And then.....(sigh....
).. there was the Avro Arrow..........
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The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond.
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A top speed of Mach 1.98 was achieved, and this was not at the limits of its performance
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it's important to remember that was done in 1958......
goverment. They believed the BS that manned aircraft was a thing of the past and future battle would only involve missiles
62 years later it still pisses me off big time