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| The Timing of the Cancellation of the Arrow | |
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| Paul Hellyer's Assessment of Canada's Achievement | |
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| Loss of employment by 29,000 skilled workmen | |
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| Destruction of ten Arrows | |
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| Contract termination telegrams | |
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| Launching of Sputnik, October 4th, 1957 | |
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| The disadvantages of copying designs | |
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| Background and Career of Air Marshal W. A. Curtis | |
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| A. V. Roe Canada Ltd. and the CF-100 | |
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| Plans for the CF-100's successor | |
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| RCAF's March, 1952 "Final Report of the All-Weather Interceptor Requirements Team" | |
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| The St. Laurent Government decides to proceed with development | |
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| General specifications of the new supersonic fighter | |
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| Power plants considered | |
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| Composition of the design team; John Frost's interests | |
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| Preliminary wind tunnel work completed in 1954 and first production drawings passed to manufacturing | |
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| RCAF decides to switch and develop new and more advanced weapons system: "ASTRA" with Sparrow II missile | |
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| RCAF uninterested in new engine of 12,000 pounds thrust | |
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| Project Study 13 and Charles A. Grinyer | |
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| Hawker-Siddeley's Design Council approve Project Study 13's contemplated design, and the manufacture of three engines | |
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| The highly ambitious goal set for the P.S. 13 Iroquois | |
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| Iroquois first runs on its own power | |
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| Early experience and progress with the engine | |
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| Iroquois reaches its ambitious target of 20,000 pounds dry thrust; flight testing arrangements on a B-47 | |
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| The Official Type Test | |
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| Design objectives | |
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| Sample problems--hydraulic jacks, control linkage, fuel tank space, drag parachute | |
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| Stability Augmentation system and undercarriage | |
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| Hydrogen embrittlement and temperature problems | |
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| Hon. Ralph Campney makes the first overtures to the Americans regarding possible sale of the Arrow to them | |
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| Reasons for RCAF's switch to new weapons system and missiles, criticism of that decision, and rebuttal | |
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| Velvet Glove | |
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| Man-hours involved in developing Sparrow I missile | |
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| Periodic cost review on the Arrow | |
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| Parallel development of supersonic aircraft in the U.S. | |
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| Prime Minister Diefenbaker elected, George Pearkes new Minister of National Defence | |
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| Russians launch an ICBM and follow it with Sputnik I in October, 1957 | |
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| Roll-out ceremony of Arrow No. 1 at Malton | |
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| Queen Elizabeth opens Parliament at Ottawa, October 14th, 1957 | |
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| Lester Pearson chosen as new leader of the Liberals | |
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| Parliament dissolved February 1st, 1958 | |
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| March 31, 1958, Tory landslide | |
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| First flight of the Arrow, test pilot Jan Zurakowski | |
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| Second flight, and near disaster | |
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| Portrait of Jan Zurakowski | |
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| Description of telemetry, recorders, and radio contact | |
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| High speed run April 18, 1958 | |
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| Diversion of the Arrow to Trenton | |
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| Landing gear malfunction causes damage on landing | |
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| Captain Irwin, USAF sets new speed record at Palmdale, California | |
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| Financial difficulties of the Conservative Government, and growing cost of Arrow program | |
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| Atmosphere in Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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| September 23, 1958, statement of the Prime Minister | |
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| Charles Grinyer's protest to Mr. O'Hurley | |
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| Curtiss-Wright signs seven-year contract to build Iroquois under licence | |
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| October 25, 1958, issue of Macleans and unfair criticism of Arrow--resignation of Charles Grinyer | |
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| John Bracken's concern | |
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| Re-assessment of program and new cost analysis | |
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| November 24, 1958, speech of Air Marshal Slemon | |
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| Mr. Pearkes' efforts to sell the Arrow, and UPI release explaining U.S. Government's refusal | |
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| Factors involved in the U.S.'s refusal | |
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| Preparation of Arrows for Hughes weapons system; readying No. 6 for Iroquois-powered flight | |
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| Prime Minister Diefenbaker announces cancellation of Arrow February 20, 1959 | |
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| 13,800 men laid off the day of the announcement | |
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| Labour unions express their condemnation by telegrams ... statement by Crawford Gordon | |
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| Paul Hellyer moves adjourment of the House for a special debate on the Arrow on the 50th aniversary of powered flight in Canada | |
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| Mr. Pearkes responds | |
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| Lack of precision in references to range of aircraft | |
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| Importance of budget considerations in the cancellation decision | |
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| After offering the Arrows to the Royal Aeronautical Establishment in England, the government proceeds to destroy them | |
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| The Arrow's potential contribution to flight research and in-flight engine testing cast away | |
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| Destruction of the Arrows photographed from the air | |
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| Comparison with American practice | |
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| Analysis of Prime Minister Diefenbaker's allegations on Bomarcs | |
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| The Prime Minister's reliance upon advice from the Chiefs of Staff ... failure to specify that Chief of Air Staff opposed to the cancellation | |
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| Position of many senior American and Canadian airmen opposed to Prime Minister Diefenbaker's ... General LeMay, General Twining, General White, General Patridge, Air Marshal Slemon, Air Marshal Campbell, Air Marshal Dunlap | |
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| Canada's acquisition of Voodoos, Starfighters, and F-5 Freedom Fighters shortly after cancelling Arrow | |
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| Canada's current New Fighter Program, and parallel acquisitions by other countries | |
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| Air threat increasing, not decreasing | |
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| Assessment of Britain's Chief of Air Staff, Sir Neil Cameron | |
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| Economics really the reason for the Arrow's cancellation, not obsolescence ... scale of values questioned, comparison with Sweden's performance, and Israel's apparent intention ... Canada's 1976 Olympic Games | |
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| Some consequences of cancellation decision | |
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| Failure of Crawford Gordon to ameliorate consequences of the government's inept termination notices | |
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| Examples of skilled people forced to emigrate from Canada | |
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| Current condition of Canada's aircraft industry | |
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| New government efforts to bolster Research and Development spending | |
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| Up-grading influence of sophisticated plants lost to Canadian industry | |
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| Loss of a great jet aero-engine | |
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| Conduct of the American Government examined | |
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| The might-have-beens contrasted with actuality | |
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| Latest Russian bomber threat ... the lesson of the Arrow | |