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The saga of the 26-storey, mixed-use Nautique condo in downtown Burlington is not yet over, as the city has asked the On- ONLINE at tario Municipal Board to review Nikki Wesley/Metroland insidehalton.com its recent decision to green-light the highrise tower. Arrow sheet metal worker was News, events and information on your In a media release issued desktop, laptop or mobile device March 12 and almost a month af- ter the OMB published its deci- sion, the City of Burlington stated there the day the project died in 1959 Contact us it has filed a Section 43 review re- [email protected] quest to the board’s executive facebook.com/InsideHalton chair. “Under Section 43 of the Onta- Michael Colangelo, 90, worked on famous fighter jet BurlingtonPost www.insidehalton.com l See BOARD, page 25 and the 'flying saucer' PAGE 40

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Cold the years of early the during flew sians Rus- and Americans the world,the what including in any vanced than ad- more and made an was Canadi- that jet ceptor inter- -winged imental Arrow. Avrothe known as better CF-105,the famously, most and, saucer,” “flying the Avrocar, the came world. the in liner air- jet cial commer- second the Jetliner, C102 Avro the well as as Canuck, CF-100the jet, fighter ceptor/ inter- an maker of was the NEWS [email protected] A bit of Canadian history Canadian of bit A The Arrow reachedThe exper- Arrow was an The Later early the In 1950s, Roe The just-turned-90-year-The is Colangelo Michael TIM WHITNELL Burlington senior worked on experimental on worked senior Burlington Ottawa &$@#* prickin workers, ’That and toldallthe plant) loudspeaker (Avro’s Malton “He cameonthe infamous announcement Gordon Jr.,thepresident about thecancellationof (Diefenbaker).’” worker, recallingthe former AvroCanada - MichaelColangelo, of A.V.RoeCanada, made byCrawford the Arrowproject row project. Ar- the cancelling for ment Conservativehis govern- Diefenbaker and into tore A.V. of dent Roe Canada, Jr.,ford Gordon presi- the February 1959 when Craw- day cold in that forget er drain. brain nadian massive a NASA, in ing Ca- companies, includ- nautical metal. scrap as sold be to up were cut assembled tially par- those and planes pleted destroyed. com- dered The were or- plans their and project. the on spent been had dollars of ; millions Minister Prime Canadian Friday, Black known as by Feb. on abruptly 20, 1959, cancelled infamously March 25, was on flight 1958. first The space. into lite satel- Sputnik the launched day Russianssame the 4, Oct. veiled1957 on the — Arrow was un- The Arctic. over Canadian America the attacking North Union Soviet the threat of possible the to response a as ’58 and in earnest veloped1957 in prototypes wereprototypes built. working Six that. exceed ly easi- to able being as touted was and — sound of speed the twice almost hour), per Colangelo says nev-Colangelo he’ll planes the vestiges of All was Arrow program The de- Arrow was being The delta-winged interceptor jet interceptor delta-winged can aero- can by Ameri- up scooped were bourers, la- skilled well as minds, as design and gineering en- aircraft brightest the of Manyrope. Eu- and U.S.the Canada, across work of out people of thousands of tens put tion cancella- project’s The flights at various at times.flights test taken for and Malton in hangars of out rolled craft saucer.” “flying the as Avrocar, the for known also blades engine producing on Arrow, worked Colangelo plant. Avro the walk from short a was just that site test gine’s En- Orenda the at done was Avro for magic It Canada. workto metal sheet his work.” to back come can saucer, flying the on you so ’Mike, you’rehim, working ager, who told Jack Nesbitt, Avro’sfrom man- personnel call a got he off laid being short-lived. Two days after was, him, for thankfully Arrow the after ployment it. has still He was included. dog pet their Diefenbakers with the of to pho- A wife. his with talk his for him thanking terhead, John Diefenbaker’s let- MP then Commons, on of House received the from letter a Arrow project.the cancelling for husband her years later, those all with very upset, was still he that her tell to compelled felt he Then first. at talk small PM. former the of wife Olive — him Diefenbaker, beside woman sitting the to was introduced and ronto Vancouver from flight To- to a was on