I would say that the F35 won over the idea of a renewed Arrow program because the F35 was an actual aircraft, while the idea of a renewed Arrow program was 100% vaporware.

The Arrow was a great achievement, sure, and Canadian aviation would have been well served by continuing the program. But lets not pretend it’s something more than it actually was. For one thing, mach 4 is a fantasy; never would have happened. Even if theoretically it had the thrust to get there, it would have been an…

dammit, I wanted to shut down the Arrow fanboiz before they got in, but nothing is quicker to the punch than a Canadian with a persecution/inferiority complex brought on by the Diefenbaker/Arrow controversy.

get over it, it was 40 years ago.

it also would have happened if there were no Robert Moses at all. Moses was one of the major factors in the neglect of the Subway throughout his reign in the mid 20th century.

That would mean that the F-35 program actually led to the most successful weapons test ever.

“I’ll even make the Chinese pay for it!”

i assume those cyclists pay state and local taxes, along with property taxes for their homes. also, all of the cyclists i know own. vehicles. this fictional non-car owning character you’ve made up is rare.

Vancouver’s Skytrain and London’s DLR have been automated and driverless for 20+ years!

It took 7 years, 1 months, and 25 days from Kennedy’s challenge to go to the moon to landing on it. How much more time (and money) does the F-35 get?

There’s only north and south hemispheres. East-west hemispheres are a just a sad joke.