Video: Free-Flight Testing, Avro Arrow (Arrow in the Sky).

Avro Canada1958

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Ottawa, Canada

Video footage of free-flight testing using a Nike rocket, from Arrow in the Sky–Avro Aircraft. (44 seconds)

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  • Title: Video: Free-Flight Testing, Avro Arrow (Arrow in the Sky).
  • Creator: Avro Canada
  • Date Created: 1958
  • Location Created: Malton, Ontario, Canada
  • Transcript:
    This test program included the building and testing of a number of 1/8 scale models free-flight models, to obtain drag and stability information. The models carried telemetering equipment to transmit signals to ground stations while the model was in free flight. Each model was attached to a Nike rocket booster. During each flight, the airborne transmitter sent a continuous stream of information on the flight characteristics of the model to the ground stations.
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  • Medium: Video

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