The Assembly of Gentlemen As was stated in its report last month, on occasion members of the public a(cid:425)end the AoG's delibera(cid:415)ons and make contribu(cid:415)ons to the discussions, observant of the guidelines under which mee(cid:415)ngs are held. In a(cid:425)endance at a late July mee(cid:415)ng was a member of The Arrow Recovery Project team who had been staying in the guest suite at Live Laugh Eat where the AoG congregate each morning. Owing to confiden(cid:415)ality concerns, "Bob" would only speak in generali(cid:415)es about the project. "What we're looking for are the Avro Arrow models that were launched with booster rockets from Point Petre between 1955-57. They were used to test the flight design before the CF-105 Arrow was produced a few years later." Rumours that the Arrow models were s(cid:415)ll in the lake had been circula(cid:415)ng for years, and there had been previous discussion at the AoG about their fate. "That's interes(cid:415)ng "Bob", but a fella I know, heard from a friend of his wife's whose brother-in-law was working around Point Petre back then, that a few of the models had been recovered," stated a long standing resident AoG member. "I heard the same sort of thing," said another member. "A(cid:332)er all the military people le(cid:332) back then, some guys went out on a fishing boat and fished some of 'em out of the water." Smiling knowingly, "Bob" con(cid:415)nued. "These were big models, about three metres long with a two metre wingspan; and heavy. We don't think any of them have been recovered yet." 6 The South Marysburgh Mirror "Well, you just can't be sure about rumours in The County. Everybody knows everything," replied the mem- ber, "Someone sneezes in Ameliasburgh and they're say- ing "Bless you" in North Marysburgh." The member who is clearly not the sharpest knife in the drawer speculated that "it'd have to be a big boat to get them out of the water. But I heard about this too. I think one of those things is in someone's basement hanging over their bar in their rec room. On chains. From the ceiling." The long standing member nodded in agreement, "I have heard that story. They said it took four or five guys to get it down the basement stairs and hold it over their heads un(cid:415)l the chains could be a(cid:425)ached. Had to keep quiet while they did it because his wife would go nu(cid:425)y." In a(cid:425)endance at this par(cid:415)cular mee(cid:415)ng were the bespectacled li(cid:415)gator, and the member who had earned several degrees who stated, "I hope those gentlemen considered engineering load factors before hanging the model." "And I have concerns about ownership issues. The models would have been the property of the govern- ment," stated the li(cid:415)gator. Another member who had been observing and lis- tening to the conversa(cid:415)on then joined in. "A couple of things to consider, although I'm no expert on marine law. If the models were abandoned by the military, and they're in South Marysburgh's territorial waters, and some people go get 'em, isn't it 'finders keepers?" he asked rhetorically. As the (cid:415)me was approaching for adjournment, "Bob" told the group, "When the Canadian jet fighter program was abruptly cancelled in 1959, over 30,000 people lost their jobs and all Avro Arrow-related material was ordered destroyed, including six completed jet fight- ers. All that remains are the free flight test models at the bo(cid:425)om of Lake Ontario." basement," concluded the 'dull' member. "And the one that's a ceiling ornament in someone's Follow The South Marysburgh Mirror on Facebook