Fall of an Arrow by Murray Peden
This book explores the political, financial, and strategic factors that led to the sudden and controversial cancellation of the project by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker on February 20, 1959. It documents the swift destruction of the six completed aircraft, blueprints, and assembly lines, alongside the massive economic fallout and subsequent aerospace “brain drain” from Canada. Peden provides a critical look at the program’s death blow, weaving technical achievements with the stories of the engineers who made aviation history.