AVRO ARROW - RARE COLLECTORS PRINTS

"SILENCE BEYOND THE SPEED OF SOUND" Depicts a dramatic photograph of the Arrow on the tarmac at Malton, super-imposed over a photo of Maynard in a canoe in Algonquin Park. The Arrow was designed to fly over remote northern Canadian territory as an all weather supersonic interceptor. 20" x 26" only 60 prints $420.00 Cdn.

In 1978, almost 20 years after BLACK FRIDAY, graphic artist Michael Maynard assisted by Luann Callingham (then Burton), produced a series of silk screen prints (serigraphs) of the Avro Arrow. Michael and Luann met at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario, where he taught Graphic Design. Luann had experience in silk screen printing and they teamed up to produce the limited edition series of the AVRO ARROW. In return for her involvement Michael granted Luann one print from each in the series of 7. The prints portrayed an emotional, personal look at the highs and lows surrounding the ARROW project. Few original photographs were saved of the Arrow and so the prints have become a prized collector's item. Luann moved to Vancouver Island and as years passed, the Arrow stayed tucked away in her portfolio. In 1991, as part of the Victoria International Airshow, Nidus Gallery (Sidney B.C.) displayed aviation art. Realizing it would be a wonderful way to display her collection of AVRO ARROW prints, Luann busily unpacked the prints from her portfolio and began to frame them ready for the show. It was brought to her attention, that although it was gratifying to display the private collection of AVRO ARROW prints, it was likely that art patrons and Arrow enthusiasts would be interested in purchasing them. Immediately Luann called Michael Maynard and permission was given to proceed with reprinting two popular prints from the original 1978-79 series.

Following the Arrow cancellation, Michael moved every two or three years, attending schools in Hollywood California, Richmond Hill Ontario, Southampton Hampshire and Andover Massachusetts.

For information and viewing please call (250) 656-8710...ask for Luann

March 25 - February 20 "BLACK FRIDAY" Symbolizes the first flight by test pilot Jan Zurakowski on March 25, 1958. The AVRO ARROW was cancelled by the Diefenbaker government on February 20, 1959, a day that soon came to be known as "Black Friday". 18" x 20" only 15 prints $485.00 Cdn.

He completed his undergraduate training in graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Boston Museum School, earning his B.F.A. at Tufts University, Boston. Maynard has worked as a designer in commercial and educational television and has won awards for his graphic design in both the U.S. and Canada. Previously, he was President of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada. He presently teaches Graphic Design at Sheradon College in Ontario.

* Upon completion of the new serigraphs, a problem developed. The prints were on the West Coast, and the artist was in Ontario. So in 1991, the Arrow flew again, to Toronto Ontario, where Michael signed the prints.

For ordering information and viewing
please write to Luann Callingham,
Itty Bitty Sign Shop,
2248 Harbour Rd.
Sidney B.C. V8L 2P6
phone (250) 656-8710 fax (250) 655-9307 E-mail to... ittybittysignshop@shaw.ca

The prints advertised in this article are produced by mechanical means and are representational of the actual artwork.

"STORIES TOLD LEAVE IMAGES" Luann's experience working with Michael Maynard in 1978-79 and the reprinting of the artwork in 1991 had a major personal impact on her. She created a print expressing her own feelings of the affect this incredible aircraft had on so many Canadians. " I realize that the workers and their families were not alone in the effect felt by the termination of the Arrow project." 20" x 26" 12 prints $290.00 Cdn.

ABOUT THE AIRCRAFT:
Avro Arrow CF-105 Following several studies of Canadian air defense needs at the end of the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1953, issued specifications for a supersonic all-weather interceptor aircraft with flight characteristics surpassing anything previously flown in the western world. Avro Aircraft Ltd. of Malton Ontario devoted its design team to the project and one year later submitted a proposal for a delta winged aircraft powered by new Canadian designed and built engines, the Orenda Iroquois. The successful design was completed by Jim Chamberlain and Jim Floyd, with Bob Lindley and Guest Hake. First drawings were released in June 1955 and the first production aircraft, designated CF-105, the Arrow, rolled out just over two years later. The Arrow was flown for the first time on March 25, 1958. The Arrow did not fly with the powerful Iroquois engines before cancellation, yet it still exceeded all RCAF performance requirements with available Pratt & Whitney J75 turbojets rated at 12,500 lbs of thrust (the Iroquois achieved 19,000 lbs dry thrust and 26,000 lbs with afterburner). Speeds of Mach 1.96 were reached, although the Arrow was capable of flying in excess of Mach 2 (1,325 mph). The aircraft was over 80 ft long with a wingspan of 50 ft and weighed 57,000 lbs but could climb at 38,450 ft per minute to its ceiling of 53,000 ft. Most significantly, at that altitude the Arrow could manoeuvre comfortably while pulling 2G, a feat that contemporary fighters find difficult even today. Pioneering work in aerodynamics, metallurgy, mechanics and electronics were employed in the construction of such an advanced aircraft and its powerplant. This Canadian technological leadership was lost when the government ordered the cancellation of the Avro contract and the destruction of anything relating to the aircraft. The fifteen thousand highly skilled design and construction employees were dispersed throughout the international aerospace industry.

With all the recent publicity, the sleeping AVRO ARROW has awakened and once more..."Rolled Out". Stories told about the Avro Arrow have left an impression on thousands of Canadians. It has been a great love affair for many over the past 40 years. The Arrow was born here...and abandoned here...but not forgotten in the hearts of many. Now the secret is out...let's not bury it again.

AVRO ARROW - RARE COLLECTORS PRINTS
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