"Ed Majden" wrote in message
news:F3gWb.465691$X%5.301214@pd7tw2no...
| It is sad to report that famous Polish/Canadian CF-105 Arrow test
pilot
| has died as reported on this evenings CTV News. Jan flew with the RAF
| during WWII emigrating to Canada after the war. He became AVRO Canada's
| chief test pilot. First on the CF-100 where he was credited with a first,
| breaking the sound barrier in a strait winged "jet" aircraft. He was
chief
| test pilot on the sadly cancelled CF-105 Arrow project.
|
|


This would be Jan Zurkowski ?



A fine aviator - sadly never saw him work.




Regards


Dave Kearton