TORONTO, Sept. 7, 2017 /CNW/ - New sonar imagery confirms the discovery of an Avro Arrow free-flight model on the floor of Lake Ontario.
These fresh images, still photographs and underwater video from a Remote Operated Vehicle will be shown to media at the Ivey Tangerine Leadership Centre at 11 a.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017.
"We are very pleased and tremendously proud to announce that we have discovered the first example of one of the Arrow models," says John Burzynski, Raise the Arrow expedition leader and CEO of Osisko Mining.
The models were part of the design test program for the Avro Arrow at Point Petre in the mid-1950's, and were an important step in the final design work for the Arrow. The work continues and we hope to make additional discoveries as the survey progresses."
OEX Recovery Group (OEX) began the search near Point Petre, Ontario in late July.
Details
| What: |
New sonar images reveal Avro Arrow plane model on bottom of Lake Ontario |
| When: |
11 a.m. ET, Sept. 8, 2017 |
| Where: |
Ivey Tangerine Leadership Centre, 130 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario |
| Interviews: |
Members of the Raise the Arrow project, including John Burzynski, President and CEO of Osisko Mining Inc. and OEX Expedition Leader; David Shea, Vice-President of Engineering at Kraken Sonar; Dr. Richard Mayne, Historian with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF); Scarlett Janusas, Expedition Archaeologist; and Nori Gowan and Erin Gregory from Canada's Museum of Science and Innovation |
| SOURCE |
Please source all video and pictures to Raise the Arrow Recovery Project www.raisethearrow.com |
About OEX Recovery Group Inc.
OEX, the group spearheading Raise the Arrow, is sponsored by Osisko group companies Osisko Mining Inc. and Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd., in collaboration with their financial partners at National Bank, the Bank of Montreal, Canaccord Genuity, Maxit Capital, Eight Capital, Northfield Capital, Rosseau Asset Management and Technica Mining; the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the Canadian Conservation Institute, and Bennett Jones LLP. Support for this project is also being provided by the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Scarlett Janusas Archaeology, Canadian Coast Guard, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Military Institute and Canada Company.
SOURCE OEX Recovery Group Inc.
Media contact: Darryl Konynenbelt, [email protected], 647-203-4340
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