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by catalogia 2348 days ago
For whatever it's worth, on twitter Chuck Yeager has said he wasn't a fan of the Avro Arrow. He didn't go into details though. He's well into his 90s, so maybe he doesn't remember the details anymore.

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/936416735464366081

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Probably because you couldn't dogfight with it.
Eh, maybe. But neither could the F-104 and he liked that plane. But the F-104 was also an American plane, so maybe that has something to do with it. Then again, he almost got himself killed in a rocket boosted NF-104.

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/643965329115185152

https://twitter.com/GenChuckYeager/status/120470368609990656...