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<\/p>\nRendering shows what the completed display at Paul Coffey Park will look like. The Avro Arrow replica is shown to the left, nearby the existing CF-100 aircraft model that’s been at the site for decades. (Image: City of Mississauga)<\/p>\n
In the works for several years, a large replica of a ground-breaking supersonic aircraft once mass produced in Mississauga will be delivered to the public at a north-end park in June, the city\u2019s mayor says.<\/p>\n
The near full-size model Avro Arrow, completed at a facility in Barrie prior to its trip south to Mississauga, will be installed in the next few months at Paul Coffey Park in Malton, near Toronto Pearson Airport. The replica will be situated next to the restored CF-100 aircraft that\u2019s been on display for decades at the Derry Road park.<\/p>\n
An official ceremony marking the new installation, which will offer a glimpse into the city\u2019s \u2014 and country\u2019s \u2014 aviation history, is planned for Aug. 31, Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish said in a post to social media on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur massive Avro Arrow model will be installed in the Flight Park on Derry Road. It will be elevated on a 5-to 6-metre arm above the \u2018MALTON\u2019 letters, in front of the CF-100,\u201d the mayor said in her post to X. \u201cSeeing it being ferried to its home, close to where the original was built, will be fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n
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A number of people offered comment on Parrish\u2019s post. To one commenter, she said the official unveiling ceremony will take place the end of August, but the replica will be in place for people to enjoy sometime in June.<\/p>\n
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The public art project has been in the works for a number of years now and was initially to be completed at some point in 2023 or soon thereafter. However, unspecified issues led to delays in unveiling the piece to the public.<\/p>\n
The Avro Arrow was designed and built in Malton in the late 1950s before production was unceremoniously halted by the Canadian government in 1959.<\/p>\n
At the time, the jet was widely thought of as the ultimate in Canadian aerospace achievement and one of the most advanced jets in the world.<\/p>\n
The sudden halt of the $470-million Arrow program in 1959 put some 15,000 employees, many of whom lived in Malton, out of work.<\/p>\n
In a nod to the significant place the 1950s\u2019-era twin-engine supersonic jet has staked out in Mississauga\u2019s history, the City of Mississauga has paid to have the near full-size replica built and installed at Paul Coffey Park.<\/p>\n
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The replica Avro Arrow while under construction. (Photo: Mayor Carolyn Parrish X)<\/p>\n
While initial plans called for a full-size replica to be constructed<\/a>, rising cost of materials prompted city officials to scale things back by about 20 per cent several years ago in order to stay on budget, Parrish said earlier.<\/p>\n When completed, the replica Arrow and the restored CF-100 aircraft beside it will be visible to those flying into and out of nearby Pearson Airport, city officials noted earlier.<\/p>\n The replica Arrow project was approved several years ago by city council at a total cost of $3.6 million. The city planned to pick up $2.2 million of that tab, with the rest coming from community donations and other sources.<\/p>\n The installation of the replica Arrow is part of a larger, ongoing redevelopment of the 112-acre Paul Coffey Park<\/a>, a multi-use destination formerly known as Wildwood Park that opened in 1968. Sections of the new-look park are scheduled to open this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n Check out more photos of the Avro Arrow<\/a> and the Malton plant where it was built.<\/p>\n