he said Colangelo wa (Diefenbaker).’” Otta- in prick &$@#* ’That workers, the all told and loudspeaker plant) Malton silver disc — nearly feet — silver 27 disc Arrow. pressive majestic the than im- less lot was a it project, saucer, U.S. a secret army deploy. wheels wouldn’twhen its safely it by landing flight test one on vere damage savingit, Arrow se- from the fly to Zurakowski, first the Jan pilot Arrow test chief He remembers seeing remembers He saw air- he both said He the with did he Just as continued Colangelo So unem- said Colangelo Several he weeks later exchanged they said He Years later, in 1973, (Avro’s the on came “He The AvrocarThe large was a flying the of case the In could barely get one metre one barely get could it as flying little did cer Colangelo. manoeuvres,” recalled various performed pilot the then and wires guide to tied was It tarmac. the on tests the for was present blades. I ly. vertical- land and take off to a tially designed movies. was essen- B It and books pulp fiction science of saucer flying reotypical ste- looked like the it ings; U.S. with mark- military — tall feet 5.5 and diameter in protype flyingsaucerbeingdeveloped for theU.S. military. Avro Arrow Canadianinterceptorjetinthelate 1950sandtheAvrocar, a 90,wasMichael asheetmetalworker Colangelo, who worked onthefamous Unfortunately, sau- the work did saucer “I the on Florida plant to work to plant he but Florida ney. moved its almost to He Wit- and maker Pratt gine was wooed by en- aircraft late the in 1950s. wage good hour, an $7 very than more a was making he end by the hour; an cents 90 made he reprieve. seven-month a after again, work, of was out Colangelo September in 1959. it celled can- then and project the on million $7 than more spent noticeably. wobbled and ground the off From there Colangelo there From Avro at started he When military American The up quickly from sales rep to to rep sales quickly from up moved guns. He nail made that company teners, a can-based work Ameri- finding with time. a for there worked planes. He bush of Aviation,Brothers builder Found with interview an him who got colleague A.V. former a into ran Roe livered day pizzas. One he even while, and de- a for tate stay Canada. in to decided Alice wife and His next big break was break big next His es- real sold Colangelo l See MUSEUM, page 41 page See MUSEUM, Nikki Wesley/Metroland Power Power line Fas- line 41

NEWS | ulntnPost Burlington Museum in Calgary home to most extensive collections of documents, drawings 2018 15, March Thursday, | l Continued from page 40 regional sales manager to Canadian sales manager to company vice-president and Canadian general man- ager. When Power line moved operations he left it to join Globe Spring and Cushion in North York. By then he and Alice had bought a con- do in Burlington, the same one he has lived in for 30 years. He retired at age 70. .. . Michael Colangelo’s par- ents came to Canada from JoAnne Van Slingerland photo the old country, both from The famed Avro Arrow taking off at the Malton. Ont. airport in the late 1950s. Naples, Italy. Michael was born in and grew the Arrow and the flying when the hammer fell, Avoiding severe work- Tim Whitnell/Metroland up in the area of Dufferin saucer. some of these drawings and place mishaps enabled Street and St. Clair Avenue History says that the materials were not cap- Colangelo to be active his West in a family of seven work being done at A.V. tured by the destruction or- entire life. He says he still boys and two girls. Only he Roe, particularly on the Ar- ders that came later. goes to the Burlington and brother Johnny, 88, are row, was top secret at the “The destruction order YMCA every day cycling on still alive. time but Colangelo says it was put in place and execut- stationary bikes and using a Colangelo has two didn’t seem that way, at ed to ensure that no one else treadmill. daughters, Rachelle and least not for him. could get their hands on the “I used to do 14 miles a Joy, three grandchildren “I could talk about it at advanced technology that day on a bike, now it’s eight and one great-grandchild. any time with anybody. I Avro Arrow aircraft design miles.” His wife Alice died seven had (security) clearance encompassed. The destruc- He has been a member of years ago. He looked after from the RCMP and the FBI. tion included all the fin- one YMCA location or an- his long-ailing spouse