swartz

From the Toronto Aerospace Museum sent in the following "Golden Arrow Dinner" photo's.

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"Golden Arrow Dinner" photo's sent  in from Gary Tahir, Altitude Graphics

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Additional Pictures from the Golden Arrow Dinner.

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  Have you ordered your Limited Edition Collectable

"Arrow" 50th Anniversary watch?

For Further information

 visit www.thearrowwatch.com

PHOTO CREDIT: J.G Photography

"Golden Arrow Dinner" photo's submitted by Marc-Andre Valiquette of Laval PQ.

Thanks Marc.

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Gift Shop Hours

Wednesday  10AM - 8PM

Thurs - Sat - 10AM - 4PM

Sunday - 12 Noon -   4PM

Holiday Mondays,10 - 4PM

Telephone: 416-638-6078

Fax: 416-638-5509

Gift Shop Manager & Volunteer

 Mr John Kozak

The Golden Arrow Dinner was a "night to remember".

Runway 33 has a number of signed Golden Arrow posters for sale at the gift shop.

Please contact John Kozak

 Tel: 416-638-6078 or fax him at 416-638-5509.

Posters are $15.00 each, plus applicable taxes & shipping.

Randall Whitcomb suddenly left us back on March 2008. As a Tribute to his fine works, a devoted fan sent this collection to us and asked that it be posted on this site.

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Art Hindle, Master Of Ceremonies

The Toronto Aerospace Museum

 Is honoured to have Canadian and Museum Supporter,

 Art Hindle - (Col Fairchild)

Actor, Producer & Director

 As the MC for the "Golden Arrow"

50th Anniversary First Flight Dinner

Come & join Art and his Distinguised Guests for an Historic Evening of Celebration!

Photo: Gary Tahir

"Golden Arrow Dinner"

 Prepared by:

Chef: Adel Ghayem

Pumpernickels Catering

Dinner Menu:

Fresh Dinner Rolls

Garden Salad with Vinaigrette Dressings

Boneless Chicken Breast

or

 Skinless Atlantic Salmon

Served with Rice

and

Roasted Potatoes

Coffee or Tea

Anniversary Desserts

Cash Bar:

Selected wines, beer and cold beverages 

The Red Peppers   

Dixieland Jazz Band 

Toronto, Canada  

Harry Timmermans, John Volpe, Vince Volpe, Roy Green, Norm Stewart, Peter Brown

"The Red Peppers were one of the hits of the Niagara Jazz Festival.

Professional, fun, entertaining and above all great musicianship.

The Toronto Aerospace Museum

would like to thank Jason Eldridge from Avroland

for helping spread the word about our upcoming "Golden Arrow" dinner on Saturday, March 29, 2008 & the world's only full scale metal replica of the famous "Avro Arrow".

Please check out the AVROLAND link on this page.

Aerospace Museum Remembers the Avro Arrow

On Saturday, March 29, the Toronto Aerospace Museum is celebrating the first flight of what some call ‘the best aircraft the Canadian Forces never had'. Rolled out on October 4, 1957 during the... » More

Canadian Painter

Gordon Drysdale will be attending & displaying his paintings & prints at the

 "GOLDEN ARROW" dinner.

Gordon has graciuosly donated three signed prints of his famous "ARROW RL-203" as a silent auction prize. The Toronto Aerospace Museum is appreciative of this fundraising donation.

"AVRO ARROW" - RL-203" 

In this painting of the Arrow, I wanted to include three elements. (1) Arrow RL-203 which was the only of the five airborne Arrows which carried two people in flight, also had the most complete paint scheme, including the red ensign on it's tail. (2) I included both chase planes which always flew with the Arrow on test flights; the CF-100 and the F-86 Sabre. I made sure I had the correct paint treatment for those aircraft as well as including thier correct serial numbers. (3) The entire Avro plant on the ground below at Malton, Ontario ( the northeast corner of L.B. Pearson Airport) with a full parking lot to illustrate the magnitude of the dedicated work force which was devistated at the whim of polititians.

Rich Thistle Art Studio

Rich & Jay Thistle have donated two "DREAM MACHINE" prints to be auctioned off @ The Golden Arrow Dinner.

"Legendary Avro Arrow #201, first of five flying Canadian designed and built CF-105 supersonic delta-wing interceptors -  Limited Edition litho print - 300 s/n by the artist 22.75" x 15.5"

Both prints will be framed and signed!

The Toronto Aerospace Museum thanks Rich for his generous offer!

Studio information and link below:

172 Fernbrook Dr. Wasaga Beach, Ontario, L9Z 2B1 Canada

PHONE: (Eastern Time Zone) 1-705-429-9456

"Team Arrow" Attends The Golden Arrow Dinner

Flown by owner Bernie Lehman, the 1:12 ducted fan scale plane exceeds 150 mph " as Bernie likes to point out, that’s about Mach 3 (scale speed), and no windows were shattered….

Congratulations to Bernie and the team, not only for keeping alive an important part of Canadian aviation history, but also for being classy public representatives of the R/C model aviation community.

Pictured: Brian Jones, Bernie Lehman & Rick Jones

Altitude Graphics is a proud sponsor of the 50th Anniversary Arrow Watch campaign & Golden Arrow Dinner.

Company President, Gary Tahir has availed his professional services, by helping the Toronto Aerospace Museum develop a creative graphic footprint, with the following successful fund raising initiatives.

For further information about Altitude Graphics, click the"GRAPHICS" button.

At 9:52 a.m. on March 25, 1958, Arrow RL-201 roars into the skies above Malton for the Avro Arrow's first test flight. Three kilometres below, all non-essential Avro staff pour out of the plant to watch their plane circle overhead. Some 35 minutes later, the Arrow touches down and comes to a halt, braking parachutes trailing behind. Test pilot Janusz Zurakowski, who is given a hero's welcome, complains only that the cockpit has no clock.

CBC: Days to Remember recreates what it would have been like to watch or listen to a typical CBC broadcast day through the decades. From the earliest years of radio in the 1930s to the dawn of the internet age in the 1990s, these radio and TV clips, photos and text recall days in the life of the CBC and Canada. We've plumbed the archives to bring you the programs and personalities, daily news and diversions that shaped CBC's radio and TV schedules.

The Avro Arrow's first flight

What a souvenir! The years when Canada ''had an Air Force'' that took no back seat from anybody; we had it all! The designers, the skilled workers and the industry to support them; all lost when the Diefenbaker government decided to ax this Canadian-born aircraft and try to suppress its existance from the minds of all the Canadians in 1959. But the legend never died, today many Canadians wonder what would have happened if the Arrow would have been produced: Canada would have had a 25 year advance on interceptor design and would have flown the Arrow all the way to the middle 1990's with upgraded models of this aircraft. Alas, this magnificent aircraft was cut up for scrap and we lost our Avro workers to the American companies that were very glad to get this unsurpassed knowledge; they took the lead and put their aircraft designs on top where us Canadians were before this cancellation. So, the Arrow became a legend, and won't be forgotten by many aircraft fans here in Canada!