Originally Posted by james t kirk

Do I get extra bonus points for actually having met Jan in person at an AVRO Arrow comemorative dinner in 1990 which was overwhelmingly well attended.

I also got to meet Dr. James Floyd, head of Engineering at Avro at the time of the Arrow, the designer of the "jetliner" the first jet powered jet aircraft ever built (and flown) in North America.

Avro ended up cutting that one up too. We Canadians never seem to be too good at marketing our discoveries.