in You had to have special ished aircraft, about 30 par- other for about 70 years. their apartment, with a clearance for the engine tially finished aircraft on Colangelo played com- view of the lake, for four (testing) area.” the production line as well petitive handball for de- years. The treasurer of the Av- as all the manufacturing cades and won 43 trophies, Colangelo says he lost in- ro Museum, housed at the equipment that, in most including provincial and terest in studies early in life Springbank Airport in Cal- cases, had been designed national singles and dou- and left St. Clair Catholic gary, said security might and built specifically for the bles titles, through YMCA School after Grade 8 to do have appeared to be light for Avro Arrow and some of the tournaments. part-time jobs. some workers at the Malton (at the time) exotic materi- Colangelo’s eldest In 1944, at age 16, already assembly plant but that it als, like titanium, that were daughter, Joy, said she’s al- with his driver’s licence, he was noticeable in many re- used in the factories.” ways marvelled at her fa- was making 75 cents an spects. Ward said not all docu- ther’s stories and his leg- hour learning the home oil “Security at Avro Cana- mentation was destroyed endary exercise regimen. heating trade. da would be considered and that the Avro Museum “ . He was always able to At 18 he was introduced high by any measure,” has one of the most exten- learn and pick things up so to Jack Swanson, the fore- Mike Ward said in an email sive collections of Avro quickly. I think it’s incredi- man of the machine shop at to the Post. Canada documents with bly impressive that he A.V. Roe, a man who would “The top secret informa- more than 15,000 pages and taught himself the math re- Tim Whitnell/Metroland teach him how to read and tion related to many of the various drawings, which quired to be a skilled sheet Clockwise from above left, the famed Avro Arrow use precision instruments. manufacturing processes, they are in the process of or- metal worker. takes off at the Malton, Ont. airport in the late After joining Roe, later aircraft design as well as the ganizing so it can be upload- “He never put limits on 1950s. Former Canadian Prime Minister John on he worked with Jack ’fly-by-wire’ (computerized ed to its website for access himself and was able to Diefenbaker and his wife Olive sent Burlington’s Mashinter who ran the five- flight regulation) technolo- by the public. transition and adapt to Michael Colangelo this photo in May 1973. man experimental depart- gy,” Ward noted. Colangelo said he avoid- whatever was required to Attached to the photo was a letter from the office ment in Malton. Initially a “This was way ahead of ed serious injury working perform well in all of the of the former Canadian Prime Minister and then gofer, Colangelo eventually any other technology being around all that heavy ma- various jobs he held Conservative MP. Colangelo had met Mrs. came under the tutelage of used anywhere else in the chinery at Avro and Oren- throughout the years. Diefenbaker on a plane ride from Vancouver to Englishman George Bell world. Access to this mate- da, but he recalled the day “.. I can’t get over the fact Toronto earlier in 1973. They had engaged in who “took so much time to rial was restricted to senior that he was standing not far that at 90 he still works out small talk at which time Colangelo let the wife of teach me about engines and engineering and manufac- from a worker who was every day including Sun- the ex-PM know that he was not happy when her the wings.” turing staff. Some of these waiting for metal sheets to days. If the ’Y’ is closed for a husband announced in February 1959, when he insidehalton.com A six-year apprentice- staff had high enough clear- come through the cutter but Statutory holiday, he goes was PM, the abrupt end to the production and ship culminated in Colange- ance to be allowed to take instead a hand showed up, down to the exercise room testing of the Avro Arrow Canadian military jet. lo becoming a sheet metal material (drawings, etc.) the worker on the other end in his condo and does his Colangelo worked for A.V. Roe in Toronto at the mechanic. From 1955 on he out of the factory to work on getting it stuck in the ma- workout. He’s unbeliev- time of the plant’s closure. worked simultaneously on it at home, which is why, chinery and severed. able!”