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Meanwhile Soviet bombers regularly headed towards North America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott Maclagan spent the Cold War in CF-100 jet interceptors, flying over Canada. The mission was to be ready for a Soviet attack \u2013 and to monitor all unknown aircraft spotted on radar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this book, the only published account of the experiences of a Cold War flier over Canada, Scott recounts his recruitment by the air force, the early training which graduated only two of a hundred young men, and his many adventures flying as a navigator in the two-man Canadian-built jet CF-100. He and his pilot partner were in line to fly the famed Avro Arrow which was to replace the CF-100. 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