As the Cold War loomed on the horizon shortly after World War 2, Canada worried about the possibility of Soviet bombers ...

The Avro Canada Avrocar, circa 1961. Photo: National Aviation Museum, Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists In the early 1950s, the United States Air Force started working with an upstart ...

Swedish carrier Braathens Regional Airlines (BRA) plans to withdraw its fleet of Avro RJs from service by early 2020. The airline is putting its entire fleet of eight Avro RJ100s and two RJ85s up for ...

The Avro RJ has bowed out of service with Swiss International Air Lines, 27 years after the four-engined jet made its Swiss debut with the airline's predecessor Crossair in BAe 146 form. Following its ...

BAE Systems has suspended flight-testing of the Avro RJX following last month's termination of the programme, pending a decision on the fate of the three test aircraft. Although an announcement about ...

This mysterious saucer from the 1950s was meant to fly at speeds of up to Mach 4. Most mysteriously, it was designed by... Canadians. Crave freelancer Tim Hornyak is the author of "Loving the Machine: ...

Norman Brown joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a mechanic at 18 and was sent to South Africa, where he looked after the Avro Anson, a plane used for crew training. Of the almost 11,000 Avro Ansons ...

08 November 2006RJ85 to expand offering and heighten competitiveness Royal Jet, the UAE headquartered international luxury executive flight services company, has signed a deal that will see the first ...

The UK’s BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (BARA) has postponed plans to produce a new freighter conversion of the Avro RJ regional jet. The company announced a year ago that it planned a conversion of ...