Canada's other Avro tragedyNational Post February 22, 2005 Re: Howard And Me: Don Rogers Remembers Howard Hughes As The Man Who Could Have Sent Canada's Aircraft Industry Soaring, Feb. 18. The Avro C-102 Jetliner first flew on Aug. 10, 1949, two weeks after the first jet transport, the flawed deHavilland Comet, briefly flew in England. The major difference was that the Jetliner was essentially perfect right from the start, and could have gone into production in a very short time. This was eight years ahead of Boeing's first passenger jet, the 707. When the Jetliner flew from Toronto to New...