With dimensions of 82 feet, five inches (25.12 m) long with a 28-foot, one-inch (29.9 m) wingspan, Avro Canada's new jet, soon dubbed the C102 Jetliner, was sized more like a regional puddle ...

The Avro Canada C102 Jetliner could out-climb and out-cruise any airliner on North American drawing boards.

The whole story is superbly told in Jim Floyd’s book The Avro Canada C102 (Boston Mills Press). One of the most exciting events in the all-too-brief history of Jim’s Jetliner was a marketing ...