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DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
*Changes gears*

This year in automotive history, SAAB's first sports car, the Sonett, makes its debut. The first generation is a low slung roadster, powered by a 57.5 HP 2-cylinder engine, capable of reaching 190 km/h by virtue of weighing less than @TR273. A run of 2,000 was planned, but due to rule changes in European racing circuits, the first generation is canned after only six cars.

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DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
*Goes through fact withdrawal, posts another*

This year in automotive history, the Citroen DS goes on sale. In its debut the previous year, it broke the record for pre-production deposits, selling 80,000 units at the Paris Motor Show before the car was even launched (a record that would stand until the Tesla Model 3). The car is most famous for its sleek aerodynamic design, being the first mass-production car with disc brakes, as well as its hydropneumatic suspension. While the high maintenance system wouldn't do wonders for the car's longevity, it was praised for being able to deliver both a sharp handling car and a comfortable ride in a single package, with the car frequently being called a 'magic carpet' by auto journalists.

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DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
Sarachaga said:
Wait until we reach 6969, the date of humanity's extinction!

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For now, we'll have to make do with 1957. This year in aviation history, The first Avro Arrow bult (RL-201) is unveiled to the public for the first time on October 4, 1957. At the time, the Arrow was a highly competitive Mach 2+ fighter, and was the pride of humble Malton, ON. The Arrow was meant to be a long-range interceptor, designed to take out Soviet nuclear bombers that would approach from the arctic. But it would take less than 24 hours for the whole project to be overshadowed, when Sputnik 1 enters orbit on the same day.

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First, Sputnik. Sputnik 1 was the first ever artificial satellite, launched out of Baikonur, carrying nothing but a simple radio transmitter, allowing amateurs and professionals alike to track it in its travels. It would circle the earth 1,440 times before its orbit would decay and the satellite would burn up. It escalates the space race and sparks the Sputnik crisis. But it's the proof of concept that spaceflight needed, leading to more complex satellites and spaceflight as we know and rely on today.

But while this was the beginning of modern space exploration, it was the death knell for the Arrow. Five more will be built with various improvements, but the incoming Diefenbaker government would doubt the future of a jet interceptor in the satellite era. The project would be abruptly cancelled in 1959, catching even Avro Canada executives off guard. All five flying prototypes (RL-201 to RL-205) will be destroyed, and the MkII Arrow that was RL-206 would never see flight. Canada lost immense aerospace engineering expertise shortly after, and no company in Canada would produce another purpose built military aircraft again.

This isn't me getting sappy as a Canadian - the project was facing other problems at the time, including budget overruns and internal politics like any other Canadian procurement project (*cough*CYCLONE*cough*). I say this as someone who's seen the remnants of the project up close. Downsview Airport, which was nearby to where I grew up, housed the Canadian Air and Space Museum. My first 'discovery' flight was out of this airport, as a weekend activity provided via my Air Cadet squadron. One of our officers took us in groups for short circuits in a rented Cessna and later that day, our group got to see a full-scale (non-flying) replica of RL-203 in person before it was officially unveiled. It was a doomed project, but it was among my first memories from when I was introduced to flying. It was an awe-inspiring machine, flawed as it may be. To me, it was inspiration.

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TR273

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DRGN Juno said:
For now, we'll have to make do with 1957. This year in aviation history, The first Avro Arrow bult (RL-201) is unveiled to the public for the first time on October 4, 1957. At the time, the Arrow was a highly competitive fighter, and was the pride of humble Malton, ON. The Arrow was meant to be a long-range interceptor, designed to take out Soviet nuclear bombers that would approach from the arctic. But it would take less than 24 hours for the whole project to be overshadowed, when Sputnik 1 enters orbit on the same day.

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First, Sputnik. Sputnik 1 was the first ever artificial satellite, launched out of Baikonur, carrying nothing but a simple radio transmitter. It would circle the earth 1,440 times before its orbit would decay and the satellite would burn up. It escalates the space race and sparks the Sputnik crisis. But it's the proof of concept that spaceflight needed, leading to more complex satellites we and spaceflight as we know and rely on today.

But while this was the beginning of modern space exploration, it was the death knell for the Arrow. Five more will be built with various improvements, but the incoming Diefenbaker government would doubt the future of a jet interceptor in the satellite era. The project would be abruptly cancelled in 1959, catching even Avro Canada executives off guard. All five flying prototypes (RL-201 to RL-205) will be destroyed, and the MkII Arrow that was RL-206 would never see flight. No company in Canada would produce another purpose built military aircraft again.

This isn't me getting sappy as a Canadian - the project was facing other problems at the time, including budget overruns and internal politics like any other Canadian procurement project (*cough*CYCLONE*cough*). I say this as someone who's seen the remnants of the project up close. Downsview Airport, which was nearby to where I grew up, housed the Canadian Air and Space Museum. My first 'discovery' flight was out of this airport, as a weekend activity provided via my Air Cadet squadron, one of our officers took us in groups for short circuits in a rented Cessna. Later that day, our group got to see a full-scale (non-flying) replica of RL-203 in person before it was officially unveiled. It was a doomed project, but it was among my first memories from when I was introduced to flying. It was an awe-inspiring machine, flawed as it may be. To me, it was inspiration.

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Sounds like the TSR2 project in the UK (which was proposed in 1956)